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Course Title:
HTML Essentials

Duration: 2 days

Course Overview
This is a 2 day course aimed at competent PC/Windows users who have little or no experience of using HTML and wish to gain an understanding in order to construct and publish efficient, workable web sites. On completion, those attending should have had sound practical experience of all topics mentioned in the Course Content.

Target Audience


Each attendee should be a compentent PC/Windows user and have had experience of using a browser to surf the World Wide Web.

Course Content


Web Basics
The World Wide Web
HTML and Protocols
Servers, Clients, Browsers
About URLs
The Home Page

HTML Building Blocks
Writing HTML
HTML Tags
Nesting Tags
Spacing
Special Symbols

Creating A Web Page
Organising Files
Starting the Page
Creating the Foundation
The Title
Keywords/Descriptions
Organising the Page
New Paragraphs
Saving Pages
Viewing the page

Text Formatting
Deprecated Tags
Changing the Font
Bold, Italic, Underline
Changing the Text Size
Blinking Text
Adding Comments

Including Images
About Image Formats
Browser Safe Colours
Inserting Images
Alternate Text
Working with Text Wrap
Space Around an Image
Scaling Images
Aligning Images
Banners
Horizontal Rules

Page Layout
Background Colour
Background Images
Centeringt Elements
Specifying Margins
Line Breaks
Spacing Paragraphs
Keeping Lines Together
Lists and Indents
Using Layers
Creating Columns
Using Pixel Shims

Creating Hyperlinks
Internal and External links
Creating Hyperlinks
Creating Anchors
Targeting Links to Windows
Link to Email
Creating Image Maps

Working With Tables
Tables and Page Layouts
Creating a Table
Table Borders
Centering a Table
Setting the Width
Tables and Wrap Text
Aligning Contents
Spanning Cells
Nesting Tables
Background Images
Speeding Up Table Display

Using Frames
Creating a Frameset
Frames and Columns
Frames and Rows
Combining Framesets
Inline Frames
Frame Margins
Scroll Bars
Adjusting Frame Borders
Locking Frames
Targeting Links to Frames
Nesting Framesets
Alternatives to Frames

Using Forms
About CGI Scripts
Getting a Script
Creating a Form
Sending Data via Email
Text Boxes
Radio Buttons
Menus
The Submit Button
The Reset Button
Labelling Form Parts
Setting Tab Order
Protecting Elements

Cascading Style Sheets
About Style Sheets
Internal Style Sheets
External Style Sheets
Applying Styles
Defining Styles for Classes
Custom HTML Tags
Defining Styles for Links

Text And Styles
Setting the Font and Size
Bold and Italic
Line Height
Text Colour
Text Background
Controlling Spacing
Aligning Text

Introducing Scripts
About Scripts
Creating Scripts
positioning Scripts
Automatic Scripts
Buttons and Scripts
Hiding Scripts
Setting Scripts
Simple Rollovers

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