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HTML is the "language" of the Internet.  It is a combination of text and special tags.  These special tags are interpreted by the browser.  They determine the display of the text, but are not displayed in the browser themselves.  Listed below are some links to websites that will give you some help in learning HTML.  For the web-based user interface of the CCP System Project, only a minimum knowledge of HTML is needed.

DePaul's HTML site (a good starting point):

http://service.depaul.edu/dpo/howtohtml/tocpage.html

Other good HTML sites:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/teachingtool

 

View an HTML page from a sample System Project:

Some additional notes:

  • Viewing the source of a page (the HTML code) is a good way to learn how the tags effect the page's display,  (right click on an open area of the page, i.e., without images or text, and choose view source).
  • All HTML pages should be at the same directory level (in your temporary directory on your computer and public_html on your UNIX account).
  • Images can be added to your page, but they must be at the same directory level as your HTML page (same as above).
  • HTML pages should be moved to your UNIX account in ASCII format and Images in binary format.

Once you have a basic understanding of HTML, you may wish to use a user friendly program like FrontPage to create your pages.  FrontPage is a Microsoft program that creates HTML pages using a "Word" type of look.  These pages should only contain basic HTML (don't use the special features of FrontPage i.e. webbots, since the UNIX computer cannot handle these).  The pages you create should be saved into a temporary directory, just like pages created using a simple text editor.  FrontPage Express is available on the lab computers.  You'll find it in Internet Programs.