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Post by golbeck on Jan 1, 2013 13:32:42 GMT -5
Post any general questions here.
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Post by mgarnett on Jan 2, 2013 13:16:26 GMT -5
I'm sorry if I'm missing something obvious - but who/what does the "Shelly et al." under the optional readings refer to?
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Post by golbeck on Jan 2, 2013 16:06:45 GMT -5
I'm sorry if I'm missing something obvious - but who/what does the "Shelly et al." under the optional readings refer to? My mistake! I'll remove that (those were old readings that I used over the summer). |
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Post by ewrenn on Jan 2, 2013 22:27:33 GMT -5
Some of the links at the bottom of the Topic 1: Computers and Networks page lead to "retired" DIT (OIT) pages. The new TerpConnect page (http://terpconnect.umd.edu/myweb) also appears to have retired links. Any suggestions?
-Elliott
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Post by golbeck on Jan 2, 2013 23:00:55 GMT -5
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Post by susanhikerbiker on Jan 3, 2013 18:50:42 GMT -5
Anyone else having difficulty connecting to TerpConnect from Fugu? My TerpConnect account is active;however, I am repeatedly told that my password in my keychain is incorrect. I, of course, disagree. I thought I would do a walk-in at the IT helpdesk office. I wish I was more optimistic that I will receive the help that I need. Would be nice to continue making progress tonight on TextWrangler and Topic 3(1).
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Post by golbeck on Jan 3, 2013 19:57:23 GMT -5
You can definitely call OIT for help if it's a pain to make it in there. Also, be sure you're using secure FTP to connect (SFTP). That sometimes causes problems. Also, feel free to email me if you want to do some more specific debugging.
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Post by mgarnett on Jan 3, 2013 22:56:30 GMT -5
Anyone else having difficulty connecting to TerpConnect from Fugu? I haven't had any problems (but I'm using WinSCP, not Fugu). However, I did have success last semester accessing TerpConnect through a web browser - it's clunky, but functional. I don't imagine it's a good long-term solution, but it does give you a work-around. At the time I typed up the following instructions for the rest of my group: Log into TerpConnect (at terpconnect.umd.edu/), choose 'Access Files'. When you're in the file directory, the 'location' will read: Location: /afs/glue.umd.edu/home/glue/m/g/mgarnett/home except with your ID and initials rather than mine. Click on your ID in the above. Then you should see a list of five folders, including 'pub'. Click on 'pub' - this is the public view folder. You can create a new folder within this one, or just upload directly to this folder, using the left-hand menu. |
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Post by jian12 on Jan 3, 2013 23:40:51 GMT -5
Wow! You're amazing! I'll save these directions for the near future use. Thanks a lot ;D Anyone else having difficulty connecting to TerpConnect from Fugu? I haven't had any problems (but I'm using WinSCP, not Fugu). However, I did have success last semester accessing TerpConnect through a web browser - it's clunky, but functional. I don't imagine it's a good long-term solution, but it does give you a work-around. At the time I typed up the following instructions for the rest of my group: Log into TerpConnect (at terpconnect.umd.edu/), choose 'Access Files'. When you're in the file directory, the 'location' will read: Location: /afs/glue.umd.edu/home/glue/m/g/mgarnett/home except with your ID and initials rather than mine. Click on your ID in the above. Then you should see a list of five folders, including 'pub'. Click on 'pub' - this is the public view folder. You can create a new folder within this one, or just upload directly to this folder, using the left-hand menu. |
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Post by susanhikerbiker on Jan 4, 2013 16:07:56 GMT -5
Thanks for the response re my problem with connecting to TerpConnect. I called the computer people and got an immediate solution. TerpConnect's default username is a user's first and last name stuck together. I should have changed it to my UMd username.
New Issue: I looked at the first HTML lecture and did the activities as they were demonstrated on TextWrangler and Fugu. For some reason, my definition list automatically double-spaced my list items. I swear my HTML looked just like Jen's. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
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Post by golbeck on Jan 4, 2013 16:12:09 GMT -5
If you send me an email with a link to your uploaded code, I'll take a look and let you know what's going on.
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Post by susanhikerbiker on Jan 4, 2013 20:58:04 GMT -5
The html document with the crazy spacing between list items is in my practice folder in my ssmith16 section of my pub file. I'm not concerned about the spacing now because when during my homework assignment, I got the bullets & spacing to single space for my list items. What is frustrating me now is how my fonts are not uniform on my index.html page. I copy coded the HTML of my first book for my second book. But the fonts don't look right. I've hunted and even retyped thinking I could manually get the HTML right. It looks bad. I'll look at it again tomorrow and see what I can do.
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Post by golbeck on Jan 4, 2013 22:24:29 GMT -5
Please send me an email with a direct link, Susan.
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Post by susanhikerbiker on Jan 5, 2013 17:38:57 GMT -5
Jen, Thanks for looking at my html. My failure to use a </pre> messed up the spacing of my list items. I had more practice today with list items doing my first homework assignment.
My first HTML homework assignment is better on my desktop than it is on the Internet. I've transferred the pages and overwritten pages using Fugu so that the pages I have most recently edited are published. Nevertheless, when looking at my pages using the URL, an image (of a book jacket) does not appear and the borders around my dogs' pictures do not appear. Moreover, the little tag for visually impaired using electronic readers does not kick in for my dogs' pictures. I'm stumped. Everything else on the Internet looks like the HTML pages that are on my desktop.
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Post by golbeck on Jan 6, 2013 16:29:32 GMT -5
Susan - questions like this are better over email with me directly. However, you raise one point which is a good thing to share with everyone. If an image doesn't show up, it is pretty much always one of these 4 things: 1. The file wasn't uploaded to the right place (or wasn't uploaded at all) 2. The capitalization in your HTML file doesn't match the capitalization of the file name. Your local computer will ignore case, but web servers don't so it's really important to check this, including the extension (e.g. the .JPG) 3. The image file name has a space in it. NEVER DO THIS! Always get rid of the spaces and make it one word. 4. The file extension doesn't match. You may have .jpg and the file might have .jpeg or something like that. You could be able to do something like terpconnect.umd.edu/~yourusername/t3-1/image.jpgWhere image.jpg is the name of your picture. If you can see it, that means it was uploaded and is visible. If you can't see it, one of these things is a problem. If you can see it at the URL but can't see it in your HTML, right click on where the image should be in your file (using Firefox) and do View Image. That will show you the image URL in the top of your browser. Compare that to the file name you can see and you will see the difference. |
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