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login info:

  • choose "ftp" (not "sftp")
  • ftp address: micromedia.vaniercollege.qc.ca
  • username: s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your student number)
  • password: (will be given to you)
  • root directory: (leave blank)

 

Access:

  • http://micromedia.vaniercollege.qc.ca/home/s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your student number)
    • assuming you have an index.htm file in your root directory

Site Structure:

Your site should have the following structure:

  • http://micromedia.vaniercollege.qc.ca/home/s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your student number)
    • index.htm or .html or .php (this is your homepage and will eventually have your portfolio)
    • intro_to_web (class folder)
      • index.htm (class home page with links to projects and assignments)
      • images (folder for your images)
        • .jpg / .gif / .png files
      • css (folder for your .css files)
        • .css files
      • research_project (separate folder for each project?)
        • index.htm (project main page)
        • images
          • .jpg / .gif / .png files
        • css
          • .css files
      • another_project
        • index ...etc
    • another class ...etc
      • index.htm
      • first_project
        • index.htm
        • ...etc

Note: Because of the way the web server handles capitalization and special characters you should use the following file naming convention:

  • only use
    • [a...z]
    • [0...9] (zero to nine)
    • underscore _ (for spaces in words like "graphic_design_project"
    • hyphen -
  • no caps
  • no spaces
  • no special characters