Fundamentals of Web publishing and HTML

Course

In Bristol

£ 545 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Bristol

  • Duration

    2 Days

A two-day hands-on course intended for people looking to maintain Web sites for commercial use on the Internet. This course is suitable for both Macintosh and PC users who want to acquire HTML knowledge as a solid foundation to their Web design projects. It does not feature a WYSIWYG Web authoring tool but concentrates on the background HTML, input using a simple text.

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Location

Start date

Bristol (Avon)

Start date

On request

About this course

Experience of the Windows or Macintosh operating system or previous attendance on the equivalent training course.

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Course programme

Objectives

A two-day hands-on course intended for people looking to maintain Web sites for commercial use on the Internet. This course is suitable for both Macintosh and PC users who want to acquire HTML knowledge as a solid foundation to their Web design projects. It does not feature a WYSIWYG Web authoring tool but concentrates on the background HTML, input using a simple text editor, such as Simple Text under Mac OS or Word Pad under Windows.


Pre-requisites:

Experience of the Windows or Macintosh operating system or previous attendance on the equivalent training course.


Course Includes:

A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.


Course Outline


Fundamentals


· Basic HTML formatting
· The four basic elements needed to convert a text file into an HTML file
· Container and empty elements
· Attributes and attribute values
· Working with the user's font preferences


Links and page organisation


· What are Hyperlinks?
· Image links
· Distinguishing between local and remote files references
· Absolute and relative path names
· Fundamentals of site organisation


Practical workshop


· Understanding HTML utilities
· Automating the formatting process
· Gaining speed with page structure
· Basics of Web-oriented image editing using Adobe Photoshop
· Workshop session: creating a coherent site efficiently using provided tutorial files






HTML techniques in depth


· List variants
· Font sizing and colouring
· Hexcoded colour
· Tables


Further techniques in image formatting


· Choosing an appropriate resolution
· GIF versus JPEG and JPEG variants
· 216-colour palettes


Web server issues


· Understanding FTP
· Transferring files to the remote server
· Local checking of site organisation


CGI applications


· CGI defined
· Overview of techniques used in CGI applications and HTML utilities

Fundamentals of Web publishing and HTML

£ 545 + VAT