9/16/08 Notes

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IT 130 -- 9/16/08

Review Questions

What does HTML mean?
Ans: Hypertext Markup Language
What does XHTML mean?
Ans: Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.
Name some popular Web browsers.
Ans: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, Safari (Apple). Mosaic is still available as "antique" software.
What is the file extension of an HTML file?
Ans: .htm or .html.; .htm is recommended.
What does it mean to upload a webpage?
Ans: It means to copy a file from a local PC to the web server so that it can be viewed by anyone over the internet.
What software can you use to upload a webpage?
Ans: SSH, FTP. A web browser is not used to upload a web page because browsers are read only for web content.
What does it mean to download a webpage?
Ans: It means to move the page from the server to the local PC.
What software can you use to download a webpage?
Ans: Any web browser, SSH, FTP.
I try to create a new HTML file using Windows Explorer, but its associated icon is for a text file. What is wrong?
Ans: The Windows Explorer must be set to display file extensions. (Invoke Windows Explorer >> Tools >> Folder Options >> View Tab >> Uncheck the box "Hide extensions for known file types.")
Why is it important to set Microsoft Explorer to display file extensions?
Ans: Because you will want to know the exact name of the file without trying to guess the file extension from the icon beside the file. It is also easy to make mistakes when changing the name of a file.
List the HTML tags that we saw last time.
Ans: <html> <head> <title> <body> <h1>
How do you distinguish a start tag from an end tag?
Ans: An end tag contains a forward slash, for example <html> vs. the start tag </html>

History of Computing and the Internet

Look at A Brief History of Computing and the Internet.

Project Proj1

See the document Using PSPad to Create a New HTML Page.
PSPad is a free download from http://www.pspad.com.
Complete the project Proj1. Call your submission proj1-smith.htm, where you replace Smith by your last name.
See the document Using SSH for File Upload.
Download SSH from the site
http://ftp.ssh.com/pub/ssh .
Download the file SSHSecureShellClient.exe.
Before uploading your Proj1 HTML file, create a folder named public_html.
Upload proj1-smith.htm into the public_html folder on your students.depaul.edu account.
Do not view your uploaded file with SSH, use a browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla instead. If your name is ssmith, this is the URL
Submit the link (something like the preceding line) to your uploaded file on the COL Assignment Submission System. Paste the link into the comment field.
Here is a Guide to Submitting Projects.
Make sure that you replace the and tags by CSS constructs as described in the Proj1 Description.

Project Proj2

Finish looking at A Brief History of Computing and the Internet.
Look at the project Proj2.
Here is some dummy text to use for practice for project Proj2.
Restrictions for Project Proj2:
You may obtain topics from these websites
You may use any other sources to obtain topics.
Don't forget to set the font, text color and background color of your Proj2 HTML page with an inline style in the body tag.
A deduction will be made if your submission is very short or if you do not state why you chose the topics that you did.