LESSON 6: FTP AND FINAL PROJECT

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THIS WEEK'S SUGGESTED GOAL
FINAL PROJECT
GOALS:
This is the final "pull it all together" lesson for students. I would like you to work in groups to redesign a Web site from the planning stage to the HTML design and production.

ASSIGNMENT:
Students will break into groups of 4 and choose a site to rework using the skills that you've learned in the previous lessons. You should focus on the goals of the site when designing the pages and re-organizing the content. Once you are done, you will upload the site to our server and present it to the class. When you present it to the class, I'd like you to tell us what you've learned along the way about the process of creating Web sites.

I recommend that you choose a site that you all would like to redesign. Otherwise, you may want to choose one of these sites:
Bluefly.com
Puma.com
Mtv.com
www.kfog.com/
Sfmoma.org
Moma.org
Guggenheim.org
Outsideonline.com
Gorp.com

Understand the following concepts and terms:
· FTP

HTML RESOURCES MATERIAL FOR GETTING STARTED:
Online HTML Reference Guide

On the Web:
· Webmonkey (www.webmonkey.com)
· HTML writer's guild (www.hwg.org)
· CNET's Builder.com (builder.cnet.com)
· World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org)
· Lynda.com (www.lynda.com)

Printed material:
Elizabeth Castro, HTML 4.0 for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, PeachPit Press.

TODAY'S TOPIC:
How to log into a remote server for ftping
1. Launch your program (Fetch or WSFTP is what we use at City College).
2. You'll need an address: hills.ccsf.org
3. username: I provided this to you
4. password: your birth date (i.e., apr1380)
5. Now you're ready to load files:

· Under remote, use "put directories and files" to Upload files from your hard disk to the remote server. You can also create, delete, and rename directories under this menu item.

· Under remote, use "get directories and files" to download files from the server to your local drive.

· Remember to name your home page index.html. That way, it will load automatically.

· Put all your web docs in the Public folder (or create a subdirectories for your other files)

· You can find your uploaded files at: hills.ccsf.org/~username/filename

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