Learn All About the Internet

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Guides To Take You From Novice To Expert


Lesson I

By reading this page you have just begun to "Surf" the Internet. If you're a true "newbie," you've just learned your first two new terms. Don't worry, you won't be tested on this. We just want you to feel at home. That's enough terminology for now...
I'd suggest you start at the top scanning documents and move to the next lesson when you get bored. The Internet Guides have lots of overlapping information, so feel free to move on when you get bogged down. If you are looking for some particular topic, go directly to one of the items which contains an index and/or a search tool.
Happy Surfing!!
Greg "Ex-Webmaster!" Parmer


Lesson II

*Smilie Faces for New Users -- ;-)
Tilt your head to the left and see the winking smilie.

* Acronyms
If you're a newbie at this and wondering what an acronym stands for, this link is for you. BTW--(That's "By The Way") You can send your own additions to our webmaster at "webmaster@acesag.auburn.edu" for inclusion in the list.


Lesson III

* ROADMAP -- by Patrick Crispen of the University of Alabama
'...is an Internet training workshop designed to teach new "Net travelers"...'(from the first lesson)

* Internet Help -- Guides to comprehending the Internet.
Available items include the history of the Internet, reference pages to other useful information, training materials, and more. Look around at your leisure.

* Not Just Cows -- by Wilfred Drew
At this point you've learned more than enough to be a fairly competent surfer. Time to check out some Ag related Internet resources...after all, this institution does have a fair amount to do with Agriculture!

* Index of FAQ Lists -- Frequently Asked Questions of all sorts and sizes.

*Scott Yanoff's List of Internet Services.

Lesson IV -- (time to create your own page)

Now that you're an expert on surfing the web, you can create a Web Page of your very own. The easy way to create a WWW page is to copy someone else's (be sure it's not copyrighted!) and make changes to the content, but the following are references which will help it all make sense.

* A Beginner's Guide to URLs -- An introduction to Uniform Resource Locators.
Learn how to use URLs to find files on the Internet.

* A Beginner's Guide to HTML -- An introduction to the HyperText Markup Language.
Learn how to use HTML to create a World Wide Web homepage.

* HTML Primers -- from Dr. Joe Burns' HTML Goodies page.
If you know nothing about HTML, visit this site.

* HTML Tutorials -- from Dr. Joe Burns' HTML Goodies page.
Detailed instructions for over 50 different HTML topics.

* More HTML Tutorials -- from Dave Central.
A plethora of web authoring tutorials, tools, and resources.

* Netscape Tool Chest -- Clip art, backgrounds, scripts, and design tips for your homepage.

* Sun Guide to Web Style -- Concrete suggestions on how to create better web pages, with examples.

* HTML Convertors -- Convert WordPerfect, MS Word, and other files to HTML.
Reference documents about the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), editors (and macros for your favorite word processor) for creating HTML documents, and file convertors for translating existing documents.