1. What is a web page -
   text file, refs to other files of many other types
   html basics: 
   html vs sgml
   why limited font control
   server/local page storage
   browser interpretation
   how pages transmitted, server/client, network, TCP/IP


2. Basic elements of web pages -
   text and text control
   horizontal rules
   links (hyperlinks)
   lists
   images
   tables

   Advanced elements
   frames
   forms
   audio
   css/dhtml
   javascript
   java applets, objects


3. Using Netscape Composer - visual oriented editor
   navig to simple page, File | Edit page
   add text, format it
   add horiz rule
   add link, edit it - relative, absolute, anchor
   add list, edit it
   add image, adjust it (and image as hyperlink)
   add table, adjust & extend it
   view/edit html - tools | HTML Tools | Edit HTML Source (java applet)
      (good to learn HTML)
   ftp to server, Navig vs WS_FTP, RapidFTP
   blank page vs template


4. Existing page review
   NEIU examples -
      www.neiu.edu, ~neiulib, ~flanglang,
   outside examples -
      http://www.onebox.com/


5. Web page design
   book
   target audience, type of use -
      browsing, info retrieval, reading/studying, story telling
   choose clear topics -
      self (ego), hobbies, interests, work results, ...
   start small - use page extensively to learn html & improve design
   navig depth, structure chart
   web page density and page size (# screens)
   limit no. images, avoid animated .gif's, except if one time run only
   multi-media overblown