Part Two

The notes from the workshop I gave to the UMBC’s AIGA student group.

Remote Connection

SSH

Secure Shell is a to run actually commands on a remote machine (like your webhost).

For Macs, Unix, and Linux:

1. Open a Terminal (for Mac: Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
2. Type the command: ssh -l <login_name> <hostname>

For Windows:

1. Download putty
2. Run putty,set the Host Name to the hostname, and change Protocol to SSH instead of telnet
3. Select Open and then enter your username and password when it ask for it

Common Linux and Unix Commands

ls

List the files and directories of the current directory or search for files and directories

pwd

Display the current directory you are in

cd

Change the current directory you are in

man

Shows the manual for common shell programs, q to quite

mkdir

Make a new directory

rmdir

Remove (delete) a directory

rm

Remove (delete) a file

mv

Move a file

Linux and Unix Programs

pico

A text editor

pine

An email program

Apache and htaccess

Apache is a popular and widely used web server that just happens to be free. Each directory can have different settings with the .htaccess file.

Prevent Image Hot-Linking

People will often use an image on your website for a background on there website by linking directly to the image on your website. Hot-linking cost you money on your bandwidth which you may not like much. It is preventable with .htaccess.

Dynamic Website With Clean URLs

Dynamic websites often to begin with have URL’s that end in ?param1=something&param2=something, but like clean URL’s because they are easier to remember. It is possible to convert a clean URL like http://example.ocm/fruit/apple/ into http://example.ocm/fruit.php?page=apple (example 1 2 3, .httaccess, fruit.php)

Tips And Examples With htaccess

• htaccess tricks and tips..
• .HTACCESS files useful tips and tricks:
• DreamHost - “Various .htaccess samples and tutorials” - NDN Knowledge Base:
• HTACCESS Examples
• .htaccess file tutorial and useful htaccess examples:

Use CSS Instead of Javascript for the Simple Stuff

Often Javascript is used to create simple dynamic effects that can be achieved with CSS. But IE6 isn’t always a happy camper so give it a little pill of Dean Edwards IE7 script.

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