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Web Development

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

• recognize sound design principles
• write basic html code
• create a page/site through Netscape composer
• create a page/site through Dreamweaver
• upload your page/site to the web

You will learn how to produce a basic web page/site through a variety of methods. Choose the one that best fits your current knowledge and access to software/hardware. We provide basic tutorials as well as links to other sites with tutorials, information, and tips. We also briefly discuss basic page design and site navigation, along with providing some examples.

In addition to creating/designing a page you will find instructions for placing your site on the world wide web and making it available to a wide audience. You will need to activate your free web space at GMU, or have access to an ISP that provides web space.

Keep in mind that we are only showing you the basic steps for accomplishing these goals. There is no substitution for time and practice, and there are other ways to do each of these things. In particular, there are other kinds of software designed to produce web pages. All of the software we are demonstrating is available on both Macs and PCs in the English Department Computer Room in Robinson A411. To get access to that room, contact your instructor. Basic html can be done on almost any computer. Netscape Composer is found on most computers across campus. Dreamweaver will be coming more widely available on campus.

This tutorial also includes suggested assignments and assignments that various GMU professors have used in web development classes.

Click on the topics on the left to get started, or click below if you are interested in performing a specific task:

• Begin a web page and Format Text in HTML, Composer, or Dreamweaver
• Use Tables to arrange elements on a web page in HTML, Composer, or Dreamweaver
• Create a variety of Links on your web page in HTML, Composer, or Dreamweaver
• Inserting an Image on your web page in HTML, Composer, or Dreamweaver