Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS
Chapter One
So What's All
This Web Jazz?
In This Chapter
Looking at linear media and hypermedia
Checking out some cool Web sites
Examining FTP
Introducing Microsoft Internet Explorer
Learning about URLs
This chapter covers the basics of the Web, showing how information pointers
help you organize information and illustrating how Web browsers can simplify
file transfer, searches, and other Internet services. It also introduces you to
Microsoft Internet Explorer.
First, however, I define the concept a web of information. So before you study the
basics of creating cool Web pages, take a close look at what the Web is, how it
works, and what HTML is all about. I promise to be brief!
What Is the Web Anyway?
To understand the World Wide Web, consider how information is organized in print
media. Print media, I think, is a good model for the Web, although others may feel
that adventure games, movies, TV, or other information-publishing media provide
a better comparison.
Linear media
Consider the physical and organizational characteristics of this book for a second.
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