HTML & Nvu David Tristano Drexel IRT Dept.
Today: What are web pages (compare to …) Gathering tools – dunx1 – SSH – Nvu Working in Nvu References Questions
Creating a … Gather your ideas Open Word Writing and formatting Save Gather your ideas Open an editor (Nvu) Writing and formatting Save* Move to web server Word DocWeb page
Differences: Word & Web pages Word –opens in Word for reading and writing Web page –opens in browser (Firefox, IE) for reading –opens in editor (Nvu, FrontPage, DW) for writing –opens in text editor (Notepad, SimpleText) Advice –never open a web page with Word
Differences: File Formats Binary vs. Text – sample binary file
Differences: File Formats Binary vs. Text – sample text file
Differences: Images & Links Word: embedded images Web pages: links to images and others… Links: to external sites (absolute links) to your site (relative or absolute links) internal links
What is HTML H yper T ext M arkup L anguage Hypertext = links Markup = fonts, colors, bold, etc…
Why HTML? Limitations of WYSIWYG editors Good for fixing things Learning more –Many HTML references –few “Nvu + HTML” references
Web page process.html
Web page process.html
Web page process.html.gif
Web page process.html.gif.jpg
Web page process.html.gif.jpg
Example File Structure Local Files SFTP Dunx1 Files “root” folder