Chip Flemmer

EdTech 552

The goal of my project was to create a personal web page in which my basketball players could access information related to the sport and our program. I have plans, if the site catches on, to add our standings, statistics, and other cool information to the page. My personal computer is connected to my cable modem which leads me into that great world of cyberspace. To make this all work, I followed the steps from the directions we received slowly and somewhat unconfidently. At first, I was going through the steps with blind faith; but as the process went on I began to feel more confident that my web page would in fact turn out fine.

Implementation

I went through the tutorial step by step and thankfully didn’t have too many problems at first. Below is a screenshot of my AppServ folder.

Below is the screenshot of my local host.

Below is the screenshot of my localhost/web.

I ended-up getting all of my ipconfig/all information, but then found out via an email from Dr. Hung that since I wasn’t using a wireless router that I didn’t need to set up the portforwarding and DMZ portion.

I made it to the portion of our program (pun intended) where it was time to sign-up for free Dynamic DNS Service.

After two minutes of patiently waiting, my web page was then available for the world to see (or so I thought). You will notice that I have two host names above. The reason was because after I turned my computer off, I wasn’t able to access my webpage anymore. I emailed my mom in Montana to see if she could access my page http://cflemmer.myftp.org/web/ from her home computer. When she told me that she couldn’t see the web page, I had the feeling that here we go again, another assignment where I lose my mind and spend hours banging my head against the wall. However, after an email from Dr. Hung explaining static and dynamic IP addresses, I was back in business. I went back to the no-ip website and removed my cflemmer host and then added it again. Two minutes later my website was back in business and I was feeling good about life.

Just to make sure that things were operating correctly, I called up my sister-in-law in Atlanta and had her check out the web page. When she told me that she could see it, and I drilled her on every aspect of the page and she passed the grilling, I was very excited.

The next two screenshots show my webpage while the following pages show shots of the links I included.

Extra Credit Shot

Any Difficulties

I wasn’t sure if using a Wireless Router was a part of the required process so I kind of ran into a brief snag along the way. Once Dr. Hung let me know that I didn’t have to worry about the port forwarding because I didn’t have a wireless router, I felt like I was back in business.

Summary of What I Learned

I learned a lot from this project; but primarily that it is very simple to set up a basic web site and include a few add-ons like a blog to utilize in one’s classroom. This is a great tool to not only get students involved in the learning process for what it takes to create a web page; but also a great public relations tool to use with the parents of our students. Other than some minor frustration when I was unnecessarily trying to set up port forwarding, this was thankfully a smooth project for me. With that having been said, it may be another story when I work on the next assignment or see my grade from this one.

Finally, I learned how to set-up and use some pretty cool programs that prior to this assignment I knew nothing about.