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WebTutor v4.1                                 Professional Web Design
HTML Authoring Tutorials                                    Joe Barta
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Latest version always available from http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/
Info for shareware sites below.

DESCRIPTION:
  Easy to use web page authoring tutorials covering basic and advanced
  web page design. The tutorials are in HTML format so you can go
  through them with your web browser. If you've never created a web
  page before, the basic tutorial will guide you gently though basics
  of HTML. And, if you know the basics, the advanced tutorials will
  show you how to add additional features to your page.

THESE TUTORIALS ARE DONATIONWARE:
  Go to  http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/donationware.html for
  details.

A PRINTED VERSION IS AVAILABLE:
  For $29 you can get the entire WebTutor series in a neatly bound
  printed manual. The manual comes with a companion CD containing the
  tutorials, tons of free clipart, generous discount offers on
  selected software titles, and extra tutorial lessons not available
  anywhere else. I can ship internationally and quantity discounts
  are available.
  As a nice little bonus, I'm ALSO including what's completed thus far
  with JavaScript tutor. JavaScript Tutor is still a work in progress
  so don't expect anything fancy... It's just several pages of text,
  examples and exercises. Still, even in it's rough draft state, it
  will give you a real workout and a jump on everybody else.
  Go to  http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/printversion/index.html for
  details.

DISTRIBUTION GUIDELINES:
  You may use and/or distribute them to your hearts content according
  to the guidelines below.
  - If you wish to translate them into another language, you can.
  - If you are a teacher and you want to use them for teaching
    purposes, you can. If you want to print out copies for your
    classes, you can. (FYI: there is a printed version available)
  - If you want to include them on a CD with other shareware/freeware
    titles, you can. (I ask that you don't simply sell it outright)
  - If you are a business and you wish to offer copies of WebTutor as
    a free bonus with your regular products, you may.
  - If you wish to offer the WebTutor download from your site, you are
    welcome to.
  - If you wish to re-post the tutorials on your own web site, you
    may. Guidelines are detailed below.
  - If, for some lame reason, you copy them verbatim and call them
    your own, I will have no choice but to tell Mom, and boy will you
    be in trouble!


RE-POSTING ON THE INTERNET:
  If you wish to post the tutorials unaltered on your public or
  private server, you are welcome to. As they are, the tutorials
  contain advertising. Please leave those ads in place. If you must
  ad your own advertising, add yours in addition to what's already
  there.
  When you put the files on your server, do not make changes to the
  directory structure. Links within the tutorials are relative and
  many are generated dynamically with javascript. If you mess with the
  directory structure, links may not work properly. You'll notice that
  since v4.1 there is another directory layer - "tutor". This makes
  things easier for me. If you try to eliminate that extra layer,
  things will get messed up.
  Also, this repostable version has active Joke Break links. If you've
  seen any of the jokes, then you know that many are on the raunchy
  side. If you run a "clean" site and would rather these links not be
  there then you can change that easily: In the root level of the
  WebTutor directory there is a sub-directory named "other". Within
  this directory is a file named "common.js". Open it with a text
  editor (DO NOT USE FRONT PAGE OR THE LIKE) and change "jokebreak = 1"
  to "jokebreak = 0". This will turn off the jokebreak links.

REQUIREMENTS:
1) Windows95/98. I've abandoned the 8.3 file naming convention. Win3x
   users may have some trouble. They should however be able to access
   everything online though. I'm not that familiar with other
   operating systems, but I'm guesing the tutorials are still plenty
   useable.
2) A graphical web browser with JAVASCRIPT ENABLED (it should be
   enabled unless you dis-abled it ;-). Preferably Netscape
   Navigator 4.0 or later. MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or later will
   do also. If you use something other than the big two everything
   should still be more or less OK. Very old browsers will hit a few
   potholes.
3) A text editor. Notepad will do nicely for now. Windows9x users
   will find Notepad by clicking Start/Accessories and clicking the
   little blue Notepad icon.
4) A comfortable chair and an attractive member of the opposite sex
   to tell you how computer geeks are sexy and to rub your neck if it
   gets stiff.

INSTRUCTIONS:
  Unzip and start with index.html. By default your system will
  probably crank up your default browser when you double click on
  index.html. If not, start up whatever you use for a web browser and
  open that file via File/Open. Alternatively you can drag & drop
  index.html onto your browser. Understand that sometimes getting
  started with a new thing is the hardest part. If you are new to
  computers or new to the Internet and web browsers in general, you'll
  just have to be patient, persistant and maybe fumble around a little
  at first. Everybody goes through it... you'll be fine. No files are
  copied, moved, modified or otherwise scattered about your computer.
  To "uninstall" these tutorials, simply delete the contents of the
  webtutor directory.

EMAIL: I get a lot of email asking for help on this problem or that,
  and I'm afraid there isn't enough time to answer them all. I do
  answer a few occasionally however, and they all at least hit my
  eyes. If you have a HTML problem, I STRONGLY reccommend you see
  the various FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). As sure as a bear
  dumps in the woods, your question has been axed and answered before.
  Look in the Table of Contents for "Frequently Asked Questions".

Have fun & good luck!

Joe Barta                                             jbarta@apk.net 
Professional Web Design                http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/
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VERSION HISTORY:
v4.1 (Mar/00)
- Streamlined navigation.
- Advertisements are now a part of the download. Hey, gotta make a
  couple bucks here and there.
- A few changes.
- Expanded the readme file a little.
- Changed the download file structure to more closely match the online
  file structure. (makes putting together the downloadable version
  easier)

v4.0 (Mar/00)
- After many requests a printed version is available (see
  printversion.html)
- A few minor additions/alterations.

v3.9 (Feb/00)
- Status changed back to donationware. Call me fickle. Hopefully
  the tutorials are still one of the best things in life :-)
- Broke up the lessons a little more after several requests.
- Added a FAQ or two.
- A few modest additions/alterations.
- Completely revamped navigation. VERY dependant on javascript.
  Actually, if you don't have JS enabled, it will be next to
  impossible to navigate. Also highly suggested is an up-to-date
  browser... Netscape Navigator v4 or greater, Internet Explorer
  v4 or greater.
- There is now only one downloadble version. It contains a switch
  to enable advertising if you wish to re-post it. (instructions
  above)
- Added a bunch of new buttons for linking back. People kept saying
  the old ones were junky. I hope these are a little better.

v3.8 (Nov/99)
- Minor changes, corrections and improvements.
- Created an ad supported version for those that wish to re-post the
  tutorials on the Internet. This second downloadable version can be
  found at: http://members.xoom.com/jbarta/webtutor_repost.zip
  It is exactly the same, except it runs advertisements to help pay
  pay the bills.

v3.7 (Oct/99)
- Status changed back to Freeware. (They say the best things in life
  are free, and I wanted to make sure that the tutorials remained
  one of the best things in life :) My sincerest thanks to those
  that have sent in payments.
- Numerous little additions and changes.
- Moved all the furniture and cleaned out a few virtual cobwebs.
- Added a FAQ or two
- Revamped the basic tutorial's Quick Index
- Revamped the Table Tutor's Quick Index
- Changed the look of a few things
- Added a Suggestion Box
- Added a Mailing List
- Improved Color Picker a little
- Added a few things to the basic tutorial and broke it up into 10
  lessons

v3.6 (July/99)
- Status changed from freeware to donationware.
- Minor corrections

v3.5 (April/99)
- Got "back to basics" all the way around. Long overdue updates.
  Dumped some fluff.
- Removed the various smaller tutorial-ettes. (These will still be
  available and downloadble from the web site.)
- Slightly beefed up the 4 main tutorials.
- Added an updated barebones guide to HTML.
- Sprinkled in a few FAQs.
- Handy Dandy Font Viewer streamlined and doesn't kill IE any more.
- Color Picker slightly improved and IE friendly.
- Form Tutor contains more info regarding the notorious mailto action
  along with links to CGI resources.
- Added Mailto Converter to the distribution because links to mailto
  formatter kept disappearing.
- Dumped the JS menu in favor of a main Table of Contents. (A new,
  improved and reusable SiteMap is in the works... stay tuned.)
- Improved navigation through the pages.
- Dumped the self-extracting exe distribution for a simple zip file.
  Abandoned the idea for a "professional" installation. Why use a
  hammer to kill a fly?
- Numerous additions/corrections,improvements.

What this 3.5 version is NOT:
- It's not a tutorial based on HTML 4.0 (it loosely follows 3.2)
- It doesn't get into Style Sheets
- There's no mention of DHTML (Not specifically at least)
- It does not concentrate on authoring documents that validate
  against any published HTML recommendation.

v3.0 (July/97)
Bundled all four main tutorials into one biggun.
Added Color Picker
Threw in as a bonus a few other tutorial-ettes. (oh boy!)
Included a remote Table of Contents for JavaScript Enabled browsers.
Included a copy of Kevin Werbach's Bare Bones Guide to HTML.


these versions were 4 separate tutorials
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v2.02
Minor additions & corrections.

v2.01 
Added link to Web Resources. Minor typo corrections. Minor additions.

v2.0
Changed all html file extensions to htm. Numerous alterations,
additions, corrections.

v1.0 (Sept/96)
Original release.
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INFO FOR SHAREWARE SITES:

NAME:     WebTutor
STATUS:   Freeware
VERSION:  4.1
SIZE:     1.5 MB

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2000

APPLICATION HOMEPAGE:
http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/tutor/makapage/

DOWNLOAD:
http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/webtutor.zip
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/html/webtut40.zip

DESCRIPTION: (short)
WebTutor: easy to use HTML authoring tutorials

DESCRIPTION: (longer)
Easy to use web page authoring tutorials covering basic and advanced
web page design. The tutorials are in HTML format so you can go
through them with your web browser. If you've never created a web
page before, the basic tutorial will guide you gently though basics
of HTML. And, if you know the basics, the advanced tutorials
(tables, forms & frames) will show you how to add additional
features to your page.

SCREEN CAPTURE: http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/webtutor_cap.gif
  ICON (32x32): http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/webtutor_icon.gif

CHANGES:   Minor changes, corrections and improvements.

AUTHOR:    Professional Web Design - Joe Barta
HOMEPAGE:  http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/
EMAIL:     jbarta@apk.net

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: None
DISTRIBUTION: This file is freely distributable.
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