The Webmaster Skills Groups

Here is a list of possible technical skills you might learn during the course of this project. Look at the list and try to figure out which skills you already know. Then, pick out three or so that you would like to learn. Don't worry about which group you are starting out in; this is just a list of possibilities. Also, these skills are not necessarily in order: you might be very good at some of the skills in group 3 but not know the skills in group 2. If you have some more skills to add to these groups,

Webmaster Skills Group 1

• Use a Web browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer to view World Wide Web sites

• Use an e-mail program to send and receive an e-mail

• Plan what you would have on a Web page (you don't have to do the codes yet). What makes a Web page good? Bad? Boring?

• Practice using a word-processing program such as Microsoft Word, ClarisWorks, WordPerfect, etc. Learn how to save documents so you can find them again.

Webmaster Skills Group 2

• Use a search engine like Yahoo! or Alta Vista to research a topic on the Web

• Study some of the advanced features of your Web browser. Use the "View / Document Source" command to look at the HTML codes of a Web page. (First pull down the VIEW menu at the top of your screen. Then, choose the Document Source command).

• Bookmark some Web pages you like. Learn to add, delete and rearrange the bookmarks.

• Send an e-mail attachment to somebody

• Download something from the Web: a game, software, graphic, etc.

Webmaster Skills Group 3

• Use basic HTML codes to create a text Web page

• Enter a chatroom on the Internet

• Join a newsgroup over the Internet

• Explore the advanced features of your e-mail program. How can you... create an address book? Send an e-mail to several people at the same time?

• Experiment with an HTML software program such as HoTMetaL, PageMill, SHE,

Webmaster Skills Group 4

• Add graphics to a Web page

• Add links to a Web page

• Use Adobe Acrobat software to create or view a PDF page

Webmaster Skills Group 5

• Learn to use a scanner, and explore the differences in resolution of a graphic

• Add a counter or other CGI script to your Web page

• Use FTP software such as Fetch or WSftp to post a Web page to a server

• Learn to create your own Web graphics in a paint, drawing or photo program

• Learn to create tables for a Web page

Webmaster Skills Group 6

• Create an image map for a Web page

• Add animation to a Web page

• Learn to use frames on a Web page

• Learn to create CGI scripts for a Web page

• Add video to a Web page

• Add sound effects to a Web page

• Learn advanced programming like Java or PERL