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    2 WebTutor v4.1                                 Professional Web Design
    3 HTML Authoring Tutorials                                    Joe Barta
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    5 Latest version always available from http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/
    6 Info for shareware sites below.
    7 
    8 DESCRIPTION:
    9   Easy to use web page authoring tutorials covering basic and advanced
   10   web page design. The tutorials are in HTML format so you can go
   11   through them with your web browser. If you've never created a web
   12   page before, the basic tutorial will guide you gently though basics
   13   of HTML. And, if you know the basics, the advanced tutorials will
   14   show you how to add additional features to your page.
   15 
   16 THESE TUTORIALS ARE DONATIONWARE:
   17   Go to  http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/donationware.html for
   18   details.
   19 
   20 A PRINTED VERSION IS AVAILABLE:
   21   For $29 you can get the entire WebTutor series in a neatly bound
   22   printed manual. The manual comes with a companion CD containing the
   23   tutorials, tons of free clipart, generous discount offers on
   24   selected software titles, and extra tutorial lessons not available
   25   anywhere else. I can ship internationally and quantity discounts
   26   are available.
   27   As a nice little bonus, I'm ALSO including what's completed thus far
   28   with JavaScript tutor. JavaScript Tutor is still a work in progress
   29   so don't expect anything fancy... It's just several pages of text,
   30   examples and exercises. Still, even in it's rough draft state, it
   31   will give you a real workout and a jump on everybody else.
   32   Go to  http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/printversion/index.html for
   33   details.
   34 
   35 DISTRIBUTION GUIDELINES:
   36   You may use and/or distribute them to your hearts content according
   37   to the guidelines below.
   38   - If you wish to translate them into another language, you can.
   39   - If you are a teacher and you want to use them for teaching
   40     purposes, you can. If you want to print out copies for your
   41     classes, you can. (FYI: there is a printed version available)
   42   - If you want to include them on a CD with other shareware/freeware
   43     titles, you can. (I ask that you don't simply sell it outright)
   44   - If you are a business and you wish to offer copies of WebTutor as
   45     a free bonus with your regular products, you may.
   46   - If you wish to offer the WebTutor download from your site, you are
   47     welcome to.
   48   - If you wish to re-post the tutorials on your own web site, you
   49     may. Guidelines are detailed below.
   50   - If, for some lame reason, you copy them verbatim and call them
   51     your own, I will have no choice but to tell Mom, and boy will you
   52     be in trouble!
   53 
   54 
   55 RE-POSTING ON THE INTERNET:
   56   If you wish to post the tutorials unaltered on your public or
   57   private server, you are welcome to. As they are, the tutorials
   58   contain advertising. Please leave those ads in place. If you must
   59   ad your own advertising, add yours in addition to what's already
   60   there.
   61   When you put the files on your server, do not make changes to the
   62   directory structure. Links within the tutorials are relative and
   63   many are generated dynamically with javascript. If you mess with the
   64   directory structure, links may not work properly. You'll notice that
   65   since v4.1 there is another directory layer - "tutor". This makes
   66   things easier for me. If you try to eliminate that extra layer,
   67   things will get messed up.
   68   Also, this repostable version has active Joke Break links. If you've
   69   seen any of the jokes, then you know that many are on the raunchy
   70   side. If you run a "clean" site and would rather these links not be
   71   there then you can change that easily: In the root level of the
   72   WebTutor directory there is a sub-directory named "other". Within
   73   this directory is a file named "common.js". Open it with a text
   74   editor (DO NOT USE FRONT PAGE OR THE LIKE) and change "jokebreak = 1"
   75   to "jokebreak = 0". This will turn off the jokebreak links.
   76 
   77 REQUIREMENTS:
   78 1) Windows95/98. I've abandoned the 8.3 file naming convention. Win3x
   79    users may have some trouble. They should however be able to access
   80    everything online though. I'm not that familiar with other
   81    operating systems, but I'm guesing the tutorials are still plenty
   82    useable.
   83 2) A graphical web browser with JAVASCRIPT ENABLED (it should be
   84    enabled unless you dis-abled it ;-). Preferably Netscape
   85    Navigator 4.0 or later. MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or later will
   86    do also. If you use something other than the big two everything
   87    should still be more or less OK. Very old browsers will hit a few
   88    potholes.
   89 3) A text editor. Notepad will do nicely for now. Windows9x users
   90    will find Notepad by clicking Start/Accessories and clicking the
   91    little blue Notepad icon.
   92 4) A comfortable chair and an attractive member of the opposite sex
   93    to tell you how computer geeks are sexy and to rub your neck if it
   94    gets stiff.
   95 
   96 INSTRUCTIONS:
   97   Unzip and start with index.html. By default your system will
   98   probably crank up your default browser when you double click on
   99   index.html. If not, start up whatever you use for a web browser and
  100   open that file via File/Open. Alternatively you can drag & drop
  101   index.html onto your browser. Understand that sometimes getting
  102   started with a new thing is the hardest part. If you are new to
  103   computers or new to the Internet and web browsers in general, you'll
  104   just have to be patient, persistant and maybe fumble around a little
  105   at first. Everybody goes through it... you'll be fine. No files are
  106   copied, moved, modified or otherwise scattered about your computer.
  107   To "uninstall" these tutorials, simply delete the contents of the
  108   webtutor directory.
  109 
  110 EMAIL: I get a lot of email asking for help on this problem or that,
  111   and I'm afraid there isn't enough time to answer them all. I do
  112   answer a few occasionally however, and they all at least hit my
  113   eyes. If you have a HTML problem, I STRONGLY reccommend you see
  114   the various FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). As sure as a bear
  115   dumps in the woods, your question has been axed and answered before.
  116   Look in the Table of Contents for "Frequently Asked Questions".
  117 
  118 Have fun & good luck!
  119 
  120 Joe Barta                                             jbarta@apk.net 
  121 Professional Web Design                http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/
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  123 
  124 
  125 VERSION HISTORY:
  126 v4.1 (Mar/00)
  127 - Streamlined navigation.
  128 - Advertisements are now a part of the download. Hey, gotta make a
  129   couple bucks here and there.
  130 - A few changes.
  131 - Expanded the readme file a little.
  132 - Changed the download file structure to more closely match the online
  133   file structure. (makes putting together the downloadable version
  134   easier)
  135 
  136 v4.0 (Mar/00)
  137 - After many requests a printed version is available (see
  138   printversion.html)
  139 - A few minor additions/alterations.
  140 
  141 v3.9 (Feb/00)
  142 - Status changed back to donationware. Call me fickle. Hopefully
  143   the tutorials are still one of the best things in life :-)
  144 - Broke up the lessons a little more after several requests.
  145 - Added a FAQ or two.
  146 - A few modest additions/alterations.
  147 - Completely revamped navigation. VERY dependant on javascript.
  148   Actually, if you don't have JS enabled, it will be next to
  149   impossible to navigate. Also highly suggested is an up-to-date
  150   browser... Netscape Navigator v4 or greater, Internet Explorer
  151   v4 or greater.
  152 - There is now only one downloadble version. It contains a switch
  153   to enable advertising if you wish to re-post it. (instructions
  154   above)
  155 - Added a bunch of new buttons for linking back. People kept saying
  156   the old ones were junky. I hope these are a little better.
  157 
  158 v3.8 (Nov/99)
  159 - Minor changes, corrections and improvements.
  160 - Created an ad supported version for those that wish to re-post the
  161   tutorials on the Internet. This second downloadable version can be
  162   found at: http://members.xoom.com/jbarta/webtutor_repost.zip
  163   It is exactly the same, except it runs advertisements to help pay
  164   pay the bills.
  165 
  166 v3.7 (Oct/99)
  167 - Status changed back to Freeware. (They say the best things in life
  168   are free, and I wanted to make sure that the tutorials remained
  169   one of the best things in life :) My sincerest thanks to those
  170   that have sent in payments.
  171 - Numerous little additions and changes.
  172 - Moved all the furniture and cleaned out a few virtual cobwebs.
  173 - Added a FAQ or two
  174 - Revamped the basic tutorial's Quick Index
  175 - Revamped the Table Tutor's Quick Index
  176 - Changed the look of a few things
  177 - Added a Suggestion Box
  178 - Added a Mailing List
  179 - Improved Color Picker a little
  180 - Added a few things to the basic tutorial and broke it up into 10
  181   lessons
  182 
  183 v3.6 (July/99)
  184 - Status changed from freeware to donationware.
  185 - Minor corrections
  186 
  187 v3.5 (April/99)
  188 - Got "back to basics" all the way around. Long overdue updates.
  189   Dumped some fluff.
  190 - Removed the various smaller tutorial-ettes. (These will still be
  191   available and downloadble from the web site.)
  192 - Slightly beefed up the 4 main tutorials.
  193 - Added an updated barebones guide to HTML.
  194 - Sprinkled in a few FAQs.
  195 - Handy Dandy Font Viewer streamlined and doesn't kill IE any more.
  196 - Color Picker slightly improved and IE friendly.
  197 - Form Tutor contains more info regarding the notorious mailto action
  198   along with links to CGI resources.
  199 - Added Mailto Converter to the distribution because links to mailto
  200   formatter kept disappearing.
  201 - Dumped the JS menu in favor of a main Table of Contents. (A new,
  202   improved and reusable SiteMap is in the works... stay tuned.)
  203 - Improved navigation through the pages.
  204 - Dumped the self-extracting exe distribution for a simple zip file.
  205   Abandoned the idea for a "professional" installation. Why use a
  206   hammer to kill a fly?
  207 - Numerous additions/corrections,improvements.
  208 
  209 What this 3.5 version is NOT:
  210 - It's not a tutorial based on HTML 4.0 (it loosely follows 3.2)
  211 - It doesn't get into Style Sheets
  212 - There's no mention of DHTML (Not specifically at least)
  213 - It does not concentrate on authoring documents that validate
  214   against any published HTML recommendation.
  215 
  216 v3.0 (July/97)
  217 Bundled all four main tutorials into one biggun.
  218 Added Color Picker
  219 Threw in as a bonus a few other tutorial-ettes. (oh boy!)
  220 Included a remote Table of Contents for JavaScript Enabled browsers.
  221 Included a copy of Kevin Werbach's Bare Bones Guide to HTML.
  222 
  223 
  224 these versions were 4 separate tutorials
  225 -----------------------------------------------------------
  226 v2.02
  227 Minor additions & corrections.
  228 
  229 v2.01 
  230 Added link to Web Resources. Minor typo corrections. Minor additions.
  231 
  232 v2.0
  233 Changed all html file extensions to htm. Numerous alterations,
  234 additions, corrections.
  235 
  236 v1.0 (Sept/96)
  237 Original release.
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  239 
  240 
  241 INFO FOR SHAREWARE SITES:
  242 
  243 NAME:     WebTutor
  244 STATUS:   Freeware
  245 VERSION:  4.1
  246 SIZE:     1.5 MB
  247 
  248 RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2000
  249 
  250 APPLICATION HOMEPAGE:
  251 http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/tutor/makapage/
  252 
  253 DOWNLOAD:
  254 http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/webtutor.zip
  255 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/html/webtut40.zip
  256 
  257 DESCRIPTION: (short)
  258 WebTutor: easy to use HTML authoring tutorials
  259 
  260 DESCRIPTION: (longer)
  261 Easy to use web page authoring tutorials covering basic and advanced
  262 web page design. The tutorials are in HTML format so you can go
  263 through them with your web browser. If you've never created a web
  264 page before, the basic tutorial will guide you gently though basics
  265 of HTML. And, if you know the basics, the advanced tutorials
  266 (tables, forms & frames) will show you how to add additional
  267 features to your page.
  268 
  269 SCREEN CAPTURE: http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/webtutor_cap.gif
  270   ICON (32x32): http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/webtutor_icon.gif
  271 
  272 CHANGES:   Minor changes, corrections and improvements.
  273 
  274 AUTHOR:    Professional Web Design - Joe Barta
  275 HOMEPAGE:  http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/
  276 EMAIL:     jbarta@apk.net
  277 
  278 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
  279 DISTRIBUTION: This file is freely distributable.
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