Readings Week 2 For RIT 409

Week #1 requested that you read the first two chapters of your text.
Some of the key points that I noted down from the reading that chapter included

Webmaster in a Nutshell Chapter One

-A Web Browser works by connecting over the Internet to remote machines, requesting specific documents, and then formatting the documents they receive for viewing on the local machine. (Examples of browsers: Netscape, Mozilla, Internet Explorer)

-The format for a URL(Uniform Resource Locators) is http://host/path and scheme://host/path/extra-path-info?query-info

-The top web document formats are HTML(Hypertext Markup Language), CSS(Cascading Style Sheet), or XML(Extensible Markup Language)

- A Webmaster is a person who works on the content end of the web. This title can then be divided between four different groups:

-Content Provider: Work on the data itself creating or editing HTML documents, incorporating images and forms, and maintaining the links.

-Designers: Create the images and also define the "look" of the site.

-Programmers: Write CGI, Java, JavaScript, and other programs to incorporate the website.

-Administrators: Manage the server, establishing new content development areas, writing new scripts, and maintaining security of sensitive documents and of the general site

This weeks readings are going to be including

Webmaster in a Nutshell Chapter Two

Some of my notes that I highlighted while reading chapter 2 included the following:

-An HTML document consists of text, which comprises the context of the document, and tags, which define the structure and appearance of the document.

Event Handlers: Script that reacts to a certain action such as a mouse cursor rolling over something, clicking on a link, leaving a page, etc.

-HTML can be used to invoke JavaScript functions to use specific even handlers.

This week's in class exercises is going to involve setting up your index page and your external master css for your course and introducing events that trigger JavaScript functions.

I have a preference to XHTML however, there are a lot of debates and discussions about XHTML vs HTML. Here are some selected readings on the topic for those who are interested in the pros and cons of each.

* HTML vs. XHTML on standards compliant websites (Roger Johansson, 19 June 2006)
* HTML or XHTML? (Robert Nyman, 2 November 2005)

CSS - Links and Ebook ( look in your My Courses)

Variety of CSS positioning and layout guides and templates
* CSS Layouts from Code-Sucks.com
* http://del.icio.us/mamamusings/css/