Week 8 Readings

1. W3schools HTML Tutorial Not much to comment on here, except how simple basic publishing can be ... every time you get stuck, look up a site like this and figure out how to do stuff. In the words of Dr. Steve Brule: "So go make some computer technologies of your own. Get out of the house and go do it!"

FOR YOUR TECHNOLOGY

2.HTML Cheatsheet: anyone else not able to access this or find it otherwise. Please comment if you found it.

3. W3schools CSS Tutorial
Again, a nice reference ... I've never used CSS, but for me the trick is to just jump in and ignore the pages upon pages of language. Rather, I like to refer to specific portions of the guide as I need them and eventually hope that I pick up a working knowledge for what I need.

4. Goans, D., Leach, G., & Vogel, T. M. (2006). Beyond HTML: Developing and re-imagining library web guides in a content management system. Library Hi Tech, 24(1), 29-53.
Here we can see the benefit of laying out a CMS in order to shift time and effort away from mastering programming language to preparing more meaningful content ... or at least saving time with the original content. I also appreciate the section on what kinds of options exist for CMSs - out-of-the-box, in-house, open source, etc. This is obviously important given the multitude of institutions, their needs, and their financial means.