How do they do that ?
This section looks at the techniques used to
create the pages in this topic. We'll begin with:
The browser is a program which
is able to display files having a particular format:
We now want to learn about another feature of
web pages - links - so continue with:
If however we want to develop a web site which offers a wider range of
services and which is accessible to
a greater number of clients then we need a
"You mentioned the University server(s). How do I access
and use them ?"
Provided you
set up your Dialup Networking
correctly, the University is now your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Incidentally,
you are not restricted to one ISP - you can set up others if you wish -
these days many are offered as a free service.
"How do I look at my account on
the Server ?" You can do this in a number of ways. If all you
wish to do is look at your public_html folder
then put an address like this in your browser
(this may not work for all accounts
you might wish to look at - it depends on the permissions given by the user
- see below).
How do I look at the whole of my
account ? One way is to establish a
session. Having seen that you're probably thinking there's got to be be a friendlier way
!, And of course there is. Let's now look at another important internet protocol
Before we move on, let's have a look at the important
matter of
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