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		HTML Fundamentals

CIW Foundations Series - Course #3:

HTML Fundamentals (1HTMLF)

HTML Fundamentals is a one-day class designed to teach the fundamentals of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and other aspects of Web authoring. Students will learn the HTML 4.0 Recommendation Transitional Flavor and will create Web pages using HTML tags to format text, hyperlinks, tables, graphics, and forms. Students will also work use Cascading Style Sheets and study the basics of Dynamic HTML (DHTML), Extensible HTML (XHTML), and how XHTML relates to the Extensible Markup Language (XML).

Topics

Introduction to HTML

What Is HTML?

HTML Standards

Why Not Use an HTML Editor?

HTML Pages and Design

Creating HTML Pages

Markup Tags

Document Structure Tags

Paragraph Formatting and Block-level Elements

Text-level Elements

Lists

Adding Hidden Comments

Good Coding Practice

Incorporating Horizontal Rules and Graphical Elements

Adding Horizontal Ruling Lines

Horizontal Rule Attributes

Incorporating Images Into Pages

Special Characters

Page Colors and Backgrounds

Specifying Font Information

Hyperlinks

Understanding Links

The Anchor Tag

Using Images as Links

Creating Internal Links

Creating HTML Tables

Introduction to Tables

Table and Data Alignment Options

Changing Height and Width of Table Elements

Column and Row Spanning

Creating HTML Forms

Forms Overview

The <FORM> Tag

Form Fields

HTML and Image Techniques

Image Maps

Defining a Client-side Image Map

Image Transparency

Interlacing

Animated GIFs

HTML and Page Accessibility

Creating an Accessible Page

Front-end Issues: The Interface

Designing the Front End: Cascading Style Sheets

The Web-safe Color Palette

Back-end Issues

DHTML

XML and XHTML

Target Audience

All professionals required to use the Internet in their daily job functions. Information in this course is required for all levels of specialization in the CIW program.

Job Responsibilities

Understand the common core of Internet knowledge, and apply the foundation skills required for further specialization.

Prerequisites

Students must have completed Basic Internet Fundamentals and Advanced Internet Fundamentals or have equivalent Internet knowledge.

Duration

6 hours