Be sure you have a public_html directory on the alpha server.
Use Filezilla to see if its there. Remember that ftp is a protocol (ftp://alpha.lasalle.edu, then File ->Login As). If your alpha password is not working, note that on the sign-in sheet.
Some Internet history and terminology.
This material is covered in readings assigned for next week: HTML & CSS Introduction and pp. 487-40..
Here are some links that add to the readings. Well look at these in class:
Web history:
And: An Internet pie chart and
How the Web works, from HowStuffWorks. But compare to this from Wired magazine. Finally,
in relation to top-level domain names, here is a list of the two-character
country codes (top-level domains) that show where
.cc, and .tv come from, among others, and here is the registration site for the newer .biz TLD Neulevel.biz.