Setting Up Your Project Folder

This unit should take you approximately 15 minutes.

Before you get started, you should set up a folder structure to keep your work in.  First, navigate to your user share folder or a location on your hard drive. Then create a new folder and name it "local_username".  For example, I would name my file "local_dockeryj".  The symbol between the word local and my username is an underscore.  Use the underscore in all file and folder names instead of spaces.  To create an underscore, hold the shift key down and press the dash key (next to zero). Open this folder and create another new folder for all your pictures called "images". Make sure to use all lower case letters.  

Tutorial>> Folder Setup Tutorial

If you are at school you will make this folder in your user share, if at home on you hard drive or maybe even a floppy disk.  The great thing about making web pages is that they have a very small file size and you make them with software that you will find on just about every computer.  Therefore, you could carry around your entire web site on a USB drive.  Just make sure that you back it up on a hard disk.

File Extensions

A filename extension is an extra set of (usually) alphanumeric characters that is appended to the end of a filename to allow computer users (as well as various pieces of software on the computer system) to quickly determine the type of data stored in the file. It is one of several popular methods for distinguishing between file formats. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_extensions)

Tutorial>> Understanding and working with File Extentions Tutorial

Activity

When you complete this, call your instructor over to show them your project folder and an example of a file extension.