Dr. Person: FMIS 1201 Introduction to Business Information Systems

Check Sheet for Project 1 (Home Page and Email)

Version 1.03 Revised 5/25/00: add Step 8 with link to Assessment Form.
Version 1.02 Revised 1/26/00: add comment regarding GradeR.
Version 1.01 Revised 1/20/00: clarify warning and how to rename home.html file.
Version 1.00 Revised 1/18/00
INSTRUCTIONS:
The following steps must be accomplished in order to earn full credit for doing this project.
Projects will be graded according to the indicated points possible.

Warning: This assignment creates a Web page named home.html. If you already have a file named home.html on your account then rename home.html before doing this project.
 To rename a home.html file go to the unix % prompt and enter the unix command
mv home.html newname.html
where your own file name is substituted for "newname.html"
For example, assuming that you do not yet have a file named index.html then you could enter the unix command
mv home.html index.html
because it is OK to have both a home.html and an index.html Web page. On the UMD Web server if both index.html and home.html files are present on your account then the default homepage will be index.html
Click here for more Unix Help.


Step 1. The purpose of this step is to telnet into your account and use the unix operating system to run the setup_www program to create a home page on the Web.

 Step 1A. Telnet into your UMD account by doing the following:
Click Start
Select Programs
Select UMDNet Communications
Click WinQVT (telnet & email)
Click the Terminal button to choose a telnet (remote terminal) type of connection.
In the "Configuration:" panel on the right, click bulldog_(umenu_services) to identify bulldog.d.umn.edu as the host computer you want to connect to.
Click the OK button to connect to the host computer.

Click the _ button to minimize the WinQVT window.

In the telnet - bulldog window
at login: type your username and press the enter key.
at password: type your password and press the enter key.
at the prompt "Enter Terminal Type, for default (vt100) :
[Z)enith, S)un, X)term, W)yse, V)t100] ?" press the enter key.

The next screen is the umenu (main menu) screen.
Step 1B. Assuming that you are at the umenu (main menu) screen, run the unix setup_www program by doing the following:
Choose U (for Unix operating system)
At the unix % prompt enter the command setup_www
which will create a file named home.html in the www subdirectory on your account.
_________ (20 points possible)

 Step 2. The purpose of this step is to look at your home page using Internet Explorer.

 Step 2A. Run Internet Explorer by doing the following:
Click Start
Select Programs
Select UMDNet Communications
Click Internet Explorer
Step 2B. Go to your home page by doing the following:
In the "Address:" bar type the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of your home page:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~username/home.html
where username is replaced by your own username and press the enter key.
Your home page should now appear in the content area of the Web browser window.

 Step 3. The purpose of this step is to modify your home page directly on the UMD Web server.

Note: This is the "online" edit loop, which modifies a Web page directly on the UMD Web server.
The "online" edit loop is a good approach for minor changes to a Web page.
In a later project you will learn the "offline" edit loop, which modifies a Web page on your local PC and then uploads the new Web page to the Web server.
The "offline" edit loop is a good approach for major changes to a Web page.

Step 3A(i). Click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window.
At the unix % prompt enter the command
cd ~/www
to change the current directory to the www subdirectory of your account.

Troubleshooting: Notice that there is a space between the letter "d" and the "~" (tilde) symbol.

At the unix % prompt enter the command pico home.html to run the pico text editor and read in the home.html file, which is a text (ASCII) file containing HTML tags.

Troubleshooting: Notice that there is a space between the letter "o" and the letter "h".

Change the title that appears in the task bar at the top of the Internet Explorer window to show
your own full name: Home Page
__________ (10 points possible)
Hint: read the Carey text on pages HTML 1.14-HTML 1.16 regarding the < TITLE > and < /TITLE > tags.
The main idea is that any text between the < TITLE > and < /TITLE > tags will appear in the task bar at the top of the Web browser window.
Hint: You can also study Dr. Person's Sample Home Page generated by setup_www (home.html) by using your Internet Explorer window and clicking on View and Source to see a working example.
Step 3A(ii). The purpose of this step is to write the new version of the home.html file on your local PC screen onto permanent disk storage on the UMD Web server.

Give the pico program the command ^O to writeOut your modified file to permanent disk storage by giving a "combination keystroke" as follows: hold down the control key and then press the letter "O" once.

At the bottom of the window see the prompt "File Name to Write :" followed by the filename "home.html"
Do not change the suggested file name home.html
Press the enter key which will cause the new version of the home.html file to be rewritten on top of the old version of the home.html file on permanent storage on the UMD Web server.

Step 3A(iii). The purpose of this step is to use Internet Explorer to look at your revised home page and check your changes.

Click on the Internet Explorer program icon on the task bar to activate the Web browser window.
Notice that the old version of your Web page is being displayed from your local PC harddisk (cache) memory.
Click on the Internet Explorer Refresh button to cause the most recent version of your home page to be retrieved from the Web server and rendered on your IE window.
The "Refresh" button is described in the Shelly Cashman Jordan text "Internet Explorer: An Introduction" on pages IE 1.21 - IE 1.22.
Verify that your changes to your home page are working.

Step 3B(i). Click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window.
In the body of the Web page personalize the heading that contains your welcome message and use capital letters in your own full name.
__________ (10 points possible)
Hint: read the Carey text on pages HTML 1.17-HTML 1.18 regarding the < H1 > and < /H1 > tags.
The main idea is that any text between the < H1 > and < /H1 > tags will appear in the heading with largest heading size (size 1) on the rendered Web page.
Hint: You can also study a sample of Dr. Person's Home Page generated by setup_www (home.html) by using the Internet Explorer window and clicking on View and Source to see a working example.
Step 3B(ii). The purpose of this step is to write the new version of the home.html file on your local PC screen onto permanent disk storage on the UMD Web server.

Give the pico program the command ^O to writeOut your modified file to permanent disk storage by giving a "combination keystroke" as follows: hold down the control key and then press the letter "O" once.

At the bottom of the window see the prompt "File Name to Write :" followed by the filename "home.html"
Do not change the suggested file name home.html
Press the enter key which will cause the new version of the home.html file to be rewritten on top of the old version of the home.html file on permanent storage on the UMD Web server.

Step 3B(iii). The purpose of this step is to use Internet Explorer to look at your revised home page and check your changes.

Click on the Internet Explorer program icon on the task bar to activate the Web browser window.
Notice that the old version of your Web page is being displayed from your local PC hard disk (cache) memory.
Click on the Internet Explorer Refresh button to cause the most recent version of your home page to be retrieved from the Web server and rendered on your IE window.
Verify that your changes to your home page are working.

Step 3C(i). Click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window.
Make the document graphic part of the clickable link to "Click here for more information about working with web pages at UMD"
__________ (10 points possible)
Hint: Read the Carey text Session 2.1 "Creating a Hypertext Document" on pages HTML 2.2-HTML 2.9 regarding placement of the < IMG SRC > IMaGe SouRCe tag so that the graphic is clickable.
The main idea is that an image source tag is placed inside a matching pair of anchor tags to make the graphic clickable.
Hint: You can study Dr. Person's Sample Home Page generated by setup_www (home.html) by using your Internet Explorer window and clicking on View and Source to see a working example.
Notice that the BORDER="0" specification turns off the ugly border around the edge of a clickable graphic image.
Step 3C(ii). The purpose of this step is to write the new version of the home.html file on your local PC screen onto permanent disk storage on the UMD Web server.

Give the pico program the command ^O to writeOut your modified file to permanent disk storage by giving a "combination keystroke" as follows: hold down the control key and then press the letter "O" once.

At the bottom of the window see the prompt "File Name to Write :" followed by the filename "home.html"
Do not change the suggested file name home.html
Press the enter key which will cause the new version of the home.html file to be rewritten on top of the old version of the home.html file on permanent storage on the UMD Web server.

Step 3C(iii). The purpose of this step is to use Internet Explorer to look at your revised home page and check your changes.

Click on the Internet Explorer program icon on the task bar to activate the Web browser window.
Notice that the old version of your Web page is being displayed from your local PC harddisk (cache) memory.
Click on the Internet Explorer Refresh button to cause the most recent version of your home page to be retrieved from the Web server and rendered on your IE window.
Verify that your changes to your home page are working.

Step 3D(i). Click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window.
Put a clickable mailbox graphic in the Page Author clickable email link.
You may use the animated mailbox graphic located at URL http://www.d.umn.edu/~hperson/envelope.gif
__________ (10 points possible)
Hint: You can view the HTML source for the sample Dr. Person's Home Page generated by setup_www (home.html) to see a working example.
One main idea is that references to Web pages and graphic files are "relative" to your own account and www subdirectory unless you override with a complete URL.
Secondly it is possible to display a graphic image from someone else's account on your own web page, although this uses additional bandwidth to retrieve the file over the internet.
Later in this course you will learn how to save bandwidth by placing all necessary graphic files on your own Web site. Saving bandwidth is important.
Step 3D(ii). The purpose of this step is to write the new version of the home.html file on your local PC screen onto permanent disk storage on the UMD Web server.

Give the pico program the command ^O to writeOut your modified file to permanent storage by giving a "combination keystroke" as follows: hold down the control key and then press the letter "O" once.

At the bottom of the window see the prompt "File Name to Write :" followed by the filename "home.html"
Do not change the suggested file name home.html
Press the enter key which will cause the new version of the home.html file to be rewritten on top of the old version of the home.html file on permanent storage on the UMD Web server.

Step 4. The purpose of this step is to use Internet Explorer to look at your revised home page and check your changes.

Click on the Internet Explorer program icon on the task bar to activate the Web browser window.
Notice that the old version of your Web page is being displayed from your local PC harddisk (cache) memory.
Click on the Internet Explorer Refresh button to cause the most recent version of your home page to be retrieved from the Web server and rendered on your IE window.
Verify that your changes to your home page are working.

If you still need to make more changes to your home page, then
click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window
and go back to the part of step 3 that needs more work.

If you are done making the required changes to your home page, then
click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window, and
hold down the control key and press the letter "X" as the combination keystroke to eXit the pico program;
at the prompt "Save modified buffer (ANSWERING "No" WILL DESTROY CHANGES) ?" press the letter "Y" for yes,
at the prompt "File Name to write : home.html" press the enter key,
and go on to Step 5.

 Step 5. The purpose of this step is to use pine email (do not use Mulberry or IMP) to set up your email signature information.

Step 5a. Click on the telnet - bulldog button on the task bar to activate the telnet window.
At the unix % prompt enter the command umenu to show the main user menu.

Step 5b. Set up your email signature by doing the following:
choose EMAIL (for the pine email program)
choose M (for the main menu)
choose S (for Setup)
choose S (for Signature)
and enter an email signature that includes at least the following four lines
--
Your Own Full Name
Email: username@d.umn.edu
where username is replaced by your own username.
Home Page URL: http://www.d.umn.edu/~username/home.html
where username is replaced by your own username.
For example, the correct URL for my sample home page created by setup_www is
http://www.d.umn.edu/~hperson/home.html
press the combination keystroke Control-X (for eXit/save)
at the prompt "Exit Editor and Apply changes?" press the letter Y (for yes).

The correct home page URL in your signature file is worth
__________ (15 points possible)

Note that a correct URL is always preceded and followed by at least one space.
 Step 6. The purpose of this step is to put a nickname for yourself ("me") in your address book.
(You can do something similar to also make a nickname for the instructor and nicknames for friends.)

Choose A (for Address book)
Press @ (for AddNew entry into your addressbook)
In the Nickname: field type "me" (without the quotes)
In the Fullname: field type your own full name (e.g. Jane Doe)
In the Addresses: field type your own email address (e.g. jdoe92)
Press the combination keystroke Control-X (for eXit/save the new Address Book entry)
Press the letter "M" (for main menu).

 Step 7. The purpose of this step is to send the instructor an email message to submit your completed project for grading. Do the following:

In the pine email prgram choose C (for compose a new message) and prepare an email message as follows:
To: hperson@d.umn.edu
Cc: yourself by entering the nickname "me" (without the quotes)
and watch what happens when you press the enter key.
Subject: fmis1201project1
The subject must be lower case with no embedded spaces.
The correct subject is worth __________ (15 points possible)

The body of the email message, which is below "Message Text" and above the signature information, should contain the following:
NAME: (your own full name goes here.)
NICKNAME: (the name or nickname that you like to be called goes here.)
FMIS 1201 SECTION: (your own section time and day goes here.)
The body of the email message is worth __________ (10 points possible)

Press the combination keystroke Control-X (for Send) and
at the prompt "Send message?" press the letter Y (for "yes").
At the pine email main menu choose Q (for Quit--Leave the Pine program).
At the prompt "Really Quit Pine?" press the letter Y (for "yes")
At the umenu screen choose b (for "Bye") to log off the telnet connection.

Now close all of the tasks that are running:
Click the WinQVT button on the task bar to activate the WinQVT window, and
click the close (X) button to close the WinQVT window.
Click the Internet Explorer button on the task bar to activate the IE window, and
Click the close (X) button to close the Internet Explorer window.


 Step 8. Click here to answer a few questions that will help us continuously improve this course.


TOTAL SCORE _________ (out of 100 points possible)

COMMENTS:

1) There are a several advantages to running setup_www to make your first home page. One it that setup_www creates a working example of HTML that you can learn from quickly. Another is that setup_www creates the following elements that are required by UMD for all of your web pages:
Comments to: with clickable email address
Page Author: your name
Page Last Updated: (automatically inserted by the web server; a valuable HTML technique)
Page URL: (automatically inserted by the web server; a valuable HTML technique)
Disclaimer
2) You may be wondering how the instructor finds the time to evaluate the thousands of Web pages turned in for grading by students in this course. The answer is that Dr. Person has developed software called "GradeR" (for Grade Robot). GradeR is a Web spider designed to find your Web page, verify that it is your own work, evaluate the accuracy and completeness of your work, and then send you an email message with your score on the project and any helpful hints for improving your work. Soon after the deadline announced in class for this project the instructor will simply run GradeR and you will receive feedback on your work by email.

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