Resources

The Tools

What you need to build a web site.

1. A computer.

Yep, it should run the latest PC or Mac or Linux/Unix Operating System

It needs to be able to run the latest version browsers, whether that is Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome or Safari. (see Chart Below)

2. More than one Browser!

You'll need at 3 browsers for testing purposes, a web editor, and a graphic editor (see chart below).

3. A Web Editor.

For this course we will use a free HTML Text Editor called Free HTML Editor 9.5 You can download it from The CoffeeCup Website

4. A Graphics Editor

You WILL need a program to edit graphics, pictures, backgrounds and other art for your web pages... (topic for class #2)

5. An (s)FTP Program
You'll also need an FTP Program (File Transfer Protocol) To up-load your local web site to a remote server.

An excellent open source ftp program is FileZilla Available for all platforms.

Web Browser Statistics

You should have at least 3 Browsers installed on your computer! Why? Here's the latest browser stats provided by Market Share http://marketshare.hitslink.com/

You can Down load Browsers from the links below

On the Macintosh (Apple Computers) the last available version of Windows Internet explorer is Version 5.2.3 (2002)
Netscape is no longer supported (as of February 1, 2008, final version is 9.0.0.5)

Text Editors on the Class Disk

You can build a web site with a simple text editor!