Going Further
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| This set of slides has been put together to help break the
barriers that sometimes exist with things that seem totally new.
Of course, almost everything seems totally different when we are first
exposed to something that is "brand new." What we almost always
find is that it is really more of the same components that we are used
to. I suggested that the biggest issue with web page presentation is the formating control problem. While this may seem like something new, I'm sure we have all fought with a word processor (i.e. Word) to get it to put the page break where we wanted it, not where it wanted it. Then, after fighting to "get it right" we took the file to another machine and had the same problem to contend with! There are many things that you can do with web pages. The content can be formated more carefully with something called "CSS" or Cascading Style Sheets. One can make dynamic content that is based on user inputs, modify content of a page as it is delivered from the server to the client, or actually interact with a browser (with more advanced technology than HTML, of course!). You can broaden your capabilities with such enhancements such as Javascript, Perl, PHP, Java, or Flash. Of course there is no need to add these things until you are confident with simple pages first! The real challenge is keeping up with the terminology! If you do feel that more dynamic content is what you want, I suggest Javascript as the way to start. It is supported in all browsers without a third-party plug-in and can do some neat stuff! (Also, there are a lot of sources for free components!) See the links page for some pointers. By the way, the bottom of this page is given a "last modified" stamp that is generated when the page is sent to your browser! |
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| Tips-n-tricks
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