LS 530W
Spring 1997
January 22, 1997
Agenda
Course Handouts
- Memo
- Information Sheet
- Course Outline
- Rules & Procedures
- Beginners Guide to HTML
- Bibliography
- "Writing for the Web"
Fall, 1996 student projects
What is a Web application?
- A simple text file, the HTML page, which brings together various elements
- Graphics
- Links to other HTML pages
- Links to other Web applications
- Links to other Internet resources (Email, FTP, Gopher)
- Gateways to interactive features (forms, databases, other computer functions)
HTML
- "Hypertext Transfer Markup Language"
- Tags and Attributes
- Evolving standards
Constructing a basic HTML page
Where does this stuff come from?
- Online HTML primers
- Downloading source code
- Borrowing elements from other sites
How does a Web application get on the Internet?
- Servers
- Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
- Browsers
- Intranets and local files
Differences between Macintosh and PC
What are we expected to produce for class?
- Your own home page
- Abstracts of readings
- Links to other sites
- Downloads of files
- Examples and experiments
- A pre-approved final project
Assignments for next week
- Prepare a disk
- Set up and test a basic home page for yourself
- Find and download "Writing for the Web" by Eric Schnell
- Do a search for a few more HTML primers and create links to them on your home page