Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Ben Ford
My 2 pence worth: I've never used frontpage, and any information I have on it is probably out of date, so if I say anything here that is inaccurate, please someone pick me up on it! I would say that if your Aiden wants to learn about Internet and Web pages then you're really talking (or should

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Wesley Parish
On Thursday 17 May 2007 15:32, Christopher Sawtell wrote: Quoting Andrew Errington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 17 May 2007 17:55:43 +0700 Ben Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My 2 pence worth: [snip] or even *shudder* php) [snip] I fail to see why people *shudder* at using any tool that directly affects the content of a web page. To some extent, what's the difference between your favourite

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Ben Ford
I was being a bit flipant there I suppose! ;-) I jokingly shudder at php (I haven't ever used if by the way) as I believe it no longer represents the state of the art in web frameworks. The work done recently to advance the MVC pattern has made web programming much more elegant, again if anyone

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Chris AKA personthingy
NZ entire education system provides qualifications These are there so people can look, and see that a person is qualified, and therefore can assume, with varying inaccuracy, that the qualified person has some idea what they are doing. So if using front-page provides qualification, then so be

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Fri 18 May 2007 00:16:59 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: I fail to see why people *shudder* at using any tool that directly affects the content of a web page. To some extent, what's the difference between your favourite html generator and frontpage? The former outputs standard-compliant,

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-17 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 18 May 2007 09:31:48 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the design. However, the last thing I do is to denigrate the designers - they have skills (aptitude?) that I dont have, and vice versa. In many ways, yes. But especially when it comes to websites, there is a lot

Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Gauland, Michael
My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: PC with Internet connection, Microsoft Office version 2003 or 2007 (including Outlook, Word, FrontPage), Adobe Reader, Winzip, printer

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: Not to put a downer on this, but is the certificate worth anything? Wouldn't your son be

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Andrew Errington
Obviously this list displays a certain software bias. Is anyone familiar with this course? Is there any reason one could not complete it with FOSS software? PS I'd ask the institute about this. Clearly they specify MS because it's widely available and everybody has it, plus the course

RE: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Gauland, Michael
: Andrew Errington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2007 2:32 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework? On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Rik Tindall
Gauland, Michael wrote: ..about FrontPage. Can it do anything nVu can’t? Is nVu the best FOSS alternative? nVu is defunct. Google KompoZer good luck! -- Rik

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Quoting Andrew Errington [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: Not to put a downer on this, but is the

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Robert Fisher
nVu is defunct. Google KompoZer I'll bet you got this from the Ubuntu site. nVu still works and is available from the Mepis repositories. Ubuntu says what you said but Komposer is not yet available from their repositories as far as I can tell. Rob

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Carl Cerecke
-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework? On Thu, 17 May 2007 14:16, you wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in Internet and Webpages from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Roger Searle
Gauland, Michael wrote: My son is interested in a certificate in “Internet and Webpages” from Southern Institute of Technology (a distance-learning course). They say students will need: /PC with Internet connection, Microsoft Office version 2003 or 2007 (including Outlook, Word, FrontPage),

Re: Southern Institute of Technology--non-MS alternatives for coursework?

2007-05-16 Thread Roy Britten
IIRC there's often university summer school courses that can serve as a low-pressure introduction to university study. Of course, you'll have a good feel for what will benefit Aidan the most given his particular circumstances. Cheers, Roy. On 17/05/07, Carl Cerecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If