The Internet:
E-mail, Web Pages, and More

Instructor: Aaron Schmitz


Week 5: Finishing up the Web Pages and Closing Topics

Topics Discussed:
Tables

Tables are very easy to implement and very useful items to include on a web page. They can be either invisible or in plain view depending on the need. The main thing to remember with tables is that they have rows and data(columns). Below is a sample table's source and what it looks like.

What you type in your web page:

<table border=1>
        <tr>
           <td>Animal
           <td>Color
         <tr>
           <td>Cat
           <td>Blue
 <tr>
           <td>Dog
           <td>Red
</table>

What you get:
Animal Color
Cat Blue
Dog Red
Uploading the Pages and Graphics to the Webserver

The easiest way to load the pages and graphics on to the Lewis County C-1 Web server is to use either Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. The following steps will explain the process.
  1. Start Internet Explorer 5.0
  2. Type in the following line into the address line.
    ftp://username@lewis.k12.mo.us/www/
  3. It will ask for your password, so simply type in your password which in this case is your first name.
  4. The program will log you in and you should see a blank window.
  5. Next you will need to copy the files from your disk.
  6. Go to the Start Menu and Click Run
  7. Type a: and hit enter.
  8. The contents of your disk should show up now. Take your mouse and highlight all of the files that you want to transfer. Then right-click and choose copy.
  9. Go back to your Internet Explorer Window and right click on a blank spot within the window.
  10. Choose Paste. The files will now be uploaded to the server.
  11. You can go to the page by typing in the following address:
    http://lewis.k12.mo.us/~username/page1.html
    where username is your user name such as jcarper, blillard, etc...
Registering Your own Domain Name

The registration of your own domain name such as aaronschmitz.com or anthing else you like includes the steps listed below.
  1. You will need to go to a company such as Network Solutions (www.networksolutions.com) or DirectNIC(www.directnic.com) and choose an open domain name.
  2. Give the domain registering company your credit card number.
  3. Choose either to host(give your home page a place to live) on a commercial hosting company for a fee each month or find a free spot such as Geocities(www.geocities.com) to put your pages.
  4. If you go with a commercial hosting company, find one that can match your needs and price.
  5. Take the information that the hosting company gives you and go back to the domain registration company to change a few settings.
  6. Wait 12 to 24 hours for your domain name to be spread all over the world.
  7. Let the hits to your site roll in.
The actual steps are more complicated, but this gives you a basic idea of how the process works. Schmitz Communications can work with you to get a site up and running for you.
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