CGS3994, Spring 1998, Midterm Review Topics

Exam time: Thursday 2/19, 3:30 - 4:45

Closed book. Written. No computers. No calculators.

How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site

• Chapter 1
  • A Little History
  • Key Web Concepts
    • Web Browsers and Servers
    • Support for Multiple Protocols
    • A Uniform Naming Scheme
    • Hypertext
    • High-Level Page Description Language
    • Mulitmedia
    • Extensibility
  • Steps to Creating a Web Site
    • Your Own Server or Your Service Provider's
    • Establish a Connection to the Internet
• Chapter 2
  • The TCP/IP Protocol
  • IP Addresses
  • Domain Names
  • Clients and Servers
  • Ports
  • Daemons and Inetd
  • URLs
  • Complete versus Partial URLs
    • FTP
    • HTTP
    • MAILTO
    • TELNET
  • The MIME Typing System
    • Introduction to MIME
    • MIME Types and Helper Applications
    • MIME Types and File Extensions
  • The HTTP Protocol
    • Interview with the Daemon
    • The Phases of the HTTP Protocol
• Chapter 3
  • Choosing Web Server Software
    • Supported Operating Systems
    • Administrative Features
    • Document Tree Features
    • Advanced HTTP Features
    • Scripting
  • Installing and Configuring Apache for Unix Systems
  • Setting Up the Server and Document Roots
  • Basic Configutration
    • Adjusting httpd.conf
    • Adjusting srm.conf
    • Adjusting access.conf
    • Starting the server
    • Starting and Stopping the Server
    • Customizing the Server
    • Configuring General Settings with httpd.conf
    • Configuring the Document Tree with srm.conf
    • Customizing Features in Individual Directories
    • Imagemaps, CGI Scripts, and Server-Side Includes
    • Virtual Hosts on Apache Server
      • Virtual Hosts on a Single IP Address
• Chapter 4
  • How Access Control Works
  • Configuring Access Control
    • Access Control in the Unix Apache Server
• Chapter 5
  • Basic HTML Tags
    • Header Tags
    • Paragraphs and Line Breaks
    • Creating Hypertext Links
    • Adding In-Line Images to Page
  • Controlling Text Styles
    • Logical Styles
    • Physical Styles
    • Controlling Font Size and Color
  • Control Over Paragraph Formatting
    • Alignment
    • Pre-Formatted Text
    • Horizontal Rules
  • Lists
    • Ordered lists
    • Unordered Lists
    • Adjusting the Appearance of Ordered and Unordered Lists
    • Definition Lists
  • Controlling the Size and Position of In-Line Images
    • Image Size
    • Image Alignment
  • Controlling the Global Appearance of the Document
    • Changing the Page's Background Color and Pattern
    • Changing the Color of Text anf Links
    • Tables
  • Frames
    • Laying Out a Frameset
    • Creating the Contents of a Frame Set
    • Targeting Frames (_parent, _top)
• Chapter 6
  • HTML Editors
    • WYSIWYG HTML Editors
  • Using Graphic Images in Your Pages
    • Graphics Conversion Software for UNIX systems
      • ImageMagick
    • Common Graphics Manipulation Tasks
      • Resizing, Rotating, and Flipping Images
    • Making Part of a GIF File Transparent
    • Giving a GIF Image the "Venetian Blinds" Effect
    • Creating a Contact Sheet
  • Using Animation in your Pages
    • Creating In-Line Animations with GIF89a
• Chapter 8
  • Creating Clickable Image Maps
    • Server-Side Image Maps
      • Choosing an Image File for the Clickable Image
      • Creating the Map File
    • Client-Side Image Maps
      • <MAP> and <AREA>
      • The USEMAP Attribute