Authoring
Interactive
Media
Spring 2012

Columbia College Chicago
Interactive Arts & Media Dept.

Thursdays: 6:30 PM to 9:20 PM in room 139 (36-2601-05)

Sal J. Barry, Instructor
Cell Phone: 312.320.4378
Email: sbarry@colum.edu

Handouts

[Syllabus for Section 05]

Powerpoint Presentations ("Notes")

[Presentation #1] - Overview, terms, tags, text formatting
[Presentation #2] - Recap, URL, Directories, Linking, FTP, DOCTYPE
[Presentation #3] - Navigation, Color, Images

In-Class Demo Videos

Assignments

[Assignment #1] - Text Formatting
[Assignment #2] - Placing Images

Free HTML Editors

[J-Edit] - for Windows, Mar or Unix
- be sure to download "stable" version
[SciTE] - for Windows or Linux systems
Komodo Edit] - for Windows, Mac or Linux
[Notepad++] - for Windows
[Text Wrangler] - for Mac
[Smultron] - for Mac

FTP Software

[FileZilla] - for PC or Mac = FREE
[WinSCP] - for PC = FREE
[3D-FTP] - for PC = $39.95
[WS-FTP] - for PC = $39.95 (free 30-day trial)
[Cyberduck] - for Mac = FREE
[Transmit] - for Mac = $17.95
[Fetch] - for Mac = $25 (free 15-day trial)

Helpful Websites

[Lorem Ipsum generator] - good for "dummy text"
[W3 Schools] - online "try it yourself" tutorials
- [XHTML Tutorials @ W3 Schools]
[Color Scheme Designer] - use for help in picking a color scheme for your websites
[Kuler] - another site for picking colors

Free Stock Photos

[Morgue File]
[Stock.XCHNG] - registration required

Student Websites

Successful Past "Six and Six" Projects

© 2012 - [Sal J. Barry]