ITD 210 — notes on class web server

ITD 210-01L — Web Page Design II

Notes on class web server

Notes for students

The third project of the semester requires the use of various server-side technologies, which are not available to students on the NVCC public web server. We have set up a local server for the use of the class; this machine is running Apache Web Server, PHP, and MySQL.

Please note the following:

The class web server is LW230-NV070313. Access to this system is only available on-campus (classroom or open lab) — sorry, no access via the Internet.
Your final project will be published to this web site.
To manage the files in your web space, you will need to connect to the server with an FTP client. Your FTP username and password are your three initials.
Once you've logged in, you can easily move files in or rename or delete them. You are welcome to create subfolders as necessary.
A MySQL database will be created for you, with your three initials as its name. You can do all necessary database administrative activies and data updates via SQL commands in your PHP scripts.
Avoid surprises: be sure to test out your access ahead of time.
When published, the URLs for your content will be http://LW230-NV070313/userid/whatever.
This system will not be routinely backed up. Be sure you have copies of all your files!

Notes for staff

For best results/understanding, read the student notes above before reading these!
The Apache, MySQL, and FileZilla (FTP) services have been set for automatic startup. The system should be left running at all times until the end of the semester. You can start the WAMP Server (icon on the desktop), and from there easily start/stop/restart the Apache and MySQL services. There is also an icon to manage the FileZilla server.
Apache has been installed under c:\wamp. The key directory is c:\wamp\www — this is where HTML content files are placed. Under this directory, I've created subdirectories for each student, named with their three initials. Permissions (if I did it right!) allow each student full control of his/her own folders.

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