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April 15, 2007

Install Windows Vista Server

Install A Windows Vista Server

Windows Vista ServerIIS 7.0 is a commonly used internet web server and is included with Windows Vista, however, when you first install Vista the IIS 7 Web Server is not installed or turned on by default. The new IIS7 is the merging of ASP.NET and IIS web technologies. ASP.NET is already implemented as an ISAPI extension for IIS, but in the new IIS7, that changes. Now, HTTP pipelines, handlers, modules, XML files and more are all natively built into the server platform.

Installing IIS 7.0 creates a Web site server to which users can connect via HTTP or HTTPS protocols. For increased security IIS7 is now almost completely modular. You can use the Windows Vista Web Server to develop and modify your websites and web applications development and web design.

Installing IIS 7 Vista Web Server & ASP.NET on Windows Vista

Installing the ASP.NET with IIS 7.0 on the Windows Vista will enable ASP.NET Web applications to run as local IIS Web sites from your computer. (Note: You must have administrative privileges to install and use IIS 7.0 Vista Web Server.)

To install the IIS Server with ASP.NET on a Windows Vista machine:

  1. In Windows Vista, open the Control Panel and then select Programs and Features.

  2. In the left hand pane, click on Turn Windows features on or off. The Windows Features dialog wizard box will open.

  3. Now find and check off the Internet Information Services (IIS) check box. (note: This will enable the Windows Vista Web Server)

  4. Expand the Web Management Tools area, double click IIS 6 Management Compatibility, and then select the IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility check box.

  5. Expand World Wide Web Services and click Application Development Features and then select the ASP.NET check box, and .NET Extensibility, as well as any other features that you may need enabled on your Vista server.

    (note: When you create a local IIS Web site, the pages and folders for your site are stored in a folder under the default IIS folder for Web sites, which is located at LocalDrive C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\)

    To make sure the  IIS 7.0 Web server in Windows Vista is running & to manage it later:

    Vista Web Server Control Panel 

  6. In Windows Vista, click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Manage.

  7. In the Computer Management dialog box, select Services and Applications.

  8. Expand Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, and click the name of your Web server (note: Your computer's name), and then click Web Sites.

  9. Right-click Default Web Site to display a list of options available, and then click Start to enable your default Web site if it is already not.

  10.  Open an internet browser and type http://localhost/ you will see that your Vista web server is indeed up and running. (note: If something went wrong you will receive a no server found message and you should repeat the steps above.)

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April 12, 2007

CSS Web Site Development

Setting web page margin

Web pages look a lot nicer with a larger margin. You can set the left and right margins with the "margin-left" and "margin-right" properties. For example:

<style type="text/css">
body { margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%; }
</style>

This sets both margins to 10% of the window width, and the margins will also scale when you resize your browser window.

Left and right indent space

To make headings a little more distinctive, you can make them start within the margin that is set for the web page body. For example:

<style type="text/css">
body { margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%; }
h1 { margin-left: -8%;}
h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { margin-left: -4%; }
</style>

This example has three CSS style rules. One for the body, one for h1 and one for the rest of the headings (h2, h3, h4, h5 and h6). The margins for the headings add to the margins set for the body. A negative value is used when you need to move the start of the heading to the left of the margin set for the body.

The above examples of particular style rules can be placed within a style element in the web page's head or in a seperate linked style sheet.

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March 18, 2007

Hawaii Webmaster Developer

Dylan J. Wagstaff

 
Skills

Ÿ  Proficient in both Windows PC’s and Apple Macintosh Operating Systems.

Ÿ  Mastery of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Macromedia Flash 8 Professional, ImageReady, and Fireworks, Quark Express, PHP, MySQL database, and CGI script. Also specializing in computer troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair.


Background

Ÿ  Born in Alaska, Dylan grew up in Maui, Hawaii since the age of one. Wagstaff earned Bachelor’s Degrees in Marine Resource Management and Political Science at the University of Hawaii. Founder and President of Aloha TechSupport Hawaii, LLC. Website Developer, Web Master and Graphics Designer.

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