Webmaster Certification Program - WM106 Syllabus

Spring 2008

Instructor: Arlyn J. Hubbell

Online Resources & Tutorials:

• The CGI Resource Index
• HTML Goodies
• The HTML Writers Guild's Resource Collection
• Matt's Script Archive
• NetMechanic Resources
  
  
• Get Putty 0.55
  
• Putty HomePage

• Server Side Includes & Unix Environmental Variables
• Matt's Scripts Installed

March 31

• Introductions & Course Overview
• Unix & HTML Review: An Exercise
• Restricting Web Site Access
  • Password Protection
  • Limiting Access via Remote Address
• Custom Error Pages
• In-Class Exercise
• Homework: Create a set of Custom Error Pages for the web site you designed in WM102

April 7

• Working with Perl Scripts
  • Matt's Script Archive
  • The bin directory
  • tar & gzip
  • Modifying & Installing Scripts
• Homework: Install Matt's Random Image script in your WM106 directory. You can copy the source file from my directory: ~arlyn/Matts/rand_image.tar.gz

April 14

• Perl Scripts Continued
  • Debugging scripts
  • More complicated installations
  • Managing scripts that allow input & updates
• Homework: Install Matt's Guestbook script in your WM106 directory. You can copy the source file from my directory: ~arlyn/Matts/guestbook.tar.gz

April 21

• Server Side Includes
  • Environmental Variables
  • Dynamic Page Generation
• Homework: Modify the page(s) from last week's assignment to display one set of links if I (24.218.254.251 or arlyn.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) visit the page and another if if you do.

April 28

• Metatags
• Javascripts
• Homework: TBA

May 5

• Beginning CSS
• Homework: TBA

May 12

• In-Class Exercise
• Discussion & Comments