Author
If you are a person responsible for managing the information provided
by your organization, you have to balance the advantages of a "house
style" with the advantages of giving each group or author free rein.
If you end up with decisions in this area, it is as well to write them
down (not to mention put them on the web).
-- Tim Berners-Lee, Etiquette for
information providers.
As an author,
you have information you would like to publish onto the web.
You will need to know how to create and edit hypertext,
and you will need to learn the conventions and
etiquette of the web.
When you are ready to start working with hypertext,
you can look at any of a number of good resources on
HyperText Markup Language, or HTML.
As a web designer or author, you should demonstrate competence in:
- HTML Authoring.
Including an understanding of HTML 2.0,
3.0 and other extensions; e.g. tables, frames, server-push/client-pull,
server-side includes, etc., as well as an appreciation for browser
compatibility issues.
- Authoring Style.
You should appreciate not only the technical issues of HTML,
but also the aesthetics and ergonomics of hypertext,
in order to produce pleasing and usable documents.
- CGI Scripting.
Typically including (but not necessarily
limited to) Perl, C and UNIX shell scripts.
- Graphic Design Capability.
Able to produce attractive Web
pages that are effective within the limitations of the delivery medium.
A knowledge of graphics applications
and techniques (e.g. Photoshop, Fractal Painter, 3D Modelling) and the
ability
to apply these in effective ways within the constraints imposed by
the nature of the Internet.
- Internet Awareness.
A general appreciation for the issues
concerning the Internet and World Wide Web
(download time/bandwidth, content-driven pages, graphics vs text,
browser compatibility - colours, resolution, etc).
-
Internet Protocols
(e.g. Service ports, Name Servers, Email, USENET, HTTP, FTP, etc).
- WWW Server Configuration (e.g.
CERN,
Apache,
Netscape Commercial Server - including NSAPI)
- General UNIX and PC (MS-Windows) Awareness.
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