HTML Web Authoring Course
Course Description
Course pre-requisites:
Topics covered on the 2 day HTML Web Authoring course
Introduction to HTML
- HTML authoring: Writing in HTML vs Web authoring packages
- HTML history: HTML versions 2, 3, 3.2, 4. Web browser version
Creating a simple HTML page
- Creating a blank HTML page (HTML, HEAD, TITLE, BODY)
- HTML tags and attributes, line breaks (BR)
- HTML paragraph styles (P, PRE, H1 - H6, DT, DD, BLOCKQUOTE, etc)
- Bulleted and numbered lists (UL, OL, LI), definition lists (DL,DT,DD)
- Paragraph alignment (left, right and center justification)
- Physical and logical styles
- Line breaks and attributes (HR, WIDTH, SIZE, NOSHADE)
Images
- Inserting GIF and JPEG graphics (IMG SRC), which type to use
- Image attributes (ALT, BORDER, HSPACE, VSPACE etc)
- Altering image sizes using HTML / editors (advantages / disadvantages)
- Flow of text around graphics (TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT etc)
Using hyperlinks
- Links to other pages / web sites / email addresses / files
- Links to targets in a page. Images as hyperlinks
Publishing a web page
- Web server directory root (htdocs), executable root (cgi-bin)
- Pros and cons of relative and absolute links
- Publishing your documents on a web server
- Default HTML document (index.html) and user home pages
Fonts, backgrounds and colours
- Fonts (sizes and typefaces) and colours (RGB)
- Page attributes (text, hyperlink, visited link and active link colours)
- Background images
Tables
- Creating simple tables and table headings.
- Table, row, column and cell attributes.
- Column and row spanning, blank cells
Image maps
- Rectangle, circle and polygon hotspots. Tools to help develop coordinates.
- Server and client side image maps. Placing ".MAP" files on HTTP server.
Forms
- Overview of forms, data submitted and executable programs
- Creating text boxes and text areas (names, values, attributes)
- Radio boxes and tick boxes (group names, values)
- Selection and pull down lists
- Hidden forms (passing hidden data to program)
- Form buttons (submit, reset, plain)
- Form actions (example action to quot;mailto:username@server")
- Brief introduction to CGI (using example CGI scripts)
Frames
- Creating pages with frames (FRAMESET, FRAME), frame attributes (names, row & column sizes, immovable frames, borders, scroll bars)
- Alternative pages for non-frame browsers (NOFRAMES)
- Creating hyperlinks to named frames, top page, opening another window
Java applets and plugins
- What is JAVA? Embedding JAVA applets, example JAVA applets
- What are plugins? Installing plugins. Embedding plugins in a page.
Additional HTML
- The META tag, cache expiry times and client pull.
- Introduction to server side includes (SSI)
Course Classification:
Technical Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010 | December 2010 | January 2011 |
| 20-21 | 18-19 | 22-23 | 13-14 | - |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Web Design Training and bespoke Web Design courses
The HTML Web Authoring course qualifies for the PTR Training Passport SAVE IT Scheme, which offers discounts on bookings for multiple courses and/or multiple delegates.

