Building Websites with HTML, XHTML and CSS

Ariadne Training

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In Wincanton

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Wincanton

  • Duration

    3 Days

By the end of this course the attendees will be able to create full blown and complex websites, using a wide array of HTML elements, XHTML elements and CSS styling properties. With practical work constituting at least 50% of the course, delegates will leave with more than just theoretical knowledge they will have the confidence to apply what they have learnt to their day-to-day work.

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Location

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Wincanton (Somerset)
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Cale House, Station Road, BA9 9FE

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Course programme

Building Websites with HTML, XHTML and CSS

Summary

  • This hands-on course covers HTML, XHTML and the Cascading Stylesheets
  • Language (CSS).
  • The course has a high proportion of practical exercises in which the attendees will steadily use the knowledge they have gleaned to build a sophisticated and professional looking website.
  • Detailed Course Description

What is HTML?
  • HTML - Introduction and Benefits
  • HTML - A simple example
  • HTML Tags
  • Nesting Elements
  • The Tree Structure in HTML
  • The Structure of a Simple HTML File
  • Inserting a Picture
  • Empty Tags
  • Element Attributes
  • The Style Element
  • Creating an HTML File.
Hypertext:
  • What is Hypertext?
  • Referencing other Pages
  • Using the Element
  • Organizing a Web Site
  • Hypertext Location Paths
  • Clickable Images
  • Absolute or Relative Paths
  • Using Images as Links
  • Adding a Title to a Link
  • Destination Anchors
  • Opening New Windows.
How the Web Works:
  • Background and getting online
  • Finding a Hosting Company
  • Domain Names
  • Moving onto the Server
  • File Transfer Protocol - FTP
  • Maintaining the Website
  • The http Protocol
  • Further URL Refinements.
Where Does XHTML and CSS come in?
  • A Brief History of HTML
  • The Six Different Ages of HTML
  • XML - Benefits and Parsers
  • XML and HTML Validation
  • Strict and Transitional Document Type Definitions
  • The W3C Validator
  • The Tag
  • Validating pipsparlour.html
  • What Does XHTML give us that HTML Does Not
  • Upgrading for XHTML Validation
  • The xmlns, lang and xml:lang Attributes
  • Evolving from HTML 4.01 to XHTML 1.0
  • XHTML Validation
  • CSS.
Web Page Construction:
  • The Basic Building Blocks
  • Building a Web Page
  • The Structure of the Web Page
  • Quotations
  • The Blockquotes Element
  • The Element
  • Empty Elements and the
  • Tag
  • Lists
  • Ordered Lists
  • Unordered Lists
  • Definition Lists
  • Character Entities.
Inserting Images into a Web Page
  • Image Types - JPEGs and GIFs
  • A Quick Recap of the Element
  • Taking Images Further
  • Height and Width Attributes
  • The Element's alt Attribute
  • The Directory Structure of the Website
  • Creating and using Thumbnails
  • Linking Element to a Thumbnail
  • Creating an HTML Page for our Image
  • Linking the Thumbnail to the Full Image.
Introducing Cascading Style Sheets:
  • Quick Recap on the Element
  • The Element and the .css File
  • Labelling Elements with CSS
  • Element Selections
  • Element Inheritance
  • Overriding Inheritance
  • The use of Classes in CSS
  • Multiple Links to a Single CSS File
  • Unravelling CSS Conflicts
  • The Cascade in CSS.
More CSS - Introducing Styles, Fonts and Colours:
  • Properties
  • Font Families
  • Font Sizes
  • Web Colours
  • Specifying Colours
  • The Element and the .css File.
The Box Model:
  • A Close Look at the Box Model
  • What we want to Achieve
  • Classes and Ids
  • Background Images
  • Giving Margins and Padding Variable Sizes
  • More to Borders
  • Putting it all Together.
Divs, Span and Pseudo Classes:
  • TheElement
  • Inheriting Style in theElement
  • Property Shortcuts
  • The Element
  • Pseudo Classes
  • The Cascading bit of CSS.
  • Further Positioning:
  • Page Layout
  • Margins in Inline Elements
  • Floating an Element
  • Liquid and Frozen Layouts
  • Absolute Positioning
  • Fixed Positioning
  • Relative Positioning
  • More Than Two Columns.
Tables:
  • Creating Tables
  • Styling the Table
  • Tables within Tables.
  • Styling Lists
Interactive Web Pages:
  • Sending Information from Web Page to Application
  • POST
  • GET
  • Text Input
  • Submit Input
  • Radio Input
  • Checkbox Input
  • Text Area Input
  • Selection Input
  • Option Input
  • File Input
  • Multiple Selection Input
  • Radio Input.
Creating the Form:
  • Structuring Form with a Table
  • Styling the Table with CSS
  • Passwords
  • Fieldsets and Legends
  • Labels.
  • HTML 5.0

Additional information

Payment options:

Private Course (Number of Attendees - Typical Price per Day) 1-on-1 training: £550–900 Second Attendee: +£250 Additional Attendees: +£100 per attendee. These are guide prices based on a typical amount of course customisation and with the client providing the training venue. To have your training hosted at our secure facilities add just £250 to the above prices. For highly bespoke courses there may be additional preparation costs. Prices are fully inclusive ex VAT and cover all manuals, books, refreshments.

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