Assignment 1

Due: Wed. April 7

If you have not already activated your student Web and email accounts, please go to the DePaul ID Services and obtain your id and password for your account. Your objective in this assignment is to successfully log in to your account and set it up for publishing Web pages. You will then store an image file in your Web space on shrike and submit the working URL to me by email.

1. First read the DePaul Information Services documents on Personal Student Accounts and Tips for Student/Condor Sites. Also read the documents Publishing Web Pages @ DPU and using SSH for managing your accounts and transfering files.
2. Log in to your student account on Shrike and create a "public_html" folder and set access permissions as described in the above document.
3. Create a subfolder called "it130" inside your public_html folder and another subfolder of "it130" called "hw1". Again set the permissions for both subfolders to be publicly accessible.
4. Download and save the image www.gif into a local folder on your computer.
5. Use SSH (as described in the above mentioned document) to transfer this image file from your local computer to the it130/hw1 folder in your Student account. Set its access permissions so that it is publicly accessible via the Web.

You should now be able to view this image file on the Web using a URL such as:

http://students.depaul.edu/~yourlogin/it130/hw1/www.gif

with "yourlogin" in the above URL replaced with your user id used to login to your student account (don't forget the "~" character in the URL).

Next, download and save the HTML file myinfo.html. Use a text editor such as Notepad or Textpad (do not use a Word processing program such as Microsoft Word) to open and modify this file by replacing the occurrences of XXXXXXXXXX with relevant information about yourself. Save the modified file and upload it using SSH to the same hw1 folder your created above. Be sure to set the "read" permission for the file so that it is publicly accessible.

You should now be able to view this image file on the Web using a URL such as:

http://students.depaul.edu/~yourlogin/it130/hw1/myinfo.html

Submit this URL in two ways: via Course Online (type the URL into the comment box), and also as an email to me at (mobasher@cs.depaul.edu).

Notes:

• The subject line of your email should contain your name, the course number (IT 130), and the assignment number (Assignment 1).
• You can use your favorite email application, but send your email from an email account that you check on a regular basis (preferrably your student email account at DePaul which is also on "student.depaul.edu").
• You should also send yourself a copy of the email (using the CC option) and keep it in case it becomes necessary for you to resubmit at a later date.

Please see the syllabus for the policy on late assignments.