Today's class covered some of the basics of web servers, uploading files, and URLs. This in-class exercise will apply those topics by asking you to type a web page, then upload it to your folder on the cscdbw.etsu.edu server. Some of you may have had experience doing this in the past. For others, it may seem a little scary. We will spend the rest of the class period on this exercise, so feel free to take your time, play with the software, and by all means ask questions.
Using Notepad, create a new file containing the following HTML web page. Be sure to include your information in the areas highlighted in green.
<html>
<head>
<title>
insert your name here
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Spring 2002 -- Exercise 1</h1>
<p>
Insert a paragraph here explaining why you are
taking CSCI 1710 and how you expect to apply the
skills you learn after the term is over.
</p>
</body>
</html>
Once you've created this file, save it to your Zip disk under the file name ex1.html.
To see if your html code is formatted correctly, you may view it in either Netscape or IE by clicking on the menu item "File", selecting "Open", clicking on the "browse" button, then selecting your file from the directory.
Using WS-FTP, upload the file to your web directory on the server cscidbw.etsu.edu. After you've uploaded it to your directory, view it using your web browser by entering the URL:
http://cscidbw.etsu.edu/z????/ex1.html
where z???? is your userid/z-account name.
For additional support in using WS-FTP, see our class notes on using WS_FTP. It contains step-by-step instructions on logging in and uploading files.
To download a copy of WS-FTP to be used only for ETSU-related activities, visit our download site. Double click on the ws_ftp32.exe file, and when prompted, save the file to a folder on your harddrive. After the file downloads, execute the file by double-clicking on it from Windows Explorer and follow the directions to install it on your machine.