BROWSER BASICS Introduction to Microsoft Internet Explorer

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BROWSER BASICSIntroduction to Microsoft
Internet Explorer
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Objectives

• Learn about Web browser software and Web pages
• Save and organize Web addresses
• Navigate the Web
• Downloading from the Web

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Web Browsers

• A Web browser is a software application that runs
  on the PC to make it work as a Web client
• Computers that contain files that are available
  through Internet connections are called Web
  servers
• Web pages are comprised of HTML (HyperText
  Markup Language) instructions, text, images,
  sound, etc.

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Web Browsers
Client/Server Structure of the World Wide Web
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Main Elements of Web Browsers
Main Elements of the Internet Explorer Program
Window
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Starting Microsoft Internet Explorer

• Internet Explorer includes a Standard Buttons
  toolbar with 13 buttons.

Standard Buttons Toolbar
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Uniform Resource Locator - URL

• A web page has a unique address called a URL
• URLs are comprised of
• Protocol//Host/Path/File.html
• Protocol ex. HTTP//
• Host can be an IP address or Domain name
• IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (ex. 207.203.206.3)
• Domain name .subdomain.subdomain.tld (ex.
  WWW.FCCJ.EDU)

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Uniform Resource Locator - URL

• Path is the directory/subdirectories where the
  web page is located
• Web page stored in a file with an extension of
  HTML or HTM
• File naming conventions (prefix.suffix)
• MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

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Entering a URL in the Address Bar

• Type the URL of the location that you want to go
  to in the Address bar.
• Dont have to enter the protocol anymore why?
• Try 213.133.98.149
• Try www.blaue1.de

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Entering a URL in the Address Bar

• Why doesnt FCCJ.EDU need a path and file name?
• If no file name is specified the system looks for
  a file called index.htm (or html)
• Try web.fccj.org/rjanson
• If no index.htm file, a list of files is
  displayed
• Try web.fccj.org/rjanson/cgs1062/

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God bless the browser

• Browser uses the URL address to create a HTTP
  (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) request and sends
  the communication over the network
• Network info TCP/IP info HTTP info (URL
  address) HTTP info TCP/IP info Network info

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Using Internet Explorerto Save a Web Page

• To save a Web page to a disk
• Open the Web page in Internet Explorer
• Click File on the menu bar and then click Save As
• Click Save as
• Specify the drive and path
• Accept or change the default filename, but retain
  the extension .htm or .html
• Click the Save button

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Using Internet Explorerto Save a Web Page Image

• To save an Web page image to disk
• Right click the image
• Select Save Picture as
• Specify file name, type, and location

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Using Internet Explorerto Save a Web Page Text

• Select the text by right clicking and dragging
  the box around the text
• Follow any of the cut and paste methods

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Downloading and Uploading from WWW

• Another method to move information over the
  Internet
• Most browsers provide basic download function
• Go to a web site directory listing
• http//web.fccj.org/rjanson/cgs1570/

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At the directory listing Right click the
file Select Save Target As At Save As window
specify File name File Type Location on PC
Alternative Double click the file name
Specify Save At Save As window specify File
name File Type Location on PC
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Downloading from WWW

• All the class slides are available for
  downloading at
• http//web.fccj.org/rjanson/cgs1570/
• The index will be displayed
• Class exercise
• Download the first weeks slides

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File Transfer Protocol - FTP

• Another method to move files from one internet
  location to another
• Need a FTP client application and access to a FTP
  server computer
• FTP client app provides a GUI to
• Logon on to the server site
• Find files on server and client
• Transfer files
• Example WS_FTP

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Downloading FTP Client S/W

• Lets download a FTP client program called WS_FTP
  LE
• First we have to find it!

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Scroll down
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Click the Download WS_FTP LE radio button
Click the sign me up check box (to deselect),
supply a email address (required!), click the
Download Now button
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They will try to offer a different product
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To install, double click the icon
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Other windows will pop up asking for locations,
just keep clicking OK
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Voila! She is done!
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These are the files in the directory you saved it
to To run, you can double click the icon
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but if you saved it to C/Program Files it will
appear in the Programs menu
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Downloading using a client FTP program
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• Getting an Email Account and Web Space from FCCJ

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Getting an Email Account and Web Space from FCCJ
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Scroll to the bottom and click the I Accept button
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Fill in the info and click the Submit Application
button
Theyll get back to you
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To Access your email from the FCCJ Home page
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Or go directly to http//exchange.students.fccj.o
rg/exchange/logon.asp
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It will look something like this.
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Once you have your space, start FTP You must
identify the remote site
students.fccj.edu
Your userid and password
You can store all this info in a profile so you
dont have to re-enter it every time.
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Find the files you want to upload in the left pane
And the target directory on the server in the
right hand pane. I want to load to a directory
called CGS2555 but it doesnt exist
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WS_FTP allows you to create directories Click
MkDir (Make Directory)
Specify the name of the new directory Click the
OK button
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Drill down into the CGS2555 directory by double
clicking Select the files to be transferred (in
the left pane)
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Upload the files by clicking the - button
Click the Yes button
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The files are transferred and now available
at http//web.fccj.org/rjanson/CGS2555/week7.ftp
.htm
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Assignment

• Using WS_FTP upload everything on your IC2 disk
  to your web space
• Send me an email (rjanson_at_fccj.org) with
• Your email address (that you want to use for
  class)
• Your web space URL
• Have done by ______