Friday, February 13, 2009

Back to Chapters 3 and 4 of Missing Manual

Frustration reigns. I created a web page and then tried to upload it. No success. I've been at this for over 3 hours now. So, back to Chapter 3. I decided to try installing the updated version of WinSCP and then tried again. Still no success. Then I created a very simple web page. Back and forth, back and forth. Finally, I got it to work. I'm still not sure why. I think it has something to do with what I name the file. I feel like I need to get this right and understand what I'm doing before I go any further. I thought I knew what I was doing, but this is very frustrating. I'm nowgoing to create a couple more very simple pages and see if I can figure out what's going on.

Okay!  Now I've created 4 test index pages, and they're all coming up when I put in the right file name.  I'm not really sure what I was doing wrong, but whatever it is, I think I've figured out how to upload the files correctly.  I would not think it would be that difficult, but anyway, now I can upload the files when I've got them the way I want them.  I think I'm ready to review Chapter 4 again.  He makes everything sound so simple, but until you actually do it, you have no idea what little thing you are doing wrong that makes the whole process fail.  

Now I've reviewed Chapter 4 again.  I've already created text and added an image on the last file I uploaded, even though I'm not happy with the placement.  At least I've gone through all the steps.  Now I think I'm ready to try a little refinement.  Before moving forward, I've just reviewed Chapter 5 for the third time.  I'd like to move on to Style Sheets in Chapter 6 and really accomplish something and get caught up this weekend.

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