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). 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 2nd Module (Intermediate Module: Lessons 11-20) will allow you to give solid, professional features to your Web Site, including some interactivity and it will make you understand a lot of secrets of the Net.<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 Intermediate Module:<BR> * Lesson 11. Tables: the secret of every Professional Web Page Designer - Tables basics<BR> * Lesson 12. More on alignment of Text and Images - More on Images: Tables and Images - Advanced Tables techniques - A Table in a Table<BR> * Lesson 13. Frames basics: how to frame your Page - how to link frames<BR> * Lesson 14. Frames advanced: How to insert Images into frames - Magic Targets for superior linking<BR> * Lesson 15. All about Image Mapping: how to create multi-links in an Image - pure HTML techniques and special Software Programs to create Maps - pro's and con's of Maps.<BR> * Lesson 16. Fill out Forms: how to make your Pages interactive - various Input Fields (Text - Textarea - Radio - Check Box) - introduction to CGI Scripts and their function.<BR> * Lesson 17. Fill out Forms 2: Pull Down Lists, Pop Up Menus & Scroll Down Lists - Guest Books - Hidden Inputs.<BR> * Lesson 18. Introduction to DHTML (Dynamic HTML): Java Scripts and Applets to beautify your Pages - simple examples (Alert Messages, Multi Link Jump Boxes, Personalised Buttons, Animated Text) - JavaScripts Generators.<BR> * Lesson 19. Other DHTML basic effects: dealing with New Browser Windows - Pop-Up Windows, Flying Windows and other cool effects - where to find free Java Scripts to insert in your Pages.<BR> * Lesson 20. More miscellaneous effects in pure HTML: Scrolling and Blinking text - How to insert Music and Movies in your Pages - How to create "Transitions" - How to create customised "Error Pages" - How to "pre-form" E-Mail messages - All about META Tags and their function. |
