Information Provider Proficiency Test

Linking

1. Write a link that brings someone to your IP home page on CCN.

2. You are editing a document in the Dalhousie directory. Directory names have no extensions, and filenames end in .html, for this example only. The following questions refer to the diagram below.
   • Write the HTML to specify a link to dalhome.html

   • Write the HTML to specify a link to the StMarys directory

   • Write the HTML to specify a link to home.html.

   		
   			|--StMarys
   	Education-------| 
   			|--Dalhousie----|---dalhome.html
   					|
   					|---Math
   					|
   					|---CS--|---home.html
   						|		
   						|---Compilers
   

3. Create links from Favorite Cookies and Fresh Fruit to the appropriate section of the document using named anchors. Write your links in the code below.

   	<h1>TABLE OF CONTENTS</h1>
   
   	Favorite Cookies<p>
   	Italian Pasta<p>
   	Fresh Fruit<p>
   	Nutritious Vegetables<p>
   
   	Cookies
   	<ul>
   	<li>Chocolate
   	<li>peanut butter
   	</ul>
   	<p>
   
   	Veggies
   	<ul>
   	<li>Carrots
   	<li>Broccoli
   	</ul>
   	<p>
   
   	Fruit
   	<ul>
   	<li>Orange
   	<li>Banana
   	<li>Peach
   	</ul>
   
   

Installation and IP Directory Management

1. What does it mean to "install a file"?

2. If your file is in the home directory, how would you install it into your IP directory?
   • If your file is in your IP directory and you want to make minor edits, how would you do this?

   • What if your file is in your IP directory and you want to make a major revision, how would you do this?

3. Is your IP directory publicly readable?

4. Should you be able to edit your RCS directory?

File Management and Conventions

1. Directories should be capitalized/not capitalized and filenames should be capitalized/not capitalized. (delete the words in the above sentence which do not apply)

2. All HTML files must have a ______ extension.

3. Name some links that should be included in a "footer" on an IP page. One example would be a link to the IP Home Page.

4. Should you delete obsolete files immediately after they become obsolete? (say you just removed the link from a file)

5. Should you rename a file in your IP directory?