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Fast Track to HTML

Course Overview: Fast Track to HTML is a two-day course that provides Web developers with the knowledge and hands-on practice needed to create, test, and deploy a Web site. You will learn how to write effective HTML code, use CSS in conjunction with HTML, and work with some of the key features of HomeSite 5.0. In addition, you will be introduced to XHTML basics and the Dreamweaver editor.

Prerequisites

• Be comfortable working in a Windows environment
• Have experience using the World Wide Web

Objectives

• Write effective, easily maintainable HTML code
• Use basic Cascading Style Sheets in conjunction with HTML code
• Create, test, and deploy a Web site
• Take advantage of HomeSite's key features
• Introduce basic XHTML
• Introduce the Dreamweaver editor

Course Content

• Introduction
• Course Objectives
• Course Prerequisites
• Course Format
• Introducing Fast Track to Web Basics
• Course Objectives
• Course Overview
• Introducing the World Wide Web
• Understanding Web Site Components
• The Web Accessibility Initiative Unit 2: Exploring HomeSite
• Introducing HomeSite Editor
• Edit
• Browse
• Design
• Resources Tab
• Menu Bar
• CodeSweeper and HTML Tidy
• Quick Bar
• Configuring HomeSite Settings
• [Familiarizes students with the HomeSite interface, and shows them how to configure HomeSite settings to suit the way they work]
  

HTML Basics

• Introducing HTML
• Language Evolution
• Introduction to HTML and XHTML
• Using Editors to Create HTML Documents
• Key Tags Support History
• Backward and Forward Compatibility
• Understanding HTML Syntax
• Looking at the Document HTML Tags
• Structuring HTML Code
• Introducing Macromedia HomeSite
• Writing HTML with HomeSite
• Structuring Page Content with HTML
• Working from a Design to Structure Pages
• The Basic Page Structure
• Creating Headings
• Using Paragraphs and Line Breaks
• Creating Lists
• Using Horizontal Rules
• Using Tables
• Using Links and Images
• Understanding Links
• Embedding Images

Developing Forms

• Understanding HTML Forms
• Using Standard Form Controls
• Choosing Form Controls
• Processing Form Data
• Using Form Guidelines

Creating Cascading Style Sheets

• How Web Browsers Handle Content Display
• Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
• Understanding Basic CSS Syntax
• Using TopStyle Lite Editor
• Linking Style Sheets
• Using Advanced CSS Features
• Using CSS with Tables

Testing and Deploying a Web Site

• Testing Web Sites
• Deploying a Web Site

Introducing Dreamweaver

• Introduction to Dreamweaver
• Dreamweaver Interface Basics
• Defining a Local Site

External links: Adobe