Developing & Hosting a web

Introduction

• To upload your Web page to VU’s Web server so that it becomes visible on the Internet as http://www.vu.edu.pk/~XXXXXXX
• where XXXXXXX is your user ID
• http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf

HTML Page

HTML Hyper Text Markup Language Altaf Khan Adjunct Lecturer in Computer Science Virtual University Building 1, 3rd Floor, Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Lahore +92 42 555 1212 altaf@vu.edu.pk I teach the Introduction to Computing course. Code written in Notepad File Uploading-Demo http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf/index.html http://www.vu.edu.pk/~altaf http://www.vu.edu.pk/~xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is your user ID … … … … … … … Paragraph Line break … Bold text “action” > label http:// example: “http://www.vu.edu.pk” mailto: example: “mailto:altaf@vu.edu.pk” HTML Code I am at the Virtual University. You can send me an e-mail by clicking here. Browser Display I am at the Virtual University. You can send me an e-mail by clicking here. Summary What have we learned today? We now know how Web pages are built using HTML We also know how to make our personal Web pages available to everyone on the Internet Useful URL’s HTML for the Conceptually Challenged http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/html_tutor.html NCSA’s Beginner's Guide to HTML Please visit http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/general/internet/www/htmlprimerall.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