information server -- like finding info in a library
Netscape Navigator -- a browser of web space, a navigational tool
Other browsers (AOL, Microsoft Internet Explorer)
What you need to know to use the web
1. Understanding web addresses (URLs)
e.g. www.cruzio.com
2. How to get to a web site if you know the address
Macintosh "file" menu select "open location in navigator"
PC "file" menu select "open page"
3. How to navigate within a web site
Back and forward, scrolling up and down
4. How to save web page addresses for future use
bookmarks
5. How to search (next class)
Let's look at cruzio web site
Browser basics -- title, menus, buttons, location bar, activity bar
Web page, web site, homepage -- first page of a web site
links (button, underlined word, or graphic)
go to another web page to get more info
scrolling
forward/back buttons
"home" button to get to your home page
view history ("GO" menu)
bookmarks -- permanent storage of your favorite web addresses
Macintosh has Bookmarks menu
PC has Bookmarks button
add one -- "bookmark" menu or button, select "add bookmark"
edit existing bookmarks -- "bookmark" menu/button, select "edit bookmarks"
"edit" gives you a new window, called "bookmarks", and new menus
to delete one -- "edit" menu, select "clear" on Macintosh
"delete" on PC
to change name -- "edit" menu, select "get info" on Macintosh
select "bookmark properties" on PC
then type over "name" field
to create a bookmark folder --
"file" menu, select "new folder" and give it a name
to move bookmarks from folder to folder,
use drag and drop or cut and paste from edit
menu
print -- "file" menu, "page setup" to make smaller for prints
choose your home page to start your browser
"edit" menu, select "preferences"
select "navigator" category
change home page location, click "ok"
HTML -- Hyper Text Markup Language
instructions on how to display a file
where to put text and graphics
HTTP -- Hyper Text Transport Protocol
receives URL
locates remote computer
retrieves requested URL/file
loads requested file on your computer
web site for this class
people.ucsc.edu/~alan/class.html