CTEC1906/2012W  Project

How To Upload Your Site To technology.niagarac.on.ca
====================================================

Last Modified:
Thu Mar 15 08:31:46 EDT 2012



1.  Get your site working with Apache (with PHP) on any computer.


2.  Upload your site using FTP; for example, from a command prompt:

	NOTE:  # denotes a comment -- do not type them in!

    # start in your htdocs directory...

    ftp technology.niagarac.on.ca	# from anywhere

	OR

    ftp 192.197.62.35			# from anywhere (IP)

	OR

    ftp 192.168.2.17			# if you are in L-2 (IP for LAN)

    # use your technology.niagarac.on.ca username and password to log in

    cd public_html	# this is your web directory on technology

    asc			# switch to ASCII mode (for text files)

    mput *.html		# upload all files ending in .html

    mput *.php		# upload all files ending in .php

    mput *.css		# upload all files ending in .css

    bin			# switch to binary mode

    mput *.jpg		# upload JPEG images (if necessary)

    mput *.gif		# upload GIF images (if necessary)

    mput *.png		# upload PNG images (if necessary)

	NOTE:  if you have subdirectories in your web site, you can use
		mkdir to create a new directory on technology, cd to change
		to it, cd .. to go back to public_html, lcd to change to
		it on your local computer, and lcd .. to change back to your
		htdocs directory.

    qui			# quit FTP


    Note:  You can also use a graphical FTP client like FileZilla or 
           a graphical SSH client, like WinSCP.  Both can be downloaded
           from the course web site.



3.  SSH to technology.niagarac.on.ca and log in using your username and
    password.  Use an SSH client like PuTTY, which is available at:

	http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/courses/ctec1906/ssh/

		OR

	http://192.168.2.17/courses/ctec1906/ssh/	# from L-2/17/18/19


    SSH servers are listening on both ports 22 (the default) and 443.  Port
    22 is firewalled inside the College (unless you are using the LAN in
    L-2, L-17, L-18, or L-19.)
	

4.  cd public_html

    Edit the HTML files that contain forms to change the form actions.

    Text editors that you can use are:

	pico and vi

	NOTE:  Only use vi if you know what you are doing!

    Optionally, you can edit on your local computer and FTP the updated
    files.


5.  Test out your web site using a browser.  Your URL is:

	http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/students/_/_______/

    where _ is the first letter of your last name (lower case) and
           _______ is your home directory name.

	NOTE:  if you are in L-2, you can use 192.168.2.17 to access
	your site.

    For example, Joe Blough's URL is:

	http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/students/b/jblough/

	OR

	http://192.168.2.17/students/b/jblough/		(in L-2)

    (Refer to Lab #1 for more info on URLs, etc.)

    Run

	tail /external/apache2/var/logs/error_log

    from your PuTTY window if you get Apache errors, or if your PHP
    scripts are not working correctly.  If you open a Duplicate Session
    on PuTTY (click on the top-left icon), you can leave it dedicated
    to listing errors, and run

	tail  -f  /external/apache2/var/logs/error_log

    NOTE:  You will see errors for the entire site in the Apache error_log,
           so you have to read through it to identify the ones in your own
           files.


6.  When you are satisfied that your site is working, email your URL to
    Mike Boldin -- to BOTH ADDRESSES BELOW -- and your project
    is complete!

	mboldin@niagaracollege.ca
	mboldin@gmail.com