Why God? Why? Instructor: Eric Riley Advanced HTML
2 Where we’ve been… In the intermediate class we saw: Where exactly your file sits How URL’s relate to your folders When to create paths Basic elements of page design How to design pages w/
3 Where we’re going… In this class we’ll discuss: What CSS, SSI and PERL/CGI are How to develop and post web forms How to use Server Side Includes as a shorthand How to edit pages in the Shell Some basic troubleshooting tips
4 Alphabet Soup: CSS Cascading Style Sheets Easily change look and feel of site Replaces a number of tags from HTML 4.0 Bob Kittle teaches our CSS class
5 Alphabet Soup: CSS Important Notes on CSS and XHTML attributes are replaced is replaced tags are replaced
6 Alphabet Soup: SSI Server Side Includes Adds some nifty features to a site Works as a shorthand system Eliminates modifying individual pages
7 Alphabet Soup: SSI CSS index.shtmlSSI
8 Alphabet Soup: SSI CSS index.shtmlSSI Compiled page 7
9 Alphabet Soup: CGI Common Gateway Interface Just a program (PERL, Javascript, C++) Helps process data from forms Easy to use (mostly) Geek Note: CGI vs. ASP
10 Web Forms We use forms all the time Some Form Uses –Standardized –Database Entries –Weblogging Examples Lab Exercise
11 Troubleshooting Things to look out for: Permission settings Form Problems Faulty Links
12 Troubleshooting More things to look out for Pages that take too long to load SSI/CSS weirdness Why is my page annoying?
13 Recap What CSS, SSI and PERL/CGI are How to develop and post web forms How to use Server Side Includes as a shorthand Some basic troubleshooting tips
14 ¿Questions? Do you have any questions about this material?
15 Evaluation Please take a moment to fill out our evaluation forms. Thank you