When I took this course in the Spring of 2000, I made a lot of mistakes!! I am writing this now so you won't. Please read and learn. It will save you hours, literally, of frustration.

1. When naming your files for the phoenix server NEVER use capitals. Your work won't show. Your server HATES capitals so let it win and don't use 'em.
2. When naming files NEVER use spaces!!! Again your server doesn't like them so if you must have a space in the title then type it like this: my_name.html NOT my name.html.
3. When viewing your work in the browser make sure you know where you are viewing it from. For instance, if you are viewing work on the phoenix server make sure you are veiwing the work on the server and not on your computer. I've spent hours changing my work on the computer and then viewing a document on the server that didn't show the changes. Duh!!
4. When viewing work on your computer to check it, make sure you do the following: Change, Save, Reload! If you don't save your changes and then reload your browser you won't see the changes made as your browser will only show the last version you told it to view.
5. When viewing work on the phoenix server to check it, make sure you do the following: Change, Save, Upload, Reload! That's right!! If you don't load your changed work to the server you can't view it off the server.
6. Watch your code. If you've type in some code and it doesn't work make sure you have put in all the correct " and end tags. Also make sure about your colors. One student of mine couldn't see her text. After 20 minutes we realized her text was white - just like her background.
7. Also make sure in your code that you have spelled everything correctly!!! One student of mine typed in test instead of text and that's right, his CSS didn't work.
8. Remember with html: It's always the little things!! If your code isn't working it usually isn't because of some major mistake, it is often because of the previously mentioned ones.