Just last week I began teaching a class on web design for my primary employer, SUN Area Career & Technology Center based on the Thompson Course Technology Dreamweaver MX 2004 Basic textbook.  Though the book and the accompanying PowerPoint presentations are sufficient for the lessons taught in class, I’ve decided to write a series of articles and tutorials to that add to my in-class lessons that expand on the topics that we will discuss.   I’m going to begin with some basics regarding the World Wide Web and the the languages and protocols that make it work.  If you are taking my class or just find web design and development interesting, I hope you’ll stop by often to read this series of articles.