Lab 0 FAQ

I made changes to my html file but they're not showing up in the browser. What happened?

First, make sure that you saved the file. If you have saved the file, then the browser is probably caching the file. To save resources, the browser doesn't always send a new request to get the latest version of the file--it's hedging bets that the resource hasn't changed. If you hold down the shift key and reload, then that forces a reload of the resource.

Can I access my files from home?

Yes, you can. I've found that it's easiest to access the CS accounts using Linux or Mac, but others have had success using Windows.

You can try Remote Login or you can use jedit to edit your remote files.

Can we use Chrome instead of Firefox, since the plug-ins work on both and I regularly use Chrome?

For most things, yes. There are some nice tools in Firefox, specifically, though--although now most tools work in both now. Chrome has a different tool that is similar to but different from Firebug. I like Firebug better, but I've also been using that longer.

So, install them both, and if you can do it in Chrome, that's fine.

When I load the page, I get a "forbidden" error. What should I do?

You can change the permissions of the file to allow anyone to be able to access the file using the chmod command to add the read permission to a file. For example:
chmod o+r myfile.html
or, to change the permissions on all the files:
chmod o+r *

Did you know that I can edit other students' pages on the wiki?

Yes, I know that. This was just to practice that you can edit the wiki. Did you know that you can click "Recent Changes" to see who has made changes to a page and when they made them? Did you know that you click on "Old Revisions" and revert back to old versions of the page? Pretty much nothing you can do will mess things up too much, and, if you do, it can be fixed. I may tighten the permissions for the project pages after we've determined the teams, but I don't think that's necessary. (Let me know if you think it is.)