How to build a Professional Web Site is a very comprehensive, step-by-step Web Design/WebMaster "distance-learning" course. It is structured and offered to the wider Internet audience by Carlo Scodanibbio, international consultant and trainer, and replicates - identical in its content - the "Real World" course conducted by Carlo Scodanibbio at the University of Cape Town - South Africa - for many years.<BR> This Course is based on the HTML 4.0 specifications taking into due consideration the impact of the XHTML 1.0 guidelines issued by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium - the "standardisation" organism of the Internet).<BR> The main objective of this course is to make participants well acquainted with the HTML and the XHTML languages, the universal Internet languages. You will learn basic and advanced concepts of the HTML language "the hard way", in order to understand adequately its mechanisms and, gradually, you will master HTML and XHTML, becoming a Professional Web Site Designer, capable of understanding thoroughly any secret of the Net and of building dynamic, interactive, traceable, useful and "usable" Web Sites filled with live content.<BR> This course will be of great benefit also to Web Designers presently using MS Frontpage or similar wysiwyg Web Editors (such as Dreamweaver and the like). By understanding HTML and XHTML they will learn how to "clean" properly their pages code, thus making it shorter (for faster downloads) and valid (compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium specifications).<BR> The 1st Module (Basic Module: Lessons 1-10) will bring you to the stage of publishing your own Web Site on the Net having good, effective and functional features.<BR> Exercises come with the majority of Lessons. Solutions come with the next Lesson. This course is structured to be very simple and very practical : truly a "hands-on" course"!<BR><BR> Main topics covered in the 1st Module of the Course:<BR> * Welcome & Lesson 01. Introduction to HTML and basic Principles of the HTML Language - What is Internet - How does a Browser work - How a Web Page is made - Basic HTML Tags: HEAD, TITLE, BODY - How to insert Text in the Body of an HTML document.<BR> * Lesson 02. Changing Page Background Colour - Inserting a textured background in the Body of a Page<BR> * Lesson 03. Manipulating Text: Font type, size, colour - bold text, italic text, underlined text - how to centre and align text<BR> * Lesson 04. Formatting Text - creating Line Breaks and Paragraphs - special characters - other Formatting Tools: BLOCKQUOTE - PRE-FORMATTING - Creating simple formatting effects in pure HTML<BR> * Lesson 05. How to create Unordered and Ordered Lists - Definition Lists.<BR> * Lesson 06. Preparing for the future: adapting HTML coding to the new XHTML Specifications - How to download useful (and free) Software from the Net - Installing necessary Software for manipulation of graphic images.<BR> * Lesson 07. Dealing with Images: types and size of Images, making own Images, downloading Images, importing Images, converting Images - Copyright issues - Inserting Images in HTML Pages - Page Layout: Text/Image alignment<BR> * Lesson 08. "Transparent" Images - Animated Images: how to import, create and insert animations - precautions, hints and tips<BR> * Lesson 09. How to create Links: what is a Link - types of Links - e-mail Links - making an Image a Link - Thumbnails: what are they, how to make them<BR> * Lesson 10. Getting ready for publication: first, organise your work - do you have a Web Site for publishing your Page? - Do you need a free Internet Site for life? - What are the benefits? - How to transfer your Pages to your Web Site: FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Programs - Checking the results of your hard work - Introduction to WebMastery. |
