Thursday:
We welcomed three new students. Students who were in class the previous week handed in their assignment.
The instructor started the class off by introducing the web site that accompanies the book. We downloaded a few html files and extracted them using win-zip. She also talked about why we need to know html to do web pages.
We went through a .ppt that told about the origins of html and transition to xhtml. We learned the difference between "strict" and "transitional" and also about "frameset." After going through the .ppt, we did an exercise called "Anatomy of a Web page." We learned about the two different parts of a web page and labeled them on the worksheet.
After that we looked at a web page from CNN using "view source."
The instructor had earlier handed out some photocopies from the book. We read through "The Flavors of HTML" through HTML syntax rules.
Tonight's class materials were:
Powerpoint for tonight's class
Worksheet (hard copy): "Anatomy of a Web Page"
To do for next class:
--bring a USB drive or open a dropbox account
--be sure you have access to web space to upload your pages
--read pages 2-32 from the text
