TASK ONE -- Setting
Up a Subdirectory Directory on MASON
When you make a second webpage for your site, it
is a good idea to make a new directory for your new HTML file and any graphic
files you associate with it. You can create a second webpage for your site
without creating a subdirectory for it, but your web work will be much
easier to manage if you create a new subdirectory: if you don't make a
new subdirectory for your new page, it is as if you are putting all the
papers from all your classses into one folder--and if you do that, you
will have a hard time keeping your papers organized, easy to find, and
easy to work with.
Of course, once you make your new subdirectory, you
will need to change the permissions on it so that web users will have permission
to read any files in it.
Follow the directions below to both create a subdirectory
and to change its permissions.
A. Log onto your mason account (use Telnet)
B. Type the following commands EXACTLY.
cd public_html
Moves you into your public_
html directory.
mkdir English
Creates a subdirectory
called English within the directory public_html.
chmod 755 English
Correctly sets the permissions
on this new subdirectory, English, so that web users can access HTML files
you put in it
cd English
Moves you into the new
subdirectory called English
TASK TWO -- Creating
Your Subpage File and Setting Its Permissions
A. Now you need to make your new HTML file.
You can make an HTML file many different ways, but for the simple pages
you are making for this class, it is easiest to use Pico to create your
webpages while you are on-line (logged into Mason).
To make your new HTML file, after the mason prompt
type:
pico advice.html
"pico" starts the pico
program and " advice.html " tells pico what to name the new file you are
creating.
B. Type the following exactly (expect
for the items in bold italics... include your specific information in place
of the bolded and italicized words). The information in the <> marks
is html mark-up, or HTML tags. This makes this file a WWW (html) file.
<html>
<head>
<title> Advice for Learning English</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor= "
add a color code# "
text= "
#000000 "
>
<body>
<h1> Learning English</h1>
<hr>
<p>This is where you type in your
paragraph about a good way to learn English<p>
<hr>
<p>Here is an interesting link to help you learn
English:
<ul>
<li><a href="Type
in the URL of a webpage you want to link your subpage to" >
Type in the title of the webpage you are linking to </a>
</ul>
<hr>
<a href = "
mailto: your e-mail address "
>your e-mail address </a>
</body>
</html>
C. When you are done typing, press the control
key and the X key at the same time (the exit command at the bottom
of your screen--^X). When you are prompted, answer y for yes to
exit pico and to save the file. When the computer asks you if you want
to save the file as advice.html press the return key (that means
you are answering yes).
D. Now you need to
set the correct permissions for this new webpage. To do so, follow the
directions below:
chmod 755 advice.html
Sets permissions on your
new HTML file that allow visitors to view it.
TASK THREE -- Linking
Your Subpage to Your Homepage
Now that you have a second webpage, you will want
to link it to your first page, or homepage, so that you will have a true
website, rather than simply a webpage.
To put a link on your homepage to your second page,
you need to get to your index.html file in your public_html
directory. Right now you are in a subdirectory of public_html called
English. Use the following command to get back "up" out of English
into public_html:
cd ..
Be sure to leave a blank
space infront of the two period marks when you type in this command
Now that you are in public_html, you can edit
your index.html file using Pico. To start pico and open your index.hmtl
file, type the following after the mason. gmu.edu prompt:
pico index.html
"pico" starts the pico
program and " index.html " tells pico what to open the file called index.html
Choose a place on your homepage where you want to add
the link to your second page (at the bottom of your homepage near your
"mailto" link). Once you have found the place you want to your link, type
in the following line to your index.html file:
<a href ="http://mason.gmu.edu/
~your username/English/advice.html "
> Type in the title of the webpage you are linking to </a>
Check It Out!
A. Your new website is complete! Your file
called index.html is now not only used as the default page when
visitors look, but now it is also truly your homepage: the webpage people
see first when they type in your URL. It is like the first room of your
apartment or house: people come into first and then can be lead to other
rooms in the apartment or house from there. The address, or URL for your
homepage is is:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~username/
The address, or URL, for your subpage is:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~username/English/advice.html
Test out your website. Start Netscape and use the Open
command. Type in your URL:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~username/
Now look for the link to your subpage and click
on it. Doesn't it work great?
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