Introduction

Welcome to the 'online references' page of the presentation that I gave to the Mant 412 Class on 14/04/00. Due to the amount of material and information covered in the presentation, and the differing levels of knowledge of the online medium of class members, I have compiled a below a list of Internet 'Links' that will help to find more information on the topics covered in the presentation. The sections will appear in the order they were covered in class. Enjoy!

Downloads If you would Like to download a full copy of the presentation in powerpoint format click here.(8.5MB).
The file is quite large. So maybe you would prefer to download the smaller files that will fit on a disk at a time:

Slide Set Number 1
Slide Set Number 2
Slide Set Number 3
Slide Set Number 4
Slide Set Number 5

The word file summary of of the presentation is located Here.

The Links Follow the order that the presentaions went in.

What is the Internet?

History of the Internet

Below is some Selected Internet 'Links' that Outline the History of the Internet and also how the Internet Works

History of the Net Philosophy of the Internet Internet Definition
How Does the net work? Internet 2 All about the Internet
Internet Timeline A Brief History
A Short History of Internet Protocols A Short History of the Web Birth of the Internet
Early Networking History Hobbes' Internet Timeline Version 3.1, 1957-1997 How the Internet Came To Be
NetHistory Roads and Crossroads of Internet 's History Silicon Valley to Internet Valley History

How The Internet Works

A Basic Guide to the Internet What is the Internet? Weaving the Web
Network Basics How the Internet Works Zen and the Art of the Internet
Webopedia Definition of the Internet Another 'How the Internet Works' Whatis.com Tour of the Internet
How does the web work and associated terms Atlas of Cyberspace Extended guide to the Internet

Case Study

Easy Imports Home Page Revolution Shoes
Rizubi (One of Easy Imports Suppliers) Ramadbk (Another Supplier to Easy Imports)
Big Globe (Another Supplier of EA) An Article about Revolution Shoes
Success Intermediary Internet Business Models (Article) Web Marketing Small Business Information Net Links

Getting Online

Web Page Design Sites & Tools

Web Developer Spotlight on HTML! Create Your Own Web Page
Web Design Resource Center Free Animated Gifs Resources for Professionals
Icons, Icons and More Icons Pattern Land Jim Hamill's Course
How To make Your Own Web Page A Tutorial In Page Design Web Design Links
HTML Authoring Guide Tutorials and guides How to write HTML files
Dave's Interactive Tutorial Internet Marketing Resources Download.com WYSIWYG Editors

Small Business Advice and tools

Zdnet Small Business Resources (very good industry Specific advice that puts the Web in context for SMEs) SiteLaunch (Source of Information regarding dam Near every thing about web pages!) Web review (Free advice on site design and Usability)
How to get Your Pages online Bizinfo (NZ Small Business Advice) American Express Small business Exchange

Free Stuff

EVERBODY LIKES FREE STUFF!!!!!!

Free.com the Source of all things Free (Holy Grail!) Brave Net (home of free hitcounters and chat rooms and useful web design stuff) Send free text messages to any Vodafone!
Fortune City.com (Free Web hosting and Tools) Freenet - ISP (Free web access) I4free - ISP (Free Web Access)
Surf4nix - ISP (free Web Access) V3 (free .TO domain Registration) - Like this web address eg. www.surf.to/mant412 Free Stuff @ Netscape
Get registered with Search Engines

Web Design Companies

Bindu Design Innovator Web Icon Design
Spiral Design Netactive Domainz (to register your Domain Name)
IHUG Business (ECommerce Costs etc)
Any questions? or requests for further information:
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