The task for today is to (A) make a new WebPage, (B) change it's "permissions" (chmod a+r *.*), (C) cut and paste your sample writings to the new page, (D) "hot button" the new page on your main WebPage (index.html), (E) make a backup copy of all of your web files to a floppy disk, and, (F) close your accounts.(A) To make a new page for Sample Writings:
- open your WWW acount
- cd www
- pico writings.html
- then cut and paste the following from this screen to your empty writings.html file
(Ctrl-c copies highlighted materials from the screen):
<!--#include virtual="header1.html"-->
<P>
<FONT SIZE="+3" FONT COLOR="WHITE">
Sample Writings</font>
<P>
<HR SIZE="5" WIDTH=80%>
</center>
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>
Insert your sample writings here
</pre>
</blockquote>
<!--#include virtual="footer1.html"-->
- Ctrl-X
- Answer "Yes" at the prompt
(B) Change "Permissions" for the new page:
- chmod a+r *.*
- Then check out your new writings.html file on Netscape or Internet Explorer
(C) Put your sample writings on your new page:
- Open your writings.html file with pico.
- Then copy ("cut and paste") your sample writing materials from your word processor to your new and opened www writings.html file.
- Delete the "Insert your sample writings here" and paste your copied sample writing materials in that section. Make sure you paste them between the <PRE> tag and the </pre> tag. (<PRE> means that it is "PREformatted text.")
- Ctrl-X
- Answer "Yes" at the prompt
(D) "Hot Button" your new page on your HomePage (index.html):
- Copy the following to your index.html page (your HomePage), substituting your E-mail name in place of "troufs":
<A HREF="http://www.d.umn.edu/~troufs/writings.html"> A Sample of My Writings</a>
<P>(E) Saving your WebStuff to your disk:
- Go to the FTP (File Transfer Program) and log on
- Highlight the www (don't click on it, just highlight it)
- Check to see that the left column is set to Drive A:
- Click on the left-facing arrow
- Answer "Yes" when it asks, "Do you want to transfer the selected directory structures?"
(F) Don't forget to close your accounts when you're finished.
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