World Wide Web

A system of linked servers that distribute pages of text, graphics, and multimedia information to users all over the world.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

The language of the World Wide Web...a set of simple codes that tells a computer how to display the text, graphics, and other objects that comprise a Web page. The central functional element of HTML is the "HyperText link," which is a word or picture you can click on to retrieve another Web page and display it on your computer screen.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

A fancy term for the address of a World Wide Web page or other resource.

Host: A computer that provides services to other "client" computers on a network. On the Internet, a single computer often provides multiple host functions, such as processing e-mail, serving Web pages, and running applications.

Server: A computer, or application that provides files, data, or some other central body of information to multiple "client" computers by means of a network.

Starter sites:

http://www.walshaw.com/

http://www.weballey.net/index.html

http://www.pagetutor.com

Where do we start?

I. Understanding the Web

1. A Brief History of the Internet
2. How Many People are Online?
3. URL Addresses
4. Folders – Everything on your web page must be in your folder (pictures, videos, etc.)

II. HTML and Softwares

III. Macromedia Dreamweaver vs. Other Authoring Tools

IV. Using Macromedia Dreamweaver

1. Automatically converts to HTML
2. Easily create tables to organize text
3. Creating links (page to page)
4. Understanding the interface

V. Creating your page

1. Edit button in web browser
2. View Code and Design (to see and learn HTML as you create)
3. Preview pages in browser (Internet Explorer)
4. Understand that everything must be saved in your folder and folder must be on web server.
   

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