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FND132 - Fundamentals of the Internet

The increasing use of the Internet and the advent of the World Wide Web have created a
growing market for individuals who can integrate aesthetic design principles coupled with
web page scripting skills. This course covers the creation World Wide Web pages utilizing
HTML, the basic scripting language of all web documents, in addition to many of the other
effects and extension scripts available for that medium.
WK During Class Homework Major Milestones
01
  Go over syllabus
  Online space / exchange contacts
  Introduction to class
  Introduction to the Internet, WWW, searching
  Telnet, gopher
 
Reference
  Even More Excellent HTML with Reference Guide
  HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition
   
02
NO CLASS - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  Project 1 - Strategy and Scope
 
03
  Email and Newsgroups
  HTML and CSS basics
  Tables and Frames
  How to make a VERY simple website
  Quiz, IRC, e-mail, listserv, newsgroups
   
04
  A more indepth look at CSS
  Text and block tags
  Quiz, Introduction to web page structure, XHTML and HTML tags. Text and block tags
  Project 2 - Structure and Skeleton
  Project 1 - Strategy and Scope
05
NO CLASS - Snow day    
06
  Publishing your first website
  How to access an FTP server
  Is your information uploaded?
  Quiz, CSS
  Project 3 - Surface
  Project 2 - Structure and Skeleton
07
  Quiz, Images, FTP intro
   
08
  Quiz, Tables
  Project 4 - Publish (Web Ready Files)
  Project 3 - Surface
09
  Quiz, Frames, FTP review
   
10
  Metatags, embed tag, workshop
   
11
  Final project presentation
 
  Project 4 - Publish (Web Ready Files)