CIW Web Design Specialist

The CIW Web Design Specialist Course is divided into following lessons:

Lesson 1: Overview of Web Design Concepts

• Web Technology
• The Nature of the Web
• Web Design Concepts
• New Technologies
• Evaluating Your XHTML Skills

Lesson 2: Web Development Teams

• Web Teams and Tasks
• Web Project Management
• Web Project Collaboration
• Your Web Design Portfolio
• Your Web Design Business

Lesson 3: Web Project Management Fundamentals

• Web Project Management Phases
• Project Documentation and Communication

Lesson 4: Web Site Development Process

• Web Site Development Process
• Bottom-Up Approach to Web Development
• Understanding the Business Process
• Defining a Web Site Vision
• From Vision to Strategy
• Web Site Specifications
• The Metaphor
• Mystery Meat Navigation
• The Mindmapping Process
• Creating a Web Site Wireframe
• Creating a Web Page Wireframe

Lesson 5: Web Page Layout and Elements

• Web Users and Site Design
• Effective Web Page Layout
• Branding and the Web
• Color and Web Design
• Fonts and Web Design

Lesson 6: Web Site Usability and Accessibility

• Audience Usability and Accessibility
• Defining Usability
• Web Site Usability Testing
• Web Page Accessibility

Lesson 7: Browsers

• Browsers and Navigation
• Browsers and Design Considerations
• Browser Adoption
• Major, Minor and Alternative Browsers
• Creating Aliases with TinyURL
• Utilizing CAPTCHA

Lesson 8: Navigation Concepts

• Why Is Navigation Critical?
• Primary and Secondary Navigation
• Navigation Hierarchy
• Site Structure, URLs and File Names
• Familiar Navigation Conventions
• Guided Navigation
• Navigation Action Plan

Lesson 9: Web Graphics

• Web Site Images
• Digital Imaging Concepts
• Raster vs. Vector Graphics
• Graphics Applications
• Image File Formats
• Creating and Optimizing Images
• Essential Graphic Design Concepts

Lesson 10: Multimedia and the Web

• Multimedia and Web Sites
• Current Multimedia Capabilities
• Animation and the Web
• Audio and the Web
• Video and the Web
• Goals of a Multimedia Site
• Multimedia Site Design Basics
• User Interaction
• Selecting Multimedia Elements

Lesson 11: Ethical and Legal Issues in Web Development

• Ethics and Law in Web Development
• Ethical Issues and the Web
• Legal Issues and the Web

Lesson 12: HTML and the Evolution of Markup

• Function of Markup Languages
• SGML: A Short History
• What Is HTML?
• HTML Goals
• The HTML Standard
• HTML 1.0 and 2.0
• HTML 3.0 and 3.2
• HTML 4.0 and 4.01
• Separating Format from Structure in HTML
• Extensible HTML (XHTML)
• Reference Sites for Web Developers

Lesson 13: XML and XHTML

• What Is XML?
• XML Goals
• What Is an XML Document?
• Rules for Well-Formed XML
• HTML Transition to XML
• What Is XHTML?
• Applying a Single Standard Consistently

Lesson 14: Web Page Structure — Tables and Framesets

• Creating Structure with X/HTML Tables
• Diagramming a Basic X/HTML Table
• Borderless Web Page Structure
• X/HTML Frames and Framesets
• The X/HTML <frameset> Tag
• The X/HTML <frame> Tag
• Targeting Hyperlinks in X/HTML
• The X/HTML <noframes> Tag

Lesson 15: Cascading Style Sheets

• Style Sheets
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Defining and Using Styles
• Changeable Style Attributes
• Style Guides
• Changes from CSS1 to CSS2
• Page Layout with CSS
• The CSS Box Model
• Document Flow and Positioning
• CSS Positioning Schemes

Lesson 16: Site Content and Metadata

• Written Web Site Content
• Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Metadata
• The <meta> Tag and Document Identification
• The <meta> Tag and Search Engines
• The <meta> Tag and Delayed File Change

Lesson 17: Site Development with Microsoft Expression Web 4 — Introduction

• The Transition from FrontPage
• Microsoft Expression Web 4
• Expression Web Views
• Expression Web Menus and Toolbars
• Opening Web Sites and Files in Expression Web
• Developing W3C-Compliant Code with Expression Web

Lesson 18: Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Basic Features

• Page Layout Options in Expression Web
• Creating a New Web Site Using Expression Web
• Page Layout with CSS
• Inserting Images with Expression Web
• Creating Hyperlinks with Expression Web
• Creating Image Maps with Expression Web
• Creating Navigation Bars Using CSS
• Expression Web's Dynamic Web Templates
• Pasting Formatted Text with Expression Web
• Pasting X/HTML content with Expression Web

Lesson 19: Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Advanced Features

• Expression Web Styles
• Adding Interactivity to Web Pages
• Creating Web Forms with Expression Web
• Connecting to Databases
• Expression Web Reports
• Options for Replacing Old Webbots

Lesson 20: Site Development with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 — Introduction

• Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
• Dreamweaver Layout Options

Lesson 21: Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Basic Features

• Page Layout in Dreamweaver
• Creating Image Maps in Dreamweaver
• Creating Templates in Dreamweaver
• Importing Content in Dreamweaver

Lesson 22: Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Advanced Features

• Rollover Images in Dreamweaver
• Dreamweaver Web Forms
• Dreamweaver Behaviors
• Dreamweaver Assets and Library
• Editing X/HTML in Dreamweaver
• Jump Menus in Dreamweaver
• Site Search Forms in Dreamweaver
• Adobe Exchange

Lesson 23: Creating Web Pages Using Open-Source Tools

• Open-Source GUI Editors
• GUI HTML Editors vs. Text Editors
• Open-Source Text Editors
• Creating a Static Web Page
• Using Templates
• Checking Spelling

Lesson 24: Image Editing with Adobe Fireworks CS6

• Adobe Fireworks CS6
• Creating an Image Document in Fireworks
• Adding Text to Images in Fireworks
• Cropping Images in Fireworks
• Image Layers in Fireworks
• Image States in Fireworks
• Transparent Images in Fireworks
• Image Slices in Fireworks

Lesson 25: Multimedia with Adobe Flash Professional CS6

• The History of Flash
• Flash Technology Features
• Developing with Flash
• Flash Shapes
• Color and Fills in Flash
• Multimedia with Flash Professional
• CS6 — Timeline, Layers, Symbols and Buttons
• Flash Timeline
• Flash Layers
• Saving and Publishing Flash Movies
• Flash Symbols
• Flash Buttons
• Customizing the Flash Library

Lesson 26: Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Tweens

• Flash Tweens
• Motion Tweens in Flash
• Shape Tweens in Flash
• Tweening Text in Flash

Lesson 27: Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Movie Clips

• Flash Movie Clips
• Adding Sound to Flash Files
• Adding Flash Movies to X/HTML Files
• Testing for the Flash Player Plug-In

Lesson 28: Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — ActionScript, Masks and Practical Uses

• Flash ActionScript
• Mask Layers in Flash
• Using SWF and SVG Files on the Web
• Flash and Accessibility

Lesson 29: JavaScript and DHTML Fundamentals

• Why Script?
• JavaScript and Common
• Programming Concepts
• What Is JavaScript?
• JavaScript vs. Other Languages
• Embedding JavaScript into X/HTML
• Using JavaScript to Communicate with the User
• JavaScript Functions
• Using JavaScript for Browser Detection
• Dynamic HTML (DHTML)

Lesson 30: Plug-Ins and Java Applets

• Plug-In Technology
• Plug-In Installation
• Adobe Shockwave and Flash Players
• Adobe Reader
• RealNetworks RealPlayer
• Rich Media Content
• Creating a Downloadable File
• Introduction to Java
• Java Applets
• Applets and Animation
• Applet Authoring Tools and Resources

Lesson 31: HTTP Servers and Web Applications

• What Is an HTTP Server?
• Accessing Servers and Services
• Basic HTTP Server Administration
• Server-Side Technologies
• Web Servers and Cookies
• Enabling, Disabling and Deleting Cookies
• Setting Cookie Files
• XML and Web Applications
• Syndicated Feeds

Lesson 32: Databases

• Web Design and Databases
• Database Anatomy
• Database Queries
• Database Management System (DBMS)
• Connecting Web Pages to Databases
• Database Tools, Products and Programs

Lesson 33: Web Site Publishing and Maintenance

• Web Site Testing
• Web Site Publishing
• Web Site Hosting
• Web Publishing with an FTP Client
• Web Publishing with Expression Web
• Web Publishing with Dreamweaver
• Comparing Web Publishing Tools
• Maintaining Web Sites
• Web Server and Web Site Security