Concepts of Computing, Section II

Lab, April 1

Back to course page.

The computer and the file system

• Accounts, logging in
• Use NT Explorer to examine the file system and create a folder (directory) for your web work: web
• Use Notepad to create and edit a text file: test.txt

Web Browser

• Start up Netscape and Internet Explorer
• Try some URLS. Course page and some good HTML primers.
  • http://grace.evergreen.edu/~jackyj/
  • http://faculty.washington.edu/~mudrock/wkshop-tags.html
  • http://www.w3c.org/Markup/Guide
• Navigation controls: Back, Bookmarks (Favorites), Find
• Appearance controls: window size and shape, font size, font face
• View > Source: see the HTML
• File > Save As... : save the HTML as a starting point

HTML Concepts

• Markup and tags
• Content/structure vs. Appearance/presentation/physical style

Your first page

• The file URL, browser as a file viewer (alternative to NT Explorer)
• Text files: try your file:/.../web/test.txt
• Revise and save test.txt
• Browser Reload control
• Edit and save new test.html

Basic HTML Tags

• Document structure
• Lists
• Links

Publishing your page

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