jan27 assignment instructions
This page describes some of the basic skills for this course: creating a text file and uploading it to a web server.
There are a number of ways to do either of these things. In fact, best would be to make sure you can do each at least two different ways. (For example, with various different applications, operating systems, or from a shell command line.)
creating a text file
First, get a text editor. (Not a word processor - those will usually save the file in a special format.) The
resources page lists some good ones. Once you have one, run it,
create a file, type something (anything) in it, and save with a .txt (for "text") extension at the end.
HTML files are just text files with a different extenstion, namely files that end with .html .
uploading a file
To move it to a web server (such as the html/ directory in your home folder on
the college's "akbar" computer), either
screenshots
To document what you're doing, it can be helpful to make a "screenshot";
that is, a picture of what's on your screen.
On a mac, type cmd-shift-3 or cmd-shift-4 .
questions
More questions? Stop by Jim's office and ask for help.
