Directions: Complete each of the following tasks that will
create your basic web developing environment. Nothing has to be
submitted for this homework. It is important that you complete this
homework as soon as possible, otherwise you will not be able to begin
work on your next homework.
If you do not already have a Dartmouth web page, apply for personal web
space on the Dartmouth web server. Do this as soon as
possible, as it may take several days for your account to be
created.
Install a
version of Mozilla 1.7. Note that there are differences
between the various web browsers, and you must make sure that
your code works on Mozilla 1.7, as this is what the TAs will be
using to grade your homeworks. If you need help with
installation contact the TAs or the Kiewit Help Desk at
646-2999, or send e-mail to Help@Dartmouth.EDU.
You will receive an email notification when your web account is
ready. Once you get notification, create and upload an HTML file
to your account to make sure it is working:
With a text editor such as JEdit, BBEdit, TextWrangler, or
Notepad (do not use MS Word or other word processor for
this), create a new file containing the following text:
<html>
<head>
<title>Firstname I. Lastname</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to Firstname I. Lastname's New Web Site</h1>
</body>
</html>
Save this file with the name new.html. If your
text editor does not permit you to save with file name
extensions other than .txt, save it first as
new.txt, then re-name the file in the Finder (for
Macintosh users) or the explorer (for Windows users) to
have the name new.html when you are done.
Upload this file to the public_html folder of
your new web account. Various FTP programs are availbe
for doing the upload; Dartmouth supports Fetch
(Mac) and FTP
Explorer (PC).
Type the URL you received from Computing Services when
your new web account was created into your web browser,
and add the file name new.html to the end. You
should see a page with the message "Welcome to Firstname
Lastname's New Web Site" on it.
Note: if you would like people to be able to visit your
public web site via the base URL provided by Computing
Services, upload a file called index.html to
your public_html folder. You can put whatever
you want in this file; we won't be using it in this
class.
Create a directory called, for example, cs4Q8294 inside
public_html to hold all of your course assignments -- that
is, append to cs4 a letter (upper or lower case) followed by
four numbers (non-sequential, e.g., don't use 1234). The renaming of
this folder will make it unlikely that anybody can casually stumble
onto your homework folder. When submitting your homework, make sure to
write down your full URL (including the 5 character code), so that
your TA will be able to access your homework.