

Students apply HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to create web sites employing the principles of usability engineering and information architecture. Students do not need to purchase software because all software can be downloaded either from the UBIT Web site or via the internet. Macintosh software includes a text editor (such as BBEdit), an SFTP program (such as Cyberduck) and an HTML5 compliant browser (such as Chrome or Safari). The Windows software used includes a text editor (such as NotePad++), and SFTP program (such as FileZilla), an HTML5 compliant browser (Chrome, Edge, or FireFox). student UB web site file can be accessed using UBFS via the UB VPN software. The course also includes introductions to the HyperText Markup Language (HTML5), cascading style sheets (CSS3), and the JavaScript web page scripting language. Topics include creation of web page features, FTP, accessibility, usability, information design, and the graphic design of web pages. All files from now on should be placed into public_html/375.Enrollment Information (not real time - data refreshed nightly) You are going to be asked to enter the server, user name and password to connect to the server.Open your Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) software.In your HTML writing application, open a new file and save it as index.html.Open up your file transfer and HTML writing application.Once you have a mason> prompt, enter the following commands:.

Enter ssh replacing username with yours.Open up Terminal located in Applications/Utilities.If this is your first time connecting, most likely you will get a few warning messages.The username is the prefix of your email before your email address.Click on Quick Connect and enter as the Host Name and enter your username.Open the Secure Shell Client (Not the File Transfer Client).If not follow these simple steps and you are good to go. Next you need to set up your website address through Mason, unless you have one already. Text Wrangler (like notepad++ but for macs - better than using TextEdit for HTML coding).


We are going to go through everything you need to know to get started with a website on the Mason server.
