In order to successfully complete this course, you will need to know how to use a browser. This includes how to search for information (one example is using Google), go to a specific URL (web address), navigate using the back and forward arrows, and view the page source.
Even though there are two major browsers (FireFox and MS Internet Explorer) fighting for the top position, there are a multitude of minor browsers that exist in different markets and applications. If you are not yet aware of the differences and incompatibilities between browsers, you will learn a little more about that this semester. If you are enrolled in any of the web courses (HTML, XML, JavaScript), you will be expected to view your homework in both browsers before handing it in. If there is any difference in how your assignment looks between browsers, you must either resolve the problem or get permission to hand it in that way.
Basically, this site is just not accessible using Safari. You need to download and install FireFox for the Mac.
When you are learning how to code, it's rather important to know what to do every step of the way. Some "editors" do the coding for you. While it might be faster in the short term, you won't be learning the important aspects of the language. The best is to use a simple text editor.
Perhaps the easiest and best editor is CSE HTML Validator Standard which you can also use in the lab to validate your HTML code. There is a Lite version. It is free but it does not do everything the Standard version does and is updated less frequently. The Standard version will validate HTML and some style coding. An educational discount is available.
You can get a certificate in the HTC bookstore that will allow you to download a full working Standard version of CSE HTMLValidator. If you purchase this certificate in the first 10 days of the semester, you can get an extra discount. After that, the price will go back to the normal educational discount. Yes, you are responsible to validate your own code. Please check out this comparison chart before deciding which to download.
Unfortunately, there is no version for the Mac yet.
A very good freeware editor is Crimson Editor. Another freeware editor is ConTEXT. Both have many good features and won't get in your way. One editor for the Mac is skEdit.
You must compress all of your files into one attachment to submit your homework. It doesn't matter if you are submitting only one file, you still have to compress it before you submit it. EnZip is a full featured compression program similar to WinZip, but it is free.