HTML Authoring and Web Publishing.ppt

HTML Authoring and Web Publishing Minder Chen, Ph.D. mchen@ Course Description The basic architecture of the World Wide Web (WWW) and its implications to business people, IS professionals and end users is the focus of this course. Basic HTML (HyperText Markup Language) tags for defining document structure and appearance, for defining anchors and hyperlinks, plus advanced HTML features including tables, images, forms, and frames will be explained. Participants will create their own web page in the computer lab using HTML authoring tools. Issues on Web page design and style, as well as how to promote a home page will be discussed. Course Outline Introduction to World Wide Web HyperText Markup Language: Basic Tags Anchors, Links, and Uniform Resource Locator Images and Image Links Tables Multimedia Contents Forms HTML Extensions Frames Web Publishing Class Project Solutions References Laura Lemay, Teach Yourself Web Publishing With HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, 2nd Edition, SAMS, Feb. 2000. HTML Online Resources: B&N /affnet/traffic.asp Introduction to HTML /General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html HTML Resources: /MarkUp/ HTML 3.2: /MarkUp/Wilbur/ /Authoring/HTML/4/Tags/ / /webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/ HTML-kit: An HTML editor /html-kit/#download The Architecture of WWW WWW: What Is It? The World Wide Web (WWW) is a breakthrough in new technology designed to enable global, distributed information systems. From a user's perspective, the Web is a collection of documents, or pages, which contain text, images, and hypertext links to other pages. WWW merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to create a powerful global information system. By simply pointing and clicking, the user has instant access to a mind-boggling collection of information, distributed across the globe. From an information providers point of view, the Web is an easy and efficient way of distributing any kind of information to a very large audi