Computing Workshop INTERNET I

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INTRODUCTION About the course Format Reading Assignments GSFA COMPUTING CENTER No food, drinks, drugs, alcohol, etc. hours personnel -- Brian Lee, Stu Lipkin the Network security backups - zipping, Zips, floppies and the Network WINDOWS NT Computer Names (321-xx, Print_Server) Network Neighborhood Locations for data \\Print_Server\Data\Classes\Larp601\ INTERNET client/server architecture Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) e-mail listservers telnet netnews ftp and local vs. remote gopher WWW browsers your DOLPHIN ACCOUNT e-mail MAKEHOME A new template (http://www.upenn.edu/wplp/course/f97stud/comp/template.htm) loading your new home page HTML intro sites documents tags elements structural tags HTML, HEAD, TITLE, BODY text tags - physical BR, P, B, I, FONT, CENTER text tags - logical H1, STRONG, EM, BLOCKQUOTE list tags UL, OL, DL, LI preformatted text PRE linking (anchor) tags A NAME=xxx.htm, A HREF=xxx.htm, mailto symbols - ISO8859-1 naming conventions file organization pilfer HTML code ruthlessly pilfer images very cautiously backup READING none ASSIGNMENT You can 1) e-mail it to me prior to class, 2) type it up and bring it to class on paper, or 3) put it on a floppy and bring it to class. For this weeks assignment, you are welcome to work in groups, but please turn in individual copies of your work. All of the HTML work should be done without an HTML editor such as PageMill or FrontPage. Establish an e-mail account on dolphin Make your own home page using Dolphin's MAKEHOME Replace the default Dolphin home page with the template from this class. Alter your new home page to reflect you, the new owner (delete links you do not want, add your own, replace Jane Doe with your own name, replace the mailto: links, etc.) Layout and develop a second page of your own design and content. Link to it from the first page. Begin developing an HTML cheatsheet Find 4 web sites that you would say are well-designed, write down the URLs and tell me why you think so. Bring 4 questions related to this first to class next week RELATED WEB SITES The Computing Workshop Help Page - (http://www.upenn.edu/wplp/course/f97stud/comp/cw_help.htm) A Beginner's Guide to HTML Writing HTML: A tutorial for creating WWW pages Introduction to HTML and URLs Web Style - Page Design on the Penn Web Help at the Netscape Site ISO 8859-1 Latin-1 Symbol codes WebTechs HTML Validation Service Creating Killer Web Sites Penn Web Glossary intro | readings | schedule | help | questions last update: 11 Sept. 1997