Fall 1997 #1 Thursdays 6:30 - 11:00pm Room B202 Central Park Campus, McKinney, TX Fall 1997 #2 Saturdays 10:00am - 4:00pm Room D-130 (Library) Spring Creek Campus, Plano, TX Darren Dittrich
	September 4/6
	Netscape Overview Communicator/Navigator 4 Navigator 3
	Email Darren Start Thinking about your personal page Begin reading HTML book...
	September 11/13
	Netscape releases Navigator 4.0.3 Darren's pick o' the week: c|net
	HTML Basics HTML and the Web Browsers URLs First Page : Intro to BBEdit Lite Text Formatting Inserting Images Lists
	If you haven't already, email Darren Incorporate text into your personal page, design basic layout Read first 4 chapters in HTML
	September 18/20
	Claris announces HomePage 3.0 New software releases: QuickTime 1.1.1 Plug-in Darren's pick o' the week: c|net's browsers.com & BrowserWatch
	Brief History of the Internet  More HTML Links & Anchors HTML Reference Barebones Guide to HTML NCSA's Beginner's Guide to HTML Yahoo's listings... What not to do... FYI : Getting on the Internet AT&T Worldnet Info Internet America Onramp
	Begin work on your personal page, bring in prototype version to class 4 Read Chapters 3 & 4 in HTML

	September 25/27
	Internet Config v1.4 is now available Darren's Tip o' the Week: Subject in a mailto on Hotwired's webmonkey Darren's pick o' the week: Dave Siegel's HighFive site... The Gary Foster bio page Note: Amazon says 2nd Edition Killer Websites to ship Oct1...
	Covering for the vacationing Darren Saturday: Ron Day, aka Dr. Hexadecimal. Bring your questions about the Advanced Internet Class he teaches... Review project 1 prototypes More HTML... Lists Tables
	Continue working on first project. Turn in at beginning of Class 6. Continue reading thru the Multimedia Chapter in HTML.

	October 2/4
	New software releases: Internet Explorer 4.0 should be available for Wintel now; Mac in 30 days Darren's tip o' the week: What not to do with your resume Darren's pick o' the week: c|net's builder.com and their HTML reference list... Another good HTML reference page: Bare Bones Guide to HTML
	Covering for the vacationing Darren Thursday nite: Darren Woods, 3-D Guy and ISP Man Covering for the vacationing Darren Saturday: Ron Day, with even more hexadecimal. Discuss problems or issues regarding Project 1 Still more HTML... Review Tables if necessary; cover any questions... Frames Mulitmedia
	Complete work on first project. Turn in at beginning of Class 6. If you have purchased Creating Killer Websites, begin reading the first couple of chapters. Otherwise, take a look at the content on killersites.com, and look for the 2nd edition on the web or at bookstores.

	October 9/11
	New software releases: IE4 Wintel News: Sun sues Microsoft over Java 2nd Edition of Killer Web Sites now available... Macromedia announces beta DHTML editor "DreamWeaver" at its user conference Darren's tip o' the week: What not to do with frames Darren's pick o' the week: Dave Siegel's Killersites...and even more Dave Siegel <grin>
	Project 1 Due at beginning of class... be prepared to demo your work! Discuss Final Project site. Review for Midterm. Search Engines The Big 4 Categorized Search Engines (Yahoo!) Text-based Search Engines (AltaVista) Specialized Search Engines (Four11, download.com,DejaNews) Advanced searching options (python -monty) Search engine wars, and more features
	Prepare an initial version of your final Final Project Proposal for next week. Brief description of what the site will do Primary purpose, secondary purpose Intended audience Special considerations Major sections of the site Read in Creating Killer Websites.

	October 16/18
	New software releases: Apple Drive Setup 1.3.1 News: New Internet Index www.arco.com featured in Secrets of Successful Web Sites book :-( IE 4.0 security hole... Darren's tip o' the week: Killersites Table Tutorial and the hard return table bug Darren's pick o' the week: Apple's Rhapsody Developer Release site Neat-o Internet Type Foundry Index Last week's class member picks: Netcom's Internet glossary
	Midterm Exam Basic protocols and acronyms All HTML up through Tables Review project Proposals Finish up HTML loose-ends Web Design (short intro)... Graphics, palettes, web colors, and compression Tables as a layout device Design principles for the Web
	Final formal project proposals due next week...

	October 23/25
	New software releases: New Phototools, Kaleidascope, NetPrint, Internet Setup Monkey (see Version Tracker...) News: Dept. of Justice vs. Microsoft Darren's tip o' the week: Integrating seamless animated GIFs Darren's pick o' the week: Keep an eye on the search engines and their features... More on search engines, and and all-round good web resource at webreference Great stock photo resource : PhotoDisc (one of many)
	Review Midterm results and Project 1 grades Take a look at Project Proposals Web Design and Graphics... Graphics, palettes, web colors, and compression GIF vs. JPEG
	Take a look at existing similar websites for ideas. Create opening page/intro/welcome for you site... bring rough cut to class next week.

	October 30 / November 1
	New software releases: AppleShare IP 5.0.2, Newer Gauges, BetterTelnet (see Version Tracker...) News: New Macs to arrive Nov 10th. MacOS 8.1 enters beta. More Microsoft-related news. Steve Jobs Apple CEO? Darren's tip o' the week: Animated GIF overkill? Darren's pick o' the week: Riven website and journals
	Take a look at Project Proposals & rough ideas Discuss problems and issues with site design Web Design Issues... The Seven Deadly Sins of Web Design
	Continue creating/evolving design ideas for your site. Bring 2-5 (rough) comps of front page to class next week. Be prepared to discuss your ideas with the class.

	November 6/8
	New software releases: HTML Vocabulary 2 , ClarisWorks 4.0v6, Riven 1.01 (see Version Tracker...) News: Adobe releases WebType New Macs and surprise announcements in Apple telecast on Monday Darren's tip o' the week: I was wrong! Animated GIFs do work as BG images. (Do not do this.) Darren's pick o' the week: IDEO
	Review and discuss rough comps (that's right! everyone will be involved...) Guest Speaker: Sharyl Gulledge from EDS to discuss intranet development
	Based on class feedback, take another cut at roughs for your site. (Bring them in next week.)

	November 13/15
	New software releases: Netscape 4.04*, AppleVision update, MacPerl 5.1.5 (see Version Tracker...) News: IBM's GMR Technology yield 16GB+ affordable drives Apple begins selling made-to-order PowerMacs over the Web, sells $1.4M in first 24 hrs Click-thru rates falling...new e-ads coming? Darren's tip o' the week: Check out code resources at WebCoder Darren's pick o' the week: Vitra (for discussion) *You might wanna hold off on downloading Nav 4.04... some problems have been reported.
	Review Sharyl's major points, discuss. Photoshop and WebType (Chapter 5) Laying Out Pages (Chapter 4)    Single-pixel GIF trick and invisible tables Review and discuss second-generation comps
	Contruct Site Map/Description Bring in Photoshop/Illustrator Mock-ups

	November 20/22
	New software releases: ImageVice 1.0, Apple LaserWriter 8.5.1 (see Version Tracker...) FileMaker Pro 4 and the Web News: Top 25 Websites reveal some clues about what surfers really do... Netscape drops Java logo from 4.04 browser... Darren's tip o' the week: Generating Netscape-safe colors... (see ColorSafe below) Darren's pick o' the week: internet.com and Kasparov vs. DeepBlue
	Review and discuss artwork for website. Color Issues... ColorSAFE... First & Third Generation websites (which is yours?) Common web file types, MIME Types and helper applications
	Obtain initial client sign-off on basic design and overall structure. Work, work, work. Complete the major layouts, graphics, and structure. 50% of content in place.

	November 27/29
	Thanksgiving Holiday! Forgo family & friends... speak only in HTML tags. :-) Easy turkey day reading: a good guide to Email Etiquette Please peruse this! A great place to point email newbies for general info. (And us, too!)

	December 4/6
	New software releases: QuickTime 3.0 Preview, WebObjects 3.5, RealPlayer 5.0 (see Version Tracker...) News: NetObjects announces TeamFusion, Opera Software and browser alternatives, WebTV Plus slips, OS/2 dies, Netscape debates marketshare reports, rendezvous protocol Darren's tip o' the week: webvertising info Darren's pick o' the week: computers.com, Monona Terrace
	Cookies & Security TCP/IP Networks and the Internet Anatomy of an IP Address Domain Name Servers (DNS) and Routers Top Level Domains (x.aq?) Telnet : remote console for UNIX systems (likely your WWW server) Ping and other IP utilities (traceroute, nslookup) Review for final exam...
	Look over class notes, and continue final project efforts.

	December 11/13
	New software releases: Mercutio Bug, Kaleidoscope, Claris HomePage3 beta (see Version Tracker...) News: Court issues injunction against MS, Pointcast unveils subscription service, Macromedia ships Dreamweaver 1.0 Darren's tip o' the week: Top Ten Ways To Tell If You Have A Sucky Home Page Darren's pick o' the week: Braun and Amistad
	Final Exam Tracking & Statistics Future Web directions Style Sheets and CSS1 Floating Frames Dynamic HTML and XML Discuss web projects and development issues
	Final Projects Due Next Week Bring in floppy with site ready to upload, or your existing URL

	December 18/20
	News: Microsoft and SGI/Justice Dept/TCI Darren's tip o' the week: Table widths: use maximally-divided row
	Turn in Final Projects Upload via FTP to WWW Server (if it's not online already) Fill out class survey
	Add your information to the Fall '97 Class Contact List! FYI: I'll be teaching the Saturday class only next semester. Happy Holidays!