CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Creating Your First Web Page Instructor: Joseph DiVerdi, Ph. D.

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Local vs. Server Pages A Web browser renders pages from anyplace Place an HTML file on your desktop and point your browser to it –You can view it but nobody else can –Good for prototyping Place an HTML file on a Web server and point your browser to it –Everyone can view it You can work on a file that is stored on a Web server without downloading it to your desktop

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC First (Local) Web Page Create document on local desktop Use: NotePad Name it "first.html" Save it on the Desktop Test page using: browser

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC First Web Page My First Page This is my first page It's quite modest but it's sincere

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Required Skills Required skills for CGI Programming Able to log into a Linux server using Telnet and make changes Able to upload files from local computer to Linux server using FTP and make changes Able to quickly and efficiently edit files directly on a Linux server without making a local copy of the files

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Student Accounts Ulltra Technology-owned server Account at linus.ulltra.com HTTP access at:linus.ulltra.com/~account_name Account names are: your last name, all lower case, no spaces

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Student Accounts Each account will be used by one student Instructor will assign accounts Assistance from other students is encouraged

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Install Tera Term Pro Download installer program from XTR If Winzip is not installed on your computer download it from and install it Then install Tera Term Pro Make shortcut on desktop

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Student Account Setup Use Tera Term Pro to login Use username: your last name, all lower case, no spaces Change password using: passwd Logout and login to check password

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Install FTPEditor Download installer program from XTR Then install FTPEditor Make shortcut on desktop

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC First (Remote) Web Page Make a new directory named "html" –mkdir html Change its permissions to allow server access –chmod 755 html Use: Tera Term Pro

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC First (Remote) Web Page Move your file "first.html" to the server Use: FTPeditor Change its name to "index.html" Change its permissions to "world readable" –chmod 644 html

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC First (Remote) Web Page Test page using: browser

CSU - DCE Advanced Perl First Web Page - Fort Collins, CO Copyright © XTR Systems, LLC Validation HTML Validation Services – – – – –HTML Validators on Yahoo All have free and for-fee testing facilities Use: