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Webmaster Careers
If you want to be successful in later life, spend time
early in your career doing something hard and lonely. This is the
advice of Jeffrey J. Fox in his well-received book “How to Become
a CEO: the rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization”
(Hyperion,
1998). Fox thinks that you should “regularly practice something
Spartan and individualistic.” Something like splitting wood or
reading Shakespeare. “But do it by yourself. This will give you
a feeling of toughness, a certain self-elitism,” he promises.
“It will mentally prepare you for the battle of business.”
Web design would qualify for this. It is difficult — and it is
a solitary activity. It could help you in your current job. And for
those who are chafing at their current occupation, taking web design
classes can also offer a new career. Here is the array of classes
that you can take to learn web skills.
HTML Author Certificate, Fridays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.,startingJanuary 26, also offered starting Thursday, February 15, 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Also starting April 2, Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.Five or 10 sessions. Cost: $540.Learn Hyper Text Markup language and create web documents that includeforms, frames, and tables.Beginning Web Design, Fridays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., startingFebruary 5. Eight sessions. Cost: $480. Apply graphic design conceptsto the world wide web. Create and modify graphics using AdobePhotoshop.Web Graphics, Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.,starting March 19. Eight sessions. Cost: $480. Create web graphicsand add “eye-candy” to web sites — buttons, images, titles,animated GIFs, banners, and more.Web Administrator (Site Manager), Tuesdays and Thursdays,6:30 to 9:30 p.m., starting February 13. Ten sessions. Cost: $660.A certificate is awarded. Learn the technical side of the Internet —basic Unix and NT server administration, use of FTP and Telnet,tracing IP routing, configuring web access statisticsand addressing security issues.Web Developer Certificate, Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.and Saturdays, all day, April 5 to May 12, 11 sessions. Cost: $540.This highly technicalcourse is designed for people with some programming experience.DevelopCGI scripts, PERL and JavaScript programs, and more.Web Design Strategy, Held at the West Windsor Campus,609-586-9446; fax, 609-890-6338; E-mail: ComEd@mccc.edu, website:www.mccc.edu. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., January 8to 29, six sessions. Cost: $360. Learn the “Who, What and Why”of web design. The course focuses on planning and strategy, sitepromotion,and effective use of search engines.Top Of PageMiddlesex CollegeSeveral web courses offered on line. Study online fromyour home or office. Communicate with instructor via e-mail or chatroom. Call 732-906-2556 or www.ed2go.com/middlesex.Introduction to the Internet; Creating Web Pages; Dreamweaver;Marketing Your Business on the Internet; CGI Programming for the Web;CreatingWeb Graphics with Paint Shop Pro; Advanced Web Pages; JAVA Programmingfor the Web; JavaScript Programming for the Web; Microsoft Front Page;Achieving Top Search Engine Positions for Your website. Courses startFebruary 14, March 14, April 11, or May 9, with 12 sessions over 6weeks. Cost: $100. A letter of completion is awarded.Top Of PageNJ SBDCE-Commerce Management, Co-sponsored with RutgersUniversityInternet Institute. Monday sessions are at the Piscataway campus,and Wednesday sessions at Newark campus. Register online atwww.yourbizpartner.com.Or call 800-432-1565. Mondays or Wednesdays, 6 to 9 p.m., startingJanuary 22, 11 sessions. Cost: Approximately $1,500 for certificate,with individual sessions for $360 each. Certificate awarded.Gain a foothold in the competitive online marketplace with an overviewof E-business, marketing strategies, E-technology,security and legal issues, management and leadership, and practicaladvice for entrepreneurs. The ultimate goal of the program isquantifiedonline success.Top Of PageRutgers Internet InstituteWeb Developer Fundamentals. Classes are held in Piscatawayor Newark. Register online at www.internet.rutgers.edu/II orcall 732-445-7924. Several 30-hour sections scheduled from Januarythrough May: Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday from 6-9 p.m. orSaturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-5 p.m. Cost: $1,454 for mostcertificates.Create a website from scratch. This program introduces students tothe tools of the trade. Topics include HTML tags, web graphics, andmore.Several web-related certificate programs are held in the evening oron the weekend — available in web scripting, web graphics, Unix,Visual BASIC, and web testing.Top Of PageThomas Edison StateE-commerce Certificate Program, Study online. Call609-984-1150or go to www.tesc.edu. Sixteen-week program, May 7-August 25. Cost:$900.Gain skills to compete in the global marketplace — learnto create an electronic enterprise, develop products and services,market with electronic media, and apply basic management and marketingskills.Top Of PageLearning StudioCertified Internet Webmaster and Basic InternetFundamentals ,classes at 4250 Route 1 North. Call 732-355-0600 or go towww.learningstudio.com.Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., starting January 23. Ten sessions, 30hours. Cost: $2,095. Certificate awarded, endorsed by Associationof Internet Professionals and World Organization of Webmasters amongothers. Learn how the Internet works,the fundamentals of HTML and networking, and how to conduct businesson the Internet.Also a CIW web design program for $2,350 focusing on design softwareincluding Dreamweaver, Flash, and FrontPage.Web Design Site Building with HTML, Saturdays, 9:30 to4:30 p.m., January 20 and 27. Cost: $365. Certificate awarded. Getstep-by-step instructions on building a website — HTML, sitenavigation, layout controls, embedded images, image maps,and more.Top Of PageNJITWeb Author, given in Mount Laurel. Call 800-624-9850 orgo to njit.edu. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., startingFebruary3 or March 3, four sessions. Many NJIT courses are also offeredonline.Cost: $995. Certificate awarded.Become a web author and publish your own site. This program coversHTML, graphics, advanced design, multimedia. Also publishingtechniques such as meta tags and banner swapping.Web Developer: Programming for the Web. Saturdays, 9 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. starting April 1. Four sessions. Cost: $995. Certificateawarded.Become familiar with web programming — Perl, CGI,Java, ASP, VBScript, and database management — in an introductorylevel course.Web Manager. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., startingApril 28. Four sessions, $995. A certificate is awarded.Understand the many roles of a web manager — webserver and site configuration and administration, FTP administration,web scripts, gateways, forms, log file analysis, server security,and digital commerce.Top Of PageDow Jones TrainingCreating Web Pages with HTML. Given on Route 1 at RidgeRoad. Call 609-520-5111 or go to www.dowjones.com/training. Mondayand Tuesday, January 15 and 16, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., also February 5and 6. Two sessions. Cost: $595. Certificate awarded. Design andpublisheffective web pages. The course covers HTML, graphics and multimedia,forms, tables, frames, and informational lists.Dynamic HTML, Wednesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,January17 to 19, also February 7 to 9. Three sessions. Cost: $795.Certificateawarded. Make your website interactive using Dynamic HTML. Learn touse the Document Object Model, cascading style sheets,scripts that generate content at runtime, data binding techniques,scroll bars, layering, 3D animation and XML.Dow Jones offers several other web related courses focusing onJavaScript,Java, web graphics and administration.Top Of PageNew HorizonsSeveral HTML courses and courses related to business onthe Internet are given at 100 Canal Pointe Boulevard. Call609-452-9770or go to www.newhorizons.com/courses. One to two day courses costabout $245. Certificates are awarded. Courses are also offered ondisc for $69.95, or on the web; prices vary.Top Of PageFairleigh DickinsonWeb Page Skills, at the continuing education center inMadison. Call 800-338:3887 or go to www.fdu.edu/web-skills Tuesdaysand Thursdays, 5:45 to 9:30 p.m., starting January 16, with eightsessions, or Saturdays all day with four sessions. Cost: $925. Acertificateis awarded. Create web pages and use file transfer protocol software.The course also covers tables, graphics, layout effects, and metastatements.Website Skills. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:45 to 9:30p.m., starting February 13, also Saturdays. Eight or foursessions. Cost: $925. Certificate awarded. Enhance your website withframes, cascading style sheets, forms, CGI, Perl, JavaScript, andmultimedia.Web Server Skills. Tuesday and Thursdays, 5:45-9:30 p.m.or Saturday 9:00-5:30 p.m., starting April 13. Cost: $925. Certificateawarded. Understand the WWW from the server perspective — domainnames, access speeds, virtual directories, security,web database concepts, traffic analysis, Active Server Pages, XML,and more.— Lynn RobbinsPrevious StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
