FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions)

This page is to help students (and parents) use some of the tools that we use in class. Most of these tools can be freely downloaded and used at home as well.

• We use Nvu, (pronounced N-view).
  Nvu is a nice (open-source) program that allows us to build fairly sophisticated web pages.
  
• You should create a folder on the "U" drive (on the school's network), naming it "Math." Only your math materials should go into this folder.
  
• All files should be created on and saved on your "U" drive. This drive is secure and only you can access it.
  
• If you do any work at home, these files should be transported (flash disc), to school and placed on the "U" drive.
  
• In your root directory ( U://Math/Index.html ), there should be a file named "Index.html." This is your web main page from which all other of your pages will be linked. (Some people name this "Home.html" )
  
• All files, folders, (the entire structure) can be transferred to the webserver at any time. You may want to do this fairly often in order to test your pages, making sure everything works properly (hyperlinks, java applets, etc.).
  

To move files from students network / "U" drive, I've decided to use another free program called "FTP Commander." I found a need to use this because of a short-coming in our web page authoring program. Nvu seems to only allow the author to upload one page/file at a time. This is just too tedious and time consuming.
(If you click on the link above, make sure you download the free version.)

This link will take you to a seperate page to help you get FTP Commander set up and connected to my web server.