[Webpub] Web Publishing classes during IAP

[Susan Curran]

Dear colleagues,

These web publishing topics offered by IS&T may be of interest to many of you:

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Thu Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Learn what RSS is, why it's an important communication tool, and how to use 
it. We'll discuss News Readers and aggregators, using an existing RSS "news 
feed" on your website, and creating and updating your own news feed.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Thu Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in Dreamweaver allow the web publisher to 
separate content from style and layout. CSS has many powerful properties 
that can make developing and maintaining a web site faster and easier. This 
session will cover the basic uses of CSS to control fonts, colors, leading, 
margins, typefaces, and other aspects of style in a web page.

Best Practices in Web Publishing
Thu Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Learn about the basics of MIT's web publishing environment. Topics include 
file naming conventions, folder structures, image formats, file transfer 
using Dreamweaver MX 2004, and more. Recommended for those who are 
interested in learning the most efficient and painless way to keep web site 
files up-to-date.

Google at MIT: Web Publishers User Group
Thu Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Learn tips and tricks for using Google to improve your website's search 
capabilities. Topics covered include: boosting search engine rankings, 
improving search results, and adding a Google search box to your website.


For more web design and development classes, see the IAP website
http://student.mit.edu/iap/nc6.html


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Susan Curran
MIT Web Content Editor
(617) 253-2548
scurran at mit.edu