Your Mac comes pre-bundled with web server software as part of its operating system. This software (called Apache) is the same exact software that powers about 70% of the world’s web servers. Having this on your own Mac means you can practice your web skills on a real web server – your computer – even if you don’t have an internet connection.

I’ve put together a one-pager on how to get started. You can download it here.

Any questions? Do feel free to leave a comment and I will respond.

I hope that all of you will now see how simple and un-code-like HTML really is. Once you get the hang of it, it’s not hard, and you can do some pretty cool stuff with it.

One issue that has come up a lot in the labs is that for ALL of the assignments, you MUST use your own writing, and when we move to the CMS it must be written specifically for this module.

Because there have been so many questions about this, I’d just like to explain it clearly one more time. » Read the rest of the entry..

The fact is, this is really important for journalists who want to be able to embrace and adapt to a changing industry. » Read the rest of the entry..