This syllabus is here for historical reasons only.

Readings for next class (unless otherwise stated, you will NOT be quizzed over the contents of these readings):

• Definitely look through this
  • HTML School ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
• HTML references: look & bookmark
  • HTML 4.01 Quick List ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quick.asp
  • The Complete HTML 4.01 Reference ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_reference.asp
  • HTML 4.01 Entities Reference ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entitiesref.asp
• Colors
  • HTML Colors ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp
  • HTML Color Values ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colorsfull.asp
  • HTML Color Names ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp
• Examples
  • HTML Examples ~ http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp
  • Simple Web Page 2 ~ Look at the source code

Readings for next class:

• HTML
  • HTML ~ Lots of links to other HTML resources
  • Block-Level and Inline Elements ~ http://www.ahuka.com/htmllevel1/blocklevel.html
• Mozilla
  • 101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot ~ http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html
  • Another Look at Mozilla ~ http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/04/04/index4a.html?tw=authoring
• Advanced only!
  • The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html ~ A pretty detailed piece about character encodings. Read it if you're feeling hardcore.

Readings for next class:

• True Colors ~ http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=4455/new1013636396/index.html ~ A brief article covering the ideas & problems of "Web-safe colors".
• Dreamweaver
  • Why is Dreamweaver the Best WYSIWYG Editor?
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver MX ~ http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/ ~ Especially check out the Feature Tour
  • Dreamweaver 4 Overview ~ http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/01/01/index1a.html ~ It's a bit outdated now that Dreamweaver MX has come out, but it's still worth reading.
• Middleware
  • Relational Databases ~ http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,55918,00.html ~ A brief introduction to relational databases.
  • The Major Leagues ~ http://www.intelligententerprise.com/cgi-bin/printable.cgi?file=../030301/604e_business1_1.shtml ~ A brief overview of the Python programming language, especially for Web development.
  • PHP links from WebReference.com ~ "PHP is a powerful, free, server-side programming language …"
  • A Gentle Introduction to SQL ~ http://sqlzoo.net/ ~ Hands-on tutorials for learning SQL, just like w3schools does for HTML & CSS.

Readings for next class:

• Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial ~ http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/15/index0a.html?tw=stylesheets ~ A really good tutorial through quite a bit of CSS. Highly recommended. And no, it's notthat Mulder.
• CSS Tutorial ~ http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp ~ An excellent set of tutorials about all aspects of CSS.
• Linking Style Sheets to HTML ~ http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/style-html.html ~ A clear explanation of the various ways to incorporate CSS into your Web pages. I recommend usually linking to an external style sheet.
• CSS—Cascading Style Sheets ~ Lots of links to great CSS resources. Dive in and explore.
• Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation: Chapter 1: Foundation Concepts ~ Note the links at the bottom of the page to A Short History of the Web and Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets.

Readings for next class:

• Learning to Design Web Pages with Style ~ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6618&mode=thread&order=0
• Fonts
  • Combined font survey results ~ http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-CombinedResults.shtml ~ Which fonts are most popular on all computer operating systems?
  • CSS font-family glossary ~ http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/Glossary.shtml ~ An excellent overview of terms
  • Anchor Points: Fonts & font foundries ~ http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/AnchorPoints.shtml ~ Popular fonts & the companies who make them

Readings for next class:

• SimpleQuiz ~ Short quizzes on the best way to format HTML & CSS, followed by the best responses. It will make you think!
• What Is Content Management? ~ An attempt to give a brief overview, and focused on the CMS we'll be using.

Readings for next class:

• Win the SPAM Arms Race ~ http://www.alistapart.com/articles/spam/ ~ How to encode your email address using simple HTML & JavaScript, so spammers can't harvest it from your Web pages.

Readings for next class:

• XHTML Basic: Modularization in Action ~ http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=4598/new1013637074/index.html ~ "By far, the best example of modularization to come out of the W3C is XHTML Basic, which uses modules specifically to create a language geared for wireless design".
• Semantic obsolescence ~ http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/01/13.html#semantic_obsolescence ~ Warning: profanity is used. He is mad! Keep in mind he's talking about XHTML 2.0.
• XHTML 2 and all that ~ http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0103b.shtml#skyfall ~ The antidote to Mark's rant above. Again, keep in mind that he's discussing XHTML 2.0.