Lab 1: Computer introductionOverviewDuring your two years you will often work with the computers at KTH, and being able to do so efficiently is important and will save you a lot of time. Since Mac computers are common in the media industry it is also valuable to you in your future career. In this lab you will start familiarizing yourself with the mac environment, and at the end you will publish a simple web page. kursen. DeadlineThe final date for handling in the assignment is är 2007-11-08 GroupsYou can work individually or in groups of two, but if everyone attends the scheduled lab time at least some of you will have to work in pairs. You choose your lab partners yourself.However, if you work in gropus of two, each one has to:
TasksTask 1: A short introduction to the mac environment at KTH/CSC
Start with logging in on the mac. The username and password are for your CSC account which is probably different from your KTH-account you use to access PingPong. If you have ever logged in to a computer at KTH/CSC, then that is the username and password you should use. If you don't have your account information, you can get them from Delfi (see http://www.sgr.nada.kth.se/index.html.en to the right for opening hours) . Your are welcomed by a blue background. Go to the menu at the top and choose "Help->Mac
Help", and then "Discovering Your Mac"->"Work smart,
play hard."->"Easy, Smart, Convenient", and go through all
the information found there (or skip sections you already know or find of little
use) FAQSome frequently asked question : Update: If you don't have a public_html folder you will have to create it. On a mac, create a new folder in your home folder, and name it public_html. Next, right-click on the folder and go to AFS->Permissions, and change so that system:anyuser has both l(ist) and r(ead) persmission. Then save. If you connect to my.nada.kth.se remotely using ssh or telnet with kerberos, you can create a folder in the following way. Open a terminal connection and write: mkdir public_html fs sa public_html system:anyuser rl Task 2: Making some local adjustments to your accountIn this part you will make access to commonly used programs easier. Adding commonly used programs to the dockThe "dock" is located at the bottom of the screen. Programs you often will use can be placed in the dock for faster access. To place a program in the dock, you simply drag the icon for the program to the dock. Start with going to the Applications folder which you find by opening a finder window, clicking on "Applications" or choosing the menu option Go->Applications. Icons with a small triangle to the left are folders, the actual applications are located inside the folder. Now drag-and-drop the following programs to the dock:.
From the folder "Utilities" you should also add
Task 4: Make your own simple web pageIn this task, you will make a simple web page. Later on you will learn more and be able to make more advanced web pages, as well as get more understanding on how it actually works, but for now on it is sufficient if your web page contains simple text. The text should be a presentation of you and your interest. Start with checking if you have a folder named "public_html" in your home directory. If you don't create such a folder (using File->New folder). Then you should change the persmissions, so the web server can access the files. Right-click on the folder and choose "AFS Persmissions...". Choose username "system:anyuser" and click on the read-box. Click "Apply". Now you can continue with the lab
Start with opening DreamWeaver . Close the document "Untitled" which will likely appear, and instead choose "File->New ..." and choosing the alternatives shown below.
Then start with choosing "View->Code and Design". Now you can write your homepage in the lower half of the window, almost like an ordinary word processor. In the upper half of the window you see the underlying html code generated as you write. Explore the various options for making lists, inserting images, creating headings and so forth, mainly found in the menues insert, modify and text. Save your document often. The first time you save your document you should navigate to your public_html directory in your home directory, and save the document as index.html (or if you already have a homepage in your account, save it with another name). Now open the address http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~your-user-name/ (where "your-user-name" should be the login name you use to log in to the mac computers) in a web browserm, and voila! You have published your first web page! The default web browser is Safari, but I personally prefer Firefox (both found among the applications close to where you found DreamWeaver). Firefox supports Google Docs fully, which Safari 2.0 does not. Now continue to edit your page until you are reasonably satisified. ExaminationFinally you should hand in the address to your home page using PingPong. Under "Content" you should find "Lab 1". Just write the address to your web page, and your name in the comment field, and click "Send". |