ARTDM 171, Week 12: Hosting

Gilbert Guerrero

gguerrero@dvc.edu

gilbertguerrero.com/blog/artdm-171/

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

Web Hosting

Hosting your website

Your web host handles the files

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

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.

OR… set up your own server at home

How do I host a real domain name at home?

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

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.

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.

Working on your site templates

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

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

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

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

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

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

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