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ARTDM 171, Week 12: Hosting
Gilbert Guerrero
gilbertguerrero.com/blog/artdm-171/
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Homework
• Put your homework in my dropbox• Put them in a folder with your lastname and
first initial• Example:
smith-h
header.lbi
footer.lbi
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Web Hosting
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Hosting your website
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Your web host handles the files
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Several services which require payment• Dreamhost –unlimited storage, one-click-
installs, full featured administration, some problems with downtime, easy webmail access
• Go Daddy – super cheap, but hard to use• Media Temple – pricey but dependable, lots
of features, the good stuff• Green Hosting, or Solar and Wind Powered –
http://www.thinkhost.com, http://www.sustainablewebsites.com
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Free hosting
• xtreemhost.com – free, PHP enabled• T35.com – PHP enabled, unlimited
space, minimal ads• Tripod – ad-based• Bravenet.com – lots of built-in features,
annoying ads• Your ISP – Internet Service Providers,
such as ATT, offer this with your DSL. You may already be paying for this.
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OR… set up your own server at home
How do I host a real domain name at home?
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Specialized hosting
• Blogs: blogger, wordpress.com, livejournal.com, typepad.com
• Media: Flickr, You Tube, Archive.org, Google Video
• Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, LinkedIn, Tribe.net, Ning, Meetup
• Classifieds, garage sales: Craigslist.org, Ebay.com
• Payments: PayPal, Network For Good, • (Social) Bookmarking: del.icio.us, digg.net• Software sharing: SourceForge• Human Knowledge: Wikipedia
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Buying a Domain Name
• Most hosting companies register domain names for added cost, around $9.99 or as low as $6.99
• Godaddy.com and NetworkSolutions.com offer cheap registration.
• If you choose to register a domain with a company other than your hosting company, you must add the DNS addresses for your hosting company at your registration company.
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FTP: File Transfer Protocol
• Other programs: WS_FTP, FileZilla, Fetch, Transmit
• Commonly used as a noun and verb. • Host Directory refers to the location on the
server. • FTP can also be used to share files
anonymously. o See Internet Archive, many media files available
directly through FTP. You don’t have to do everything through a Web browser.
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Working on your site templates
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Slicing up your comps
• Images that will be used throughout your site will be taken from your page comps
• Turn off background layers• Use marquee selection and transform
selection• Crop or copy and paste into a new
document
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SSI for Templates
• If you know your server is running Apache (most likely it is), you can use SSI to include common items on every page.
<!--#include virtual="/includes/nav.html"-->
• More SSI commands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes
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iframes
<iframe name=“myfeed” id=“myfeed” src=“myfeed.html” height=“100” width=“400” scrolling=“auto”>
If you can see this, your browser does not support iframes!
</iframe>
•iframes allow you to embed external content•Drawback: links have to be edited to load pages in the parent window
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Save as a template
• Use File > Save as Template…• Dreamweaver saves your template file
into a new folder within your site files called Templates
• Create areas which can be edited by highlighting placeholder contentoGo to Insert > Template Objects > Editable
Regions
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Using your template
• To begin using this template, open the Assets panel and click the Templates button
• If you don’t see your template, click the refresh button at the bottom of the panel
• To create a new page using this template, right-click on the file in the Assets panel and choose New from Template
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Creating Library Items
• To add a new item to the Library:o Click the Library button in the Assets panelo Select some text in a page or template, such as
the text in the footero Click the New Library Item button (bottom of the
Assets panel)o Name your library item
• Library items are highlighted in yellow• To use your new library item, drag and drop it
onto any page
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Homework due Nov 10
• Setup a place for your final project on your web host’s server
• Read and do exercises in Ch. 11: Using Forms and Fields
Next week: We'll discuss Web forms