Time: 1:00-4:00 Thursdays / June
14-July 12
Location: MITH
Workshop Description:
This workshop, offered without cost
or academic credit for the professional development of the participants, will
provide attendees with the skills necessary to construct a simple online
electronic edition. Participants will
learn the basics of HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, TEI, and MySQL. Each session will build on the material
covered in the previous ones, and so it is crucial that participants make a
commitment to attend every session. If
you have any questions or would like to sign up for the workshop, please email
Doug Reside at dreside@umd.edu.
A tentative schedule for the
workshop is listed below.
Week 1: June 14
Markup languages, HTML
In this session we will discuss the
nature of markup and construct a webpage “by hand” using Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Attendees will build a personal webpage and
upload it to a server.
Week 2: June 21
XML & TEI
The rational behind and methods for
metadata tagging and text encoding will be discussed. Participants will tag a short text of their
choice in TEI-XML.
Week 3: June 28
JavaScript, the Document Object Model (DOM), and Dynamic Web pages
We will discuss scripting languages
and their use in creating dynamic web pages.
Participants will design a dynamic electronic edition of their short
poem with footnotes that are visible only when requested by the user.
Week 4: July 5
Server Side Scripting & PHP
Users will discuss the need for
Server-Side scripting languages and will learn the basics of PHP. Users will create a discussion board for
their poem.
Week 5: July 12
MySQL/Databases
We will discuss the basics of
database design and turn the discussion board designed in the previous course
into a MySQL database.