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Assignment 9

You are to create your own web page and modify it. After you have made all the modifications, send me an e-mail with the URL to your site.

Setting up your directories in solix

Issue the command mkdir www
Issue the command chmod 755 www
Issue the command (yes, there is a period at the end) chmod 711 .
Issue the command cd www
Issue the command pico index.html
This will open your home page in the editor. You will need to edit this to make your page:
- Add some text, anything will do for now.
- Save the file by pressing CTRL-O, accept the name index.html
- Exit pico by pressing CTRL-X
Issue the command chmod 644 index.html This will fix the access rights of your home page so that you can edit the file.

Your web page should now be visible at http://www.fiu.edu/~dlette07, replacing dlette07 with your solix user name.

How to edit your index.htm file and view it in Netscape simultaneously

It is possible to log onto two different computers at the school in order to run Netscape on one, and to connect to serss1 or solix in order to edit your index.htm file.

Connect to the computer serss1 or solix. Issue the commands:
- cd www
- pico index.html
Now you are in the pico editor, looking at your home page file, index.htm
Minimize the Telnet application.
Start Netscape.
Now by using the ALT-TAB key combination, you will be able to switch back and forth between Netscape and the telnet to serss1 or solix.

Changes to make to your index.htm file

First, switch to Netscape and access the page http://www.fiu.edu/graphics This will give you a list of graphics that you can add to your web page. Above each graphic is the HTML code that you need to add to your page in order to see that graphic. Write down the HTML code for the graphic that you want.
Switch to serss1 and type the HTML code for the graphic that you want. For now, do not put the code between any other paired codes. The easiest place to put the graphic is at the bottom of your file. If you want to see the changes
- press control-O to save your work
- use ALT-TAB to switch to Netscape
- type your URL in the location box and hit enter, eg http://www.fiu.edu/~jsmith01
Switch back to serss1. Add two different levels of headings: heading 1 and heading 1. If you want to see the changes
- press control-O to save your work
- use ALT-TAB to switch to Netscape
- click the RELOAD button in Netscape
Switch back to serss1, Change the italicized text to bold. Be sure to modify both the start and end codes. If you want to see the changes
- press control-O to save your work
- use ALT-TAB to switch to Netscape
- click the RELOAD button in Netscape
Switch back to serss1. The final changes are a bit complicated. You are adding a title to your page, but in order to do that, we have to standardize your HTML file. Make the following changes to your file. Please notice where these codes go in relation to your previous code.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>John Smith's Home Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

This is where all your previous code belongs

</BODY>
</HTML>

If you want to see the changes
- press control-O to save your work
- use ALT-TAB to switch to Netscape
- click the RELOAD button in Netscape
Switch to serss1 and save your changes by pressing control-O, then exit the pico editor by typing control-X. Then you can start pine and send me an e-mail message telling me that your page has been modified and give me the complete URL, eg http://www.fiu.edu/~jsmith01