77-908 DHTML Cross-browser Techniques

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77-908 DHTML Cross-browser Techniques

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HTML 4.01: Web Authoring Level 1 (Multi-platform)

Course specifications

Course number: 077 909

Software version number: 4.0

Course length: 1 day

Hardware/software required to run this course

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Windows 95, 98, or NT installed on a PC, or Mac O/S 8.0 (or higher) installed on a Macintosh

according to software documentation.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (PC) or 4.5 (Mac), and Netscape Communicator 4.7 installed.

Note: Other versions (newer or older) of these browsers can be used, but may affect the outcome of some

tasks. There will also be inconsistencies with the graphics in the book and what students see on their

screens.

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A connection to the Internet.

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A monitor set to 800 x 600 resolution and a minimum of 256 colors (16-bit color preferred)

See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.

Course description

Overview: Students will learn about how to create Web documents using HMTL 4.01.

Prerequisites: A student who is not familiar with computers or the Internet will benefit by taking one or

more of the following Ziff-Davis Education courses before proceeding with this course:

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Introduction to Personal Computers Using Windows 98 or Mac O/S 9.0: Introduction

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Netscape Communicator 4.7: Introduction or Internet Explorer 5.0: Introduction

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured handson

activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to use good HTML coding practices to create Web pages that work,

and will continue to work in the ever-changing world of Web development. Many courses teach students

how to create Web documents that work in class, but don’t consider the direction that Web authoring is

going. In

HTML 4.01: Web Authoring Level 1, students learn concepts and do tasks that foster the

transition from HTML to the most recent XML-based Web authoring language recommendation,

XHTML 1.0, which will become the future standard. The theory behind this is to learn HTML this way

now, so that there will be a minimal learning curve when the time comes to transition to XHTML. The

students will also have the benefit of being introduced to the power and control of Cascading Style

Sheets, which is a complementary technology to HTML that is changing the face of Web authoring.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should possess fundamental knowledge of personal

computing and Internet technology.

What's next:

HTML 4.01: Web Authoring Level 1 is the first course in this series. HTML 4.01 Web

Authoring Level 2 (Multi-platform),

the next course in this series, teaches student how to work with

forms, use tables for layout, and use frames. It will also use Cascading Style Sheets and introduce the

use of scripts to add interactivity to a Web page. Students who want to learn advanced features can take

HTML 4.01 Web Authoring Level 2

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:

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Understand what HTML is, how it is used, and how it came to be.

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Use a text editor to set up both global and content structures of an HTML document.

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Create links to locations within a site and out to other sites on the Internet.

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Efficiently format Web page content by using both non-deprecated HTML tags and Cascading

Style Sheets.

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Incorporate graphics into Web pages as embedded images, links, and backgrounds.

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Generate unordered, ordered, and nested lists in HTML documents.

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Build and format tables for presenting data.

Course content

Lesson 1: HTML 4.0

The Basics

Web Browsers

What is HTML?

HTML as a Markup Language

What Does HTML Look Like?

Nesting Tags

Lesson 2: HTML Structure

Global Structure

The HTML, BODY, HEAD, TITLE Elements

Creating an HTML Document

Basic Content Structure

Headings

Paragraphs

Horizontal Rules

Divisions

Line Breaks

Lesson 3: Links

Local Links and Navigation Bars

Remote Links

E-mail Links

Named Anchors (Bookmarks)

Lesson 4: Formatting

Block-level Formatting

Inline Formatting

HTML Entities

Using Colors

Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets

Embedded Styles

Inline Styles

Lesson 5: Graphics

Embedding Images in a Web Page

The “alt” Attribute and Accessibility

Graphic Formats (GIF, JPEG, and PNG)

Using Graphics as Links

Using Background Images

Lesson 6: Lists

Creating Unordered (Bulleted) Lists

Creating Ordered (Numbered) Lists

Nesting Lists

Lesson 7: Tables

Creating and Modifying Tables

Table Coding Guidelines

Working Around Browser Inconsistencies

Formatting Tables

Table Headers and Captions

Spanning Rows and Columns

Additional information:

This book:

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Has been written for and tested on both PCs and Macs and contains a separate set of data files

for each platform.

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Contains staged data files that allow students and instructors to easily skip a task or lab.

Students can also use these partially completed files as references if they have difficulty with a

task or lab.

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Addresses browser inconsistencies and how to work around these issues.

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Was written to teach HTML basics while preparing students for a smooth transition to XMLbased

XHTML 1.0, which will be the next Web authoring standard.

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Contains an introduction to Cascading Style Sheets—a powerful complementary Web design

tool that requires no additional hardware or software.

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Focuses on reliable and forward-thinking practices of Web page design, including the use of

Cascading Style Sheets. Thus, the use of deprecated elements (those considered obsolete by the

World Wide Web Consortium) is discouraged; when used in this course, deprecated elements

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