CMIS 102A

Lab 2

In a web browser go to:
http://10.10.19.49/~yourlastname
where yourlastname is your last name.  The ~ is the tilde
character; it's required for this web site (it means the home
directory of the yourlastname user [you have an account on
a Linux server], this is common at academic web sites).
This is your web site.  Use it only for this course.
It's only accessible from inside this building.

Because there's no index.html file in your home directory the Apache
web server displays a directory listing.  If there were an index.html
file, it would be downloaded to the browser and displayed.  Your
directory /~yourlastname is empty, there are no files in it.

Ask your neighbor his or her name and go to his/her empty web site.


An FTP program is needed to upload files to your web site.  UMUC
computer labs have FileZilla (an ftp client) installed. 
It's free:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

Find Filezilla and start it.
(You will ogon to the web server, select local file(s) and upload them
to the web server).  

"Host": 10.10.19.47
"Username": yourusername
"Password": yourpassword
Click QuickConnect

Your account name on the web server is your last name, in all lowercase.
Your password is your first name, in all lowercase.


The left panes ("Local Site") are your computer, you can move around
in the drives and folders of it.  The right panes ("Remote Site") are
the web server you've logged on to.  All web pages go in the
public_html folder; always double click to move into it when you do
any uploading or web site maintenance.  Going into it you see it's
empty (this is why http://10.10.19.47/~yourlastname is empty).  

Move around in the left pane to your local folder.  Select any
.java file in it.  Doubleclick or drag to remote site to upload the file.
(One reason it might fail is the login has timed out and disconnected; in
that case QuickConnect again.)

Look at your web site in the browser again (maybe refresh it).  The
uploaded file is now accessible within our network.  Click that link and see
the .java file displayed in the browser.

Upload the .html and .class files of your modified FirstApplet from
last class to your web site (the .java file does not need to be in the
web site for the applet to work).  Click the FirstApplet.html link in
your web site's directory listing to check that it works.


Windows has a built-in ftp command in Command Prompt ("DOS box").

[Norton irritations: antivirus software can prevent usage of FTPing,
so check/change Norton's settings to allow your own computer to use
FTP.]