[ubuntu-uk] Help please
Hi, I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help for a novice web site builder ? I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image folder. When working in Notepad++ I have no problem opening the pages in a browser but I am unsure of how to make sure they are all linked together and uploaded. When I have looked on local host sometimes the photos have been missing and I assume that file naming is to blame. My question is how to name the files, I assume opening page is index.html 2 nd page is gallery.htm and photos .images Can someone help me with this. Do I have to put all these files in a folder to upload. I have bought loads of books but none cover this bit ! Many thanks John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote: Hi, I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help for a novice web site builder ? I have made a web site with a main page, gallery page and an image folder. When working in Notepad++ I have no problem opening the pages in a browser but I am unsure of how to make sure they are all linked together and uploaded. When I have looked on local host sometimes the photos have been missing and I assume that file naming is to blame. My question is how to name the files, I assume opening page is index.html 2 nd page is gallery.htm and photos .images Can someone help me with this. Do I have to put all these files in a folder to upload. I have bought loads of books but none cover this bit ! Many thanks John Hi John, Do you have an URL we can visit and check? As you mentioned localhost, I'm assuming you're trying to view your website on a web server (Apache, or similar) running on your own PC. In that case, you'll need to copy all of the files into the appropriate folder which Apache uses as it's main folder. For Apache installed through the software centre in Ubuntu, this is /var/www/ but other implementations may vary. I'd also check that the names you've used in your HTML code is correctly pointing to the files you're trying to reference. In particular, take care of the file extensions - you've mentioned index.html but gallery.htm (no 'l'). Good luck, Chris -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/UpowACgkQ/UgLKfoJxI4K9gCg1WkQKJyidF+naOiTq1C1+y1C WRoAn15AqPPxrQeqXjqgqpWewH5GBejv =iv/8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? Thanks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? Thanks After you have remounted the file system read/write, you are the root user, without needing to enter a root password. If I remember correctly, you just need the command passwd to change the root password, but you shouldn't need to do that if you use the normal sudo method of assuming root privileges. All you should need to do is change your own password with passwd username replacing username with your user name. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? That shouldn't be happening if you're booting into single user mode. You are effectively root on the console. It suggests that the disk is mounting read-only and needs checking. The other option is to boot from a live CD or USB, mount the drive in much the same way, and unset the root password by editing /etc/shadow on the mounted disk and removing the string in the password field. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
On 10/06/2012 15:30, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com mailto:scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? That shouldn't be happening if you're booting into single user mode. You are effectively root on the console. It suggests that the disk is mounting read-only and needs checking. The other option is to boot from a live CD or USB, mount the drive in much the same way, and unset the root password by editing /etc/shadow on the mounted disk and removing the string in the password field. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib Oh yes I forgot tot tell you I can see it says read only not read write, so why would it do that it was clean install.how do I check it...and I dont know what you mean by 'removing the string in the password' sorry thanks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
On 10/06/2012 15:29, Tony Pursell wrote: On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com mailto:scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? Thanks After you have remounted the file system read/write, you are the root user, without needing to enter a root password. If I remember correctly, you just need the command passwd to change the root password, but you shouldn't need to do that if you use the normal sudo method of assuming root privileges. All you should need to do is change your own password with passwd username replacing username with your user name. Tony Hi, how can you mount read/writeI just looked and it mounts read only.. thanks -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
On 10 June 2012 15:37, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/06/2012 15:30, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? That shouldn't be happening if you're booting into single user mode. You are effectively root on the console. It suggests that the disk is mounting read-only and needs checking. The other option is to boot from a live CD or USB, mount the drive in much the same way, and unset the root password by editing /etc/shadow on the mounted disk and removing the string in the password field. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib Oh yes I forgot tot tell you I can see it says read only not read write, so why would it do that it was clean install.how do I check it...and I dont know what you mean by 'removing the string in the password' sorry That's the answer then. Reboot to rescue mode and select 'fsck' to get the disk checked, then reboot into rescue mode and root and then follow the instructions about mounting. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] File sharing website
Watched this week's Click and a website called http://minus.com/ was mentioned as a website for sharing files such as photos and videos. What made it stand out was that a desktop app for Ubuntu was mentioned. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Forgotten password for log in....
On 10/06/2012 15:42, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 10 June 2012 15:37, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com mailto:scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/06/2012 15:30, Simon Greenwood wrote: On 10 June 2012 15:05, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com mailto:scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote: I cant remember my log in password for one my computers and tried all sorts of different passwords, but to no avail. I even tried following this http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword but get to selecting root, and that is where things are different, on the page it allows you to enter this 'mount -0 rw, remount /' but mne doesnt it asks for a root password, and I cant go any furtheris there a command via the terminal to change the password? That shouldn't be happening if you're booting into single user mode. You are effectively root on the console. It suggests that the disk is mounting read-only and needs checking. The other option is to boot from a live CD or USB, mount the drive in much the same way, and unset the root password by editing /etc/shadow on the mounted disk and removing the string in the password field. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib Oh yes I forgot tot tell you I can see it says read only not read write, so why would it do that it was clean install.how do I check it...and I dont know what you mean by 'removing the string in the password' sorry That's the answer then. Reboot to rescue mode and select 'fsck' to get the disk checked, then reboot into rescue mode and root and then follow the instructions about mounting. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood TBA are particularly glib Hi, well that didnt work, probably because I am not too sure about what I was doing, so I decided to install lubuntu on it instead, its installing now, so hopefully it should work, as I added a new password, and saved it on another computer. thanks everybody for the help -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Hi Chris,
Thanks for your input. I get the idea. I am just using my browser to view the files. I am trying to do a site for my son and he is going to get the hosting site, I just want to make sure he has everything in order and it will run when uploaded. Any further input welcome John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:52:12 +0100 Chris Fox ch...@robotninja.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/06/2012 14:44, John Davis wrote: Hi, I am sorry this is not Ubuntu related but could any offer some help for a novice web site builder ? Hi John, Do you have an URL we can visit and check? Hello All Good advice above. Just an idea for anyone getting their head around Web pages... I've been using a dropbox.com free account as a testing system for Web pages with _relative_ links. Install the dropbox software (nautilus-dropbox on Ubuntu or dropbox.exe on Windows) and you get a new folder called Dropbox in your home drive / user directory. Just pop your pages and images (usually in a sub folder) into the Public folder of the dropbox folder. On your PC/Ubuntu box, right click over the index.html then click on the Dropbox item, then Copy Public Link. Paste that lot into a Web browser and you can check the _relative_ links, and you can show us if you get lost. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/thinkpad-x200s-ubuntu1204.html Above is a page in progress (I'll finish it tomorrow afternoon as I have a huge gap between sessions). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please
On 10 June 2012 18:48, kpb k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: Hello All Good advice above. Just an idea for anyone getting their head around Web pages... I've been using a dropbox.com free account as a testing system for Web pages with _relative_ links. Install the dropbox software (nautilus-dropbox on Ubuntu or dropbox.exe on Windows) and you get a new folder called Dropbox in your home drive / user directory. Just pop your pages and images (usually in a sub folder) into the Public folder of the dropbox folder. On your PC/Ubuntu box, right click over the index.html then click on the Dropbox item, then Copy Public Link. Paste that lot into a Web browser and you can check the _relative_ links, and you can show us if you get lost. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/thinkpad-x200s-ubuntu1204.html Above is a page in progress (I'll finish it tomorrow afternoon as I have a huge gap between sessions). That is good advice! And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: [ snip ] And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old now. X60s laptops go for about £150, and this one just popped up at a Buy It Now price that looked reasonable, so I did. Cheers -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please
On 10 June 2012 19:07, kpb k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:58:19 +0100 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: [ snip ] And where did you get the Thinkpad for such a bargain price? :¬) UK Ebay oddly enough. It is an X200s, not an X200 and is about four years old now. X60s laptops go for about £150, and this one just popped up at a Buy It Now price that looked reasonable, so I did. Nice find! :¬) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Help please
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:27:31 +0100 Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: Nice find! :¬) There are half a dozen X200/X200s at around the same now, so I think that is the 'going rate' Back on topic: this seems to run Ubuntu 12.04 really well - very fast and no glitches so far. Getting three to four hours off the battery. Dual monitor works fine with 1080p cheapo LED monitor. I'll try it for a couple of months and perhaps sell the PC. Cheers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] File sharing website
Dear All I've been using Minus for about a year now. Considering it's free, it's not bad. The upload performance can sometimes be a bit hit and miss. You may have to wait 2 or 3 minutes before anything happens but it usually works out fine. My files are typically in the 100 - 200Mb region. Once an upload or download has actually started it rarely drops the connection. The Ubuntu client is a bit of a waste of time, though. Most functions still rely on your browser. It may not be the slickest, but I'd be happy to recommend it for personal use. Regards Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
