Tips and Links for Posting Web Pages

• A USB Flash Drive is highly recommended for saving your exercises and projects (512 MB is more than enough). Other names for a Flash Drive are a memory stick, jump drive or thumb drive. Always keep a backup of your projects!
• Student web accounts need to be activated. It is now recommended to submit a case requesting account activation:
1. Login to campus connect
2. On the upper-right navigation bar, click on Technology Support Center (TSC)
3. Click on "Request Help - Submit a Case" near the bottom of the page
4. Fill out the form requesting an account on students.depaul.edu. For case type, select "Enhancement/Request". Leave the category blank. The problem summary should say "Request account on students.depaul.edu". For problem details, indicate that the request is for IT 130.
• For immediate help on web accounts, ID services can activate accounts. TSC can bey contacted by phone: 312-362-8765.
• File transfer software for Windows PC is now available as WinSCP. Select top WinSCP Installation Package for most stable version. For the Macintosh, Fugu is available.
• For this class, I recommend jEdit, which is available for PCs and Macs. PSPad is another editor for creating web pages. You can download the PSPad installer program here.
• While you can use any Web browser, I recommend Google Chrome, which provides the most help in finding problems with your web page. Firefox is also a good browser for web projects.
• Make sure that your Microsoft File Explorer is set to show file extensions:
1. You can invoke the MS File Explorer by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, and Windows Explorer.
2. From the MS File Explorer, select Tools, Folder Options.... Select the View tab and uncheck the box for "Hide extensions for known file types".
• Here are some recommendations for developing your own web pages:
1. Create and test your pages as files on your computer before you transfer them to the web server.
2. Choose file names that do not have any spaces or fancy characters.
3. Either use all lower case letters for file names, or be consistent with the case of your file names. Some web servers are case sensitive!