Assignment One (Welcome to CNIT 132)
In this assignment you will perform the steps necessary to get your own web space on the internet and get a basic html page on it. In addition you will tell me the topic you wish to use for the class.

My Skydiving Web Page

My favorite Drop Zone is Sky Dance in Davis, California.

Topic Selection & Web Space
I do not grade you by what you email to me. I will go to your website each week and look for the assignment there - Live on the internet. In order for me to do this you need to complete a few things for this lab:
  • Your Topic -- Rather than have you create a webpage on some topic you are not enthusiastic about, I am letting you choose your topic. It can be just about anything (within reason - nothing illegal, offensive or ethically questionable -- per my opinion). It can be a sport, a hobby, your business, your vacation, etc. -- you choose.

  • Your Website -- In order to be on the web you need a spot on a web server somewhere and a URL that someone can enter into a browser to get there. The lesson here is to learn what you need to do to purchase a domain, get your domain parked on an ISP (Internet Service Provider) server and to do it successfully making sure the ISP has the required tools mentioned in the note below (i.e. FTP, PhP and MySQL).

    DO NOT use CCSF's server (hills). This defeats the purpose of this part of the lab.

    Both domain and server space can be purchased from a web hosting service like PowWeb or GoDaddy

    I am not advocating these providers I am giving them to you as examples. Part of being able to set up a website is the ability to work with a web provider to get a good deal. I arranged for your book to only cost $20 - $30 so you had some extra cash to use for this purpose. Realize all business transactions are negotiations. If you accept whatever they offer it costs more, if you negotiate is costs less. In any case, my students usually pay from $30 - $100 for this service.
    ** Note: you need the ability to edit your html and upload using FTP (like Filezilla), you also want access to PhP and MySQL

    • DO NOT USE A WEB EDITOR !! This class is a "fundamentals of HTML" class. You need to learn how to walk before you run, so being able to write and read your code (or someone elses for that matter) is very important

    So these include editors are not allowed:
    DreamWeaver, Word HTML creator, or any other that does not force you to write your own code

    I don't want to see any code created using a code editor. If found, I will send you an email to remove the code and revise your page(s). You won't receive any points for the assignment until it has been corrected.

  • What You Learned in CNIT 131 -- In CNIT 131 you learned some basic html. Create a basic landing page (like the one shown here) for your new website. I have an example of a page like what you need in my coding examples.
Email me with a subject "CNIT 132 Lab 1" and include your Name, your URL and your Theme in the body of the email
I will go to your URL to see what is there

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