Housekeeping

Build tables for effective presentation of information.
Dress up your pages with colors, backgrounds, transparent GIFs, and mailtos.
Explain the architecture of the Web -- what the client says to the server, what the server says back, and how MIME types support applications (Excel, troff, etc.)
Construct forms into which your readers can enter data.
Explain the URL-encoded format in which the browser returns information to the server to update databases, run programs, do lookups, etc.
Grasp the mechanism of CGI scripts.
Automatically generate boilerplate (timestamps, footers, copyright notices, etc.) via server-side includes.
Create image maps (images with clickable regions) that point to URLs on the Web.

Check the boxes for the prerequisites you satisfy. If you checked five boxes or more, you're well-equipped to get the most out of this class!

One full day
Hands-on labs -- learn by doing
Build a web page, adding features as the class proceeds
This course is entirely Web-based:
- Everything you need is available through your browser.
- Access is unrestricted -- no password, etc.
- Bookmark this website.
- Use it as a reference and resource.
You will also use a text editor and a graphical HTML authoring tool
Emphasis on practical skills and real life issues -- history and theory are kept to a minimum.
Highly compressed -- much is covered in a short time