ptg16476052LESSON 1
What Is Web
Publishing?
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and here you are
in Lesson 1 of a journey that will show you how to write, design, and pub-
lish pages on the World Wide Web. But before beginning the actual jour-
ney, you should start simple, with the basics. You’ll learn the following:
n How the World Wide Web really works
n What web browsers do, and which browsers your audience will be
using
n What a web server is, and why you need one
n Some information about uniform resource locators (URLs)These days, the Web is pervasive, and today’s lesson might seem like old
news. If so, feel free to skim it and skip ahead to Lesson 2, “Getting Your
Tools in Order,” where you’ll discover the first steps you need to take to
learn to create web pages.