CMPT 118

Web Page Design and Management

Instructor: Dr. Karl S. Wittman

Session 1

Getting Started with Web Design: An Introduction to the Internet and the Web and Web Design

Reading

Shelly: Introduction
Williams: Chapters 1 and 2.

Online Resources

• Google - a popular web search engine
• Yahoo - a popular web search engine and portal
• Article on the history of the Internet: http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/
• Article showing the "Internet Timeline": http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
• Some Web sites organized by type
  
• Diagram of the structure of web sites.

Homework

1. Find two web sites: one that you think shows a good design and one that shows poor design.

2. Prepare a short paragraph about each, making sure to include the URL (web address) of each web site.

3. Be ready to discuss in class during Session 2.

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