215HH SSG: Assignment Guidelines for
"first.htm"
I. Introduction:
When you are enrolled at the University of Michigan, you are automatically
allotted 25Mb (megabytes) of IFS space as a medium to efficiently store
and retrieve data (including your email) from any computer on campus, or
from an FTP protocol when you are away from campus. Personal space can
be expanded to a maximum of 200Mb for a monthly fee, but for most purposes,
the standard 25Mb is enough. So what is IFS anyways? IFS stands for "Institutional
File System," which runs off a bunch of UNIX workstations that operate
on AFS ("Andrew File System"). This business of nomenclature is really
inconsequential; the point is that every student has a happy little space
to do things such as store homework assignments and, of course, storing
web pages. It is also critical to take note that all accrued emails, including
your "inbox," also take up a share of this space.
II. Creating an "html" folder in the "Public" directory:
The "Public" directory allows any information stored in this directory
to be viewed by the public. Creating an "html" folder in the "Public" directory
allows any user to access files stored in this folder via a remote web
browser. If you use the operator "~uniqname" directly after the URLhttp://www.umich.edu/
(e.g., my uniqname is "dyc" so the URL would look like: "http://www.umich.edu/~dyc")
you will find a directory with all the files contained within the "html"
folder listed. The only times that this is not the case is if the person
has not yet created an "html" directory, or if they have a homepage entitled
"index.htm" within this folder. The UNIX machines recognize "index.htm"
as a default homepage and automatically display this page when your public
space is accessed. Files not named "index.htm" can be viewed by entering
the URL http://www.umich.edu/~[uniquename]/[name of the file.extension].
This is how you create the "html" directory (If you have already created
an "html" directory, you do not need to do this again.):
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Open the ITD Login and enter your uniqname and password
when prompted (this is the same thing you do to get email through Pine).
DO NOT OPEN PINE.
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At the prompt, type "cd Public" (stands for "change
directory to �Public�").
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Then type "mkdir html" (stands for make directory �html�).
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Your IFS space is now ready to store html files for
display.
III. Creating your web page:
For the purpose of simplicity and uniformity in class,
we will be using Netscape Composer to create our web page. If you are familiar
with code or another HTML editor, feel free to use them.
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Make sure the "Launcher" is set to the "web" menu (on
the SLC Mac)
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Open Netscape Communicator
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From the "File" menu, select the "New" sub-menu, and
from that, select "Blank P age." You are now in Netscape Composer.
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There are a lot of buttons and stuff here. Either your
instructor will give you directions as what to do next, or you can t ry
and figure out what each one does on your own. The way this program works
is that whatever you see on the page is basically what you get when you
open up the page from the web. If you have any questions, ask the SSG leader
in charge of your section.
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When you are done, go to the "File" menu and click "Save"
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On the right side of the box that pops up, press the
button labeled "Desktop".
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Then, where it says "untitled," erase the text and type
in "first.htm" and click "Save" NOTE: Punctuation is critical! Make sure
everything in your file name IS IN LOWERCASE and that there are NO SPACES
in your file name.
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You should see an Icon with the text "first.htm" pop
up on your desktop in a few seconds.
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If you need to edit the page, just open a new instance
of Netscape Communicator. Go to the "File" menu and the submenu titled
"Open." From this menu select "Page in Composer," and select the page you
wish to edit.*** SAVE OFTEN ***
IV. Uploading your work to be viewed on the web:
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On your desktop, you should see an icon named "home
via netatalk." Open this and log in with your uniqname and password.
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You should see the directory "Public." Open this.
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In this folder, if you have done it correctly, you should
see "html." Open it.
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Drag your "first .htm" file and drop it into this "html"
window.
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Close everything and open up Netscape again.
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Type "http://www.umich.edu/~[insert your uniqname here]/first.htm"
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Your page should be displayed in the browser.
V. Finding Help:
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A good reference for HTML: the "Bare Bones Guide to
HTML" < http://werbach.com/barebones >.
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provided by W3C, the commission in charge of "standardizing"
HTML < http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide >.
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Netscape Composer is not the only way to create
a web page. You can use any text editor (if you know code), other editors
like Dreamweaver or FrontPage to create HTML documents.
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Note that the instructions in sections II-IV are only
100% applicable on the SLC iMacs as of September 25, 2001.
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Options for uploading on PCs include FTP programs like
WsFTP or CuteFTP (the address is "ftp.ifs.umich.edu"). If you installed
all components of your UM Bluedisk, there is a program called "IFS Home
Directory (FTP)" which should be configured perfectly and ready to go ?
just log in.
Originally created by: David Chen |
Date: Fall 2001 |
Last modified by: Ian Stewart |
Date: Winter 2002 |