Faculty of Science Department of Information Systems

Web Page/Browser

General Information

Troubleshooting


Creating your own web page

Students can create their own web page, by creating the own site on their W drive. This is connected each time they logon to any DIS lab computer.
To see how much space the department provides you to create your page, click here. (Note: Undergraduates are only provided space to create a personal website if it is required for a specific subject.)


You must have a file named 'home.htm' located within your W drive. If this file is missing, your page will not be published.

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Checking your web page


You can check to see if your site has been added to the student index. Click on your name, to launch the page you have created.
If you have created the correct files, but your name does not appear on the list, please contact the helpdesk

Student Level Index URL
Undergraduate Index http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/Ugrad/index.htm
Honours Index http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/honours/index.htm
Postgraduate Index http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/Pgrad/index.htm
Reseach Index http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/RHD/index.htm

Alternatively, you can check your site directly via URL. This URL will be in the one of the forms listed below:

Index Direct Page Link
Undergraduate http://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/Ugrad/username/home.htm
Honourshttp://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/Honours/username/home.htm
Postgraduatehttp://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/Pgrad/username/home.htm
Reseachhttp://disweb.dis.unimelb.edu.au/Student/RHD/username/home.htm

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I cannot access sites outside of Melbourne University


If you are only able to view sites within Melbourne University, you will need to configure the proxy settings within your web browser.

Follow the steps below, to configure the proxy settings within your browser:

Internet Explorer
  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click the Tools menu
  3. Select Internet Options
  4. Click the Connections tab
  5. Click the LAN Settings button
  6. Select both options in the Automatic Configuration section
  7. Enter in http://www.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/proxy.pac in the Use automatic configuration script section
  8. Deselect both options in the Proxy Server section

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox
  2. Click the Tools menu
  3. Select Options
  4. Click Advanced
  5. Click the Network tab
  6. Click the Settings button
  7. Select the Automatic Proxy Configuration URL option
  8. Enter in http://www.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/proxy.pac
  9. Click OK > Click OK
  10. Refresh current page
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I get an error when I try to browse external websites


If you get an error such as "Your account is locked out or you have exceeded your quota", when you try to browse websites external to the University, you have most likely used more than your allocated weekly Internet Quota.

Undergraduate students are only allowed to download a maximum of 250mb of data from external websitses each week.

Postgraduate students are only allowed to download a maximum of 350mb of data from external websitses each week.

This quota does not apply to Univesity websites. So even if you get an error like the one listed above, you will still be able to browse all University websites without any restrictions.

Your weekly Internet Quota is reset at midnight Sunday each week. So if you have exceeded your quota before then, you will need to wait until midnight Sunday of that week, before a new Internet quota is applied to your account for the coming week

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I cannot see my personal webpage over the web

If you cannot view your personal webpage over the web, please check the following:
  • You have the appropriate files in your W drive
  • You are using the correct URL.

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