Updated on 18 March 1996 by ausweb96@scu.edu.au

Web Page Publishing in HTML

Workshop Abstract

This workshop takes the user through all aspects of simple and advanced html programming, including Netscape extensions. By the end of the day, users will have an excellent understanding of HTML and be able to code compex pages including frames, image maps, and forms. Steve Gregory from the Cooperative Research Centre for Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC) based at the University of Queensland will present the workshop.

About the Workshop

The course is a complete html tutorial beginning with basic topics and progressing to more complex aspects. The main points include

What is HTML?
HTML Basics (tags, headings, paragraphs, titles etc.)
Laying out Documents with HTML
Hypertext Links
Using Images in Web Documents
Advanced Layout Features (colours, backgrounds, tables, text alignment)
Image Maps (server side and client side)
Advanced HTML (forms, frames, server side includes)
Dynamic HTML (server push, client pull)
Overview of Plugin Technology

Who should attend?

This course is aimed towards users with no experience in HTML programming. Complete explanations are given for those with no programming background, however a knowledge of how to use the web would be useful. It is also suited to more advanced users, as the second half of the day covers more advanced topics. Users will be given a manual to take away which documents all features covered over the duration of the course.

About the Workshop Presenter Steve Gregory

Steve Gregory (BCompSci (Hons), AACS) is a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Research Centre for Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC) based at the University of Queensland. Steve has spent much of his time over the past two years working with the DSTC National Training Program. This has involved teaching the technology of the internet to members of the business and corporate community around Australia. Steve's special area of interest is multimedia applications of the World Wide Web. He also plays and produces with the world's first internet based band, and has been interviewed a number of times by the media for comment on his involvement.

What to bring

A pen and an alert brain.
A Manual will be provided with full notes from the session.

The Workshop Program.

8:30am Coffee available until 9:30am
9:00am Check of participants, distribute your notes and chit chat
preliminary introductions ready for prompt session start

9:30am - 10:30am Theory
10:30 - 12:00 Hands on session
12:00 - 12:30 Overview, question time, small amount of theory

12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm- 2:00pm Theory
2:00 - 3:00 Hands on session

3:00pm-3:30pm Afternoon Tea

3:30 - 4:00 Theory
4:00 - 5:00 Hands on session

Minimum and maximum participant numbers

Minimum of 5 - max 12.

Updated on 18 March 1996 by ausweb96@scu.edu.au

AusWeb96 - The Second Australian World Wide Web Conference, 7th to 9th of July 1996, at the Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Gold Coast, Australia. Contact: Ms Julie Burton, Norsearch Conference Services at Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia. Phone (066) 20 3000 (From outside Australia +61 66 20 3000) Fax: (066) 22 1954 (From outside Australia +61 66 22 1954). Email: ausweb96@scu.edu.au.