learning to deal with a server

[Elena O'Malley]

Gillian:

I'm sure you've been deluged with recommendations about the new
server and html. You probably know this already, but please allow 
me to reinforce a few points.

1) Security patches are very important.
If you don't feel confident about maintaining the server in that manner, 
I encourage you to ask for help from web4lib, the city's IT folks, 
or whoever else is handy.

2) Dreamweaver's site features are helpful. 
Even though sites begin as a few pages, it can make your work a 
good bit easier right from the start. The latest version of Dreamweaver 
contains the text of some O'Reilly books, so check before you buy the 
books separately.

3) I consider the following book to be a great investment at $35:
Conway, Stuart, et al. HTML 4.01: Programmer's Reference. Wrox
Press, 2001. ISBN: 1861005334 
(I have no affliation with Wrox Press or any of the authors.)

It might look a bit intimidating, but it is quite friendly and covers
the basics. As an added bonus, it contains charts of what does and
doesn't work in:
HTML versions 2 through 4
Cascading Style Sheets 1 & 2
Internet Explorer and Netscape versions 2 through 6
Opera 5
It also discusses accessibility issues for people with disabilities and 
XHTML.

Good luck and best wishes on this endeavor.

Elena O'Malley, Technology Librarian
Emmanuel College, Cardinal Cushing Library
400 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
omalleye at emmanuel.edu