HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 2

HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 2

Course specifications

Course number: 077 911

Course length: 1 day

Hardware/software required to run this course

To run this course, you will need:

• Windows 95, 98, NT or 2000, or Macintosh O/S 8.0 or higher.
• At least 16 MB RAM (32 MB or more is strongly recommended.
• A 486 or faster processor (Pentium or equivalent is strongly recommended.).
• An 800x600 or higher resolution monitor set to a minimum of 256 colors. If your monitor doesn't support 256 colors, images and text will not display as shown throughout the book. For better image quality, we recommend setting monitors to High Color (16-Bit).
• A working connection to the Internet.
• Netscape Navigator 4.5 or later. If you use Netscape Navigator 6, you won't be able to duplicate the observations of Navigator 4.x rendering.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.
• If you want to test submitting forms via email, configure the email client on your browser.

Course description

Overview:

This course was developed primarily for Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows and Netscape Navigator 4.7 for Windows. Other versions of these browsers might lead to different results than indicated in the task observations. The course was also tested using Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Navigator 4.6 for the Macintosh. Where necessary, support issues for certain browsers are mentioned in task steps or in notes along the margins of relevant tasks.

This course is meant to provide you with the tools to create your own HTML documents. The sample files are not necessarily intended as design suggestions or principles. The course files are meant to provide the student with solutions that are easy to grasp, and to a certain extent, represent realistic applications. The concepts and tasks in this book are designed for sequential completion. Each topic builds on previous experience, so it makes sense to complete the tasks in the order they appear. You might want to skip certain tasks if you are already familiar with the material, but in some cases, this might lead to different results than you'll see in the screenshots throughout the book.

Some of the files for this course have "solution files" that you can use to check your work if you're not sure how to proceed in a task. These files begin with x, followed by the name of the file they're associated with.

Prerequisites:

This course is designed for the student who is an experienced computer user, is familiar with the Internet, and is familiar with HTML. This course does not provide basic computer, Internet, or introductory HTML concepts. A student who isn't familiar with basic computer terminology, or who hasn't used the Internet or HTML should first take the following Element K courses:

Windows 95: Introduction or Windows 98: Introduction

Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer 4.0: Introduction

HTML 4.01: Web Authoring, Level 1

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to create Web sites with a variety of HTML elements and attributes, and create well-formed code that complies with the XHTML standard.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should have a solid foundation in HTML basics or should already have taken Level 1 of this 2-part course series.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Create well-formed code that conforms to the XHTML standard.
• Modify tables and create nested tables.
• Control the sizing, spacing, and alignment of images, and understand how image maps work.
• Create Web forms with a variety of different controls.
• Modify form attributes to make forms more usable and navigable.
• Apply the meta tag and understand how JavaScript is embedded into HTML documents.
• Create framed pages.
• Use style sheets (CSS) to design Web documents.

Course content

Lesson 1: The New HTML

• Authoring with HTML 4.01
• The Advent of XHTML

Lesson 2: Advanced Tables

• Adding Images and Links
• Adding Color to Tables
• Creating Nested Tables
• Using Tables for Page Layout

Lesson 3: Graphics and Image Maps

• Sizing, Spacing and Aligning Images
• Creating Image Maps

Lesson 4: Creating Forms

• Introduction to Forms

Lesson 5: Creating Forms, Part 2

• Applying Other Input Types
• Setting Input Type Attributes
• Creating a Text Area Field
• Creating Select Lists

Lesson 6: Applying the Meta Tag and JavaScript

• The <meta> Tag
• JavaScript in HTML Documents

Lesson 7: Frames

• Introduction to Frames
• Applying Frame Attributes
• Using Nested Framesets

Lesson 8: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets

• Introduction to CSS
• Working with Properties and Selectors
• Linked (external) Style Sheets

Additional information:

• Appendix A: HTML/CSS Quick Reference