Web pages are written in a language known as HTML, consisting of standardized "tags" which are added to the text of your web page to specify formatting, insert pictures, and link to other web pages. You can create your web pages with any text editor or word processiong program or use programs specially designed for creating HTML documents.Courses are available on campus to learn more about how to accomplish this yourself. Instructional Computing offers Student HTML workshops throughout the quarter to assist students in creating web pages. As well, Intructional Computing offers training and development courses for staff and faculty Additionally, you might check out the following guides for writing HTML.
- NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML - a lengthy but complete introduction on writing web pages with HTML
- 10 Minute Guide to HTML - a quick guide on construcing your web page
- HTML 3.2 Reference Specification - the entire standard HTML tag reference
- WWW Consortium Page Style Guide - guidelines on good web page style
A variety of software programs are available for generating home pages without having to learn HTML. Netscape Composer and Adobe Pagemill are some of the better cost effective choices. If budgeting isn't an issue, Dreamweaver or Frontpage are considered the more profession solutions to use for frontend webpage design and website management.Instructional Computing offers free software workshops on some of these software packages, as well.