Web Composing: Concepts, Skills, & Applied Uses
Basics
See also: What's a Webpage?
Concepts
- What's a webpage?
- HTML: HyperText Markup Language (only the characters matter)
- Tags
- Editor
- Server
- Browser
- Files and folders
- Relative addresses
Skills
- Choosing an editor (e.g. Dreamweaver)
- WYSIWYG: What You See It What You Get
- Basic tags
- <title> <p> <br> <strong> <i> <a href="http//">
- Closing tags
- </title> </p> </strong> </i> </a>
- Local vs. server (e.g. opening local files)
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol
- View: Source
- Testing and bug checking
- Getting help
Applied Uses
- HTML or Smart Text in forums
- Home page
Advanced
Concepts
- Images
- Interface
- Accessibility
- Intellectual property
- Learning by experimenting
Skills
- Images
- Style and aesthetics
- Advanced tags
- <img src=""> <h1> <a name=""> <ul> <li> <table> <tr> <td>
- Don't forget to close tags
- </h1> </a> </ul> </li> </table> </tr> </td>
- Creating for re-use
- Creating for easy management
- Mindful Web surfing (discover what you like)
- Cut, paste, and adapt code
- Getting feedback
- Don't get stuck in details
Applied Uses
- Personal Web site
- Blog
- Course management software (e.g. Angel)
Expert
See also: Expert Stuff
Concepts
- Site management
- Frames
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Database-driven Web site
- Open source software
Skills
- ASP, Javascript, PHP, Perl, Python, XML
- Database-driven sites
- Wiki, PostNuke, and other site-wide solutions
- Joining communities (e.g. Web rings)
Applied Uses
- Class site
- Professional Web design (remember, this is a real profession now)
- Department or community sites