Many references are available online and offline to help you learn enough HTML to expand on the template and do complex pages. If you have photos and graphics you'd like to use, contact Shirley at 239-3571 to use the scanner in Batmale 132.
If you don't have the time or desire to do your own HTML, remember that lots of CCSF students are anxious to show off their skills. Hiring a student may be the way to go.
Tech Notes:
- File extensions count. If you want the web server program to display your HTML code correctly, you must add either .html or .htm as a suffix to the name of your file. Likewise, graphics files most often sport the extensions .gif or .jpg.
- Case counts. The web server program runs on Unix, which is case-sensitive. If you name a file 'bingo.html' and then construct a link to that file as 'Bingo.html', the link won't work.
- Make your links portable. Whenever possible, make your links relative, not absolute. If you construct a link to a file that resides in the same directory, use just the filename in the link. Use the full http:// URL format only when you are accessing another machine.
- Give the right name to the file that's your starting point. Name the first file you want to display either 'index.html' or 'index.htm' - this is what the web server program wants to display automatically.
Using command line FTP All the Way
- Log on to your personal account on Fog
- Create a temporary folder
- Change directory to the temporary folder
- Run the command ftp
- Upload your files using ftp.
The HTML files can be uploaded as text. Graphics files must be uploaded as binary.
Using a Sophisticated FTP Program (and Avoiding Unix)
If you use an FTP upload program such as WS-FTP (PC) or Fetch 3.0 (Macintosh), you can create your directories, upload files, and set the correct permissions. Here are some rules to keep in mind:
http:/www.ccsf.org/~yourid/
where 'yourid' is the login id for your departmental account on hills.
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