TCSF Homepage Creation (HTML & FTP) Workshop Outline

What is HTML? HTML is the acronym for "hypertext mark-up language." It is the language used to create the documents for the World Wide Web.

Using HTML: HTML uses "tags" (ie. text). These "tags" surround portions of your text so that the browser program can recognize the elements which make up your document.

Tags: HTML tags begin with a < (less-than) and end with a > (greater-than). The word "tag" is used to describe the individual start- and end- tags.

Elements: The word "element" refers to the whole element, including both start- and end- tags and the text between them.

Attributes: Attributes are used to make finer distinctions about the meaning or use of an element. Attributes are separated from the element name and from each other by a space. Attributes usually take the form of keyword="value" pairs.

General Form: Each HTML document starts with some very basic commands so that the browser may interpret the document and display it.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Title of Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
The text and HTML tags that define your page go here
</BODY>

</HTML>

HTML Documents Contain:
The Heading
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Title of Web Page </TITLE>
</HEAD>
The Body
<BODY> … </BODY>
Heading Levels
<H1>Heading</H1> … <H6>Sub-Heading</H6>
Paragraphs
<P>
Lists (Ordered, Unordered, Definition)
<OL></OL>
<UL></UL>
<DL></DL>
<LI> List Item
Links (Absolute, Relative)
<A HREF="http://www.url.com"></A>
<A HREF="filename.html"></A>
Images
<IMG SRC="graphic.gif">

HTML files can also include tables, frames, forms, sound, video, etc.

Resources Available:

Internet Resource Guide at http://www.ceres.ca.gov/tcsf/IRG/
HTML Quick Reference at http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/lynx_help/HTML_quick.html

Browsers:

Netscape Browser at http://home.netscape.com/
Microsoft Internet Explorer at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/

Stand-alone HTML Editors:

HTML Assistant Pro at http://www.sundaypaper.com/general/brooklyn.htm
Adobe Pagemill 2.0 (Mac)

Software for File Transfer Protocol (FTP):

WS_FTP 16-bit at ftp://ftp.esra.net/pub/win31/wsftp16.exe
WS_FTP 32-bit at ftp://ftp.mic.ucla.edu/pub/pc/bolw/supportd/wsftp/wsftp32.exe
Fetch (Mac) at http://www.shareware.com/