1. 8 September Building a Web Page

2. Follow Ups Make-up classes: none You each will have 3 meetings with me Scheduling difficulty

3. Current Event: In-Dash PCs Touch-screen computers are expected to be incorporated into next-generation car dashboards Enablers affordability of computers acceptance of technology in automobiles satellite radio DVD players GPS navigation Potential uses: control information communication entertainment email Personalized telemetry keep tabs on their friends cameras to capture accidents determine the direction of a motorist's gaze warning if driver distracted or nodding off Concerns about the safety of car PCs abound Companies claim software has entailed great deal of effort and research USA Today (09/07/05) p. 5B Kevin Maney

4. HTML Files Two types of information Text Instructions on how to display Instructions are in the form of tags Tags are indicated by

5. Processing HTML BROWSER HTML processor (software prgram) instructionsdata text, pictures, etc. HTML tags Interprets HTML Performs the actions

6. General Structure: HTML Page Put your title here What will appear on the page Here … and there

7. Exploring HTML

8. Observations Two types of commands Single commands Start/end commands.. Logically, what is the difference between them? Tags can have additional information associated with them -- attributes Blanks don’t matter

9. Algorithm exercise: How does Find work? Tags and text are all characters Question: Will Find get words that are tags (e.g., Find on “body”)? Describe the algorithm

10. HTML Web Resources Beginner’s Guide http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html Cheat Sheet: Bare Bones Guide to HTML http://werbach.com/barebones/download.html

11. Let’s Build a Page First, you need Mozilla http://www.mozilla.org (Products) http://www.mozilla.org Mozilla suite, not Firefox What is Mozilla? Freeware -- program available for use, not for changing Open source -- program available for both How to get started Open Mozilla Window->Composer Note tabs on the bottom of the page

12. Special symbols are special symbols with special meanings How would you print A < B ? Suggestions? < for & is an escape symbol, which means that it is handled specially Means that you need a special way to display “&” too: &

13. Fundamental Page Elements Within -- what will appear at the top of the window Within Attributes on Background color or picture Colors for links Will discuss colors and pictures later