Directory discipline

A Disciplined Approach to Directories

"A place for everything and everything in its place." -- Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)

A disciplined approach in configuring the directories for our HTML files is necessary if problems are to be avoided. We need to configure three directories, two on our PC and one on our server as shown below: (Where d:\ is the drive that you will be using to store data.)

This is where we work.
We do all our development here saving finished and tested work to a www directory (folder) on our PC. d:\1develop d:\1develop\graphics d:\1develop\topic01 d:\1develop\topic02 d:\1develop\style d:\1develop\java_scripts d:\1develop\misc This is where we save our tested work ready for upload.
If we don't work here we can't destroy finished work if we are a bit sleepy at 3:00 AM some morning. d:\www d:\www\graphics d:\www\topic01 d:\www\topic02 d:\www\style d:\www\java_scripts d:\www\misc Here are the step-by-step procedures. 1. Create a directory (folder) named '1develop' on your data disk like so: a. Open Windows Explorer (Window-E) b. In the left pane highlight the appropriate drive. (d:) c. Click - File, Folder, New d. Type '1develop' (no quotes of course) The directory is named with a starting numeric so it shows up early in the directory listing. You of course are free to do otherwise. 2. Below this directory create a series directories to hold your files like so: e. Highlight the '1develop' folder f. Click - File, Folder, New g. Type 'graphics' (again remember no quotes) Repeat for all of the following. Make sure your 1develop folder is highlighted. h. Click - File, Folder, New i. Type 'topic01' j. Click - File, Folder, New k. Type 'topic02' l. Click - File, Folder, New m. Type 'style' n. Click - File, Folder, New o. Type 'java_scripts' p. Click - File, Folder, New q. Type 'misc' 3. Repeat this process for the 'www' folder. Now let's set up on our server, setting the permissions as we go. (Using the UMUC stateside Nova UNIX server as an example.) Logon to your class account using a telnet application such as NetTerm. You can also use native Windows telnet (Start/Run/telnet nova.umuc.edu) application though it is much more restrictive. Nova>cd <-- makes sure that you are in your home directory Nova>chmod 711 . <-- (note the space & dot) to set the permission for your home directory. Nova>mkdir www Nova>chmod 711 www Nova>cd www <-- change to the www directory. Nova>mkdir graphics Nova>chmod 711 graphics Nova>mkdir topic01 Nova>chmod 711 topic01 and so forth ... Do note that the files within these directories must be set chmod 644 like so: Nova>cd www Nova>chmod 644 file_name.html Nova>ls -l will display your directories, files, and permissions. Here is a link for a good source of information on UNIX Commands. Note: The terms directory and folder are used interchangeably. Also the directory names are of course yours to chose. The issue is the same as that for a file cabinet. Group related topics in different folders.

Q.E.D.
QED is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum" ("that which was to be demonstrated")