Unit 8: HTML & Web Authoring Software

HTML Tutorial & HTML Cheatsheet
I took a basic technology class during undergrad and had to create a website with HTML code, so this site was a useful refresher. It had some useful tips, though I did find the website a little hard to navigate, It was hard to tell at first what the actual content of the site was, and what was advertisements or links to other areas of the web site. The cheatsheet is also a great resource to have all the handy tags in one place.

CSS Tutorial

I remember discussing Cascading Style Sheets in my previous technology class, but couldn't have told you much about it before reading this web page. HTML defines what is contained within a document, while CSS defines what the document looks like and how it's formatted (or defines the HTML). You can't have CSS without first having HTML.

"Beyond HTML"

This article outlines CMS, or content management systems at the Georgia State University Library. The libraries at GSU implemented a web-based development system. This article outlines the methods used to test the systems and the outcomes. The researchers found that the system allowed the libraries to have a great control over the user interface and also managing the content of the system and the collection as well, especially in using templates. Despite the success they found, these new systems have not been implemented in each library at the university. This kind of change would take a lot of preparation, both technologically, and in preparing both staff and patrons for the change as well.