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Lecture 6
Developing & Hosting a Web page (Web Development Lecture 2)
Today is our 2nd Web Dev lecture During our 1st lecture about the Web
We answered various questions about the Web. How it works, How it is structured, etc. We also commented about the future shape of the Web: the Semantic Web, and how it is different from the Web of today. Todays Web is targeted squarely at us, humans. Whereas, the Semantic Web is being constructed in such a way that it is easily understandable for the computers
But first
How I developed my personal Web page
and made it available over the Internet through the URL
http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf
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<P><B>Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.vu.edu.pk/">Virtual University</A><BR> Building 1, 3rd Floor, Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Lahore<BR> +92 42 555 1212<BR> <A HREF="mailto:altaf@vu.edu.pk">altaf@vu.edu.pk</A><BR></P>
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The ones in yellow, i.e. <HTML>, </HTML>, <HEAD>, <P><B>Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science</B><BR> </HEAD>, <BODY>, </BODY> <A HREF="http://www.vu.edu.pk/">Virtual University</A><BR> are the six essential HTML tags, Building 1, 3rd Floor, Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Lahore<BR> required in all Web pages
<H1>Altaf Khan</H1>
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<H1>Altaf Khan</H1> <P><B>Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.vu.edu.pk/">Virtual University</A><BR> Building 1, 3rd Floor, Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Lahore<BR> +92 42 555 1212<BR> <A HREF="mailto:altaf@vu.edu.pk">altaf@vu.edu.pk</A><BR></P>
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After typing the code into notepad, I saved it as index.html To check if I have done everything right, I double clicked on icon of the saved file index.html
Double clicking on the icon launched the Web browser displaying my index.html
Problem!
My Web page is visible only on my computer. It would be nice if it was also visible on the computers of all my friends and relatives as well.
Solution!
I need to upload my Web page to a Web server that is connected to the Internet As a result, my Web page will become accessible to anyone with a computer hooked up to the Internet
Upload Process
I went to the Web server upload page on the VU Intranet and uploaded my Web page to my account on the VU Web server
Eureka!
My Web page is now accessible from all of the millions of computers connected to the Internet
http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf/index.html
http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf
http://www.vu.edu.pk/~xxxxxxx
Open notepad, type in the HTML code, and save it as index.html on your PCs desktop
Log on to the VU Intranet and upload that index.html from your PCs Desktop to your account on VUs Web server
That is it!
Your Web page is now accessible on the Internet through the URL:
http://www.vu.edu.pk/~xxxxxxx
where xxxxxxx is your user ID
Before we finish for the day, a brief review of the HTML tags
<HTML> </HTML>
<HEAD> </HEAD>
<TITLE> </TITLE>
<BODY> </BODY>
<P> </P>
Paragraph
<BR>
Line break
<B> </B>
Bold text
mailto:
Sends an e-mail to the specified address example: mailto:altaf@vu.edu.pk
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I am at the <A HREF=http://www.vu.edu.pk>Virtual University</A>. You can send me an e-mail by clicking <A HREF=mailto:bhola@vu.edu.pk>here</A>.
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I am at the Virtual University. You can send me an e-mail by clicking here.
Useful URLs
HTML for the Conceptually Challenged
http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/html_tutor.html
Homework Assignment
Develop your own home page. It should be accessible as http://www.vu.edu.pk/~xxxxxxx (xxxxxxxx is your user ID) Among other things, it should contain
At least one link to http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf Your (clickable) email address A paragraph (50-100 words) on what you see yourself doing 10 years from now
Consult your syllabus for the submission deadline for this assignment
In the 3rd Web Dev lecture well learn about adding Lists & Tables to your Web page