Web Development:Website Design

Catalogue

IT & Certification

Web Design & Development

Axzo Press

319 pages

Purchase Price

1-9 manuals: $165 per manual
10+ manuals: $147 per manual

Trainer Material: Instructor's Edition $180 each

Code: CT23-301

Series: IT & Certification

Format: A4

Duration: 3 day(s)

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Outline

Variables in the Web design environment
Introducing HTML and the future of markup
Introducing XML and XHTML
Understanding how browsers affect your work

Web site design principles
Designing for the medium
Designing the whole site
Designing for the screen

Planning the site
Getting started
File names and URLs
Understanding directory structure
Preparing a diagram for the site

Planning site navigation
Create usable navigation
Using text-based navigation
Using graphics-based navigation

Creating page templates
Understanding table basics
Table pointers
Using page templates
Understanding types of templates

Web typography
Understanding type design princples
Controlling typography with the <FONT> element

Controlling typography with cascading
style sheets
Introducing CSS
Understanding CSS selection techniques
Undestanding CSS font properties
Specifying block-level space values
Styling with CSS

Graphics and colour
Understanding the format basics
Understanding computer colour basics
Using the <IMG> element

Using graphics effectively
Managing other graphic related concerns
Using advanced graphics tools
Working with hexadecimal colours

Uding HTML frames
Understanding frames
Examining frame syntax
Using other frame related features
Targeting framesets
Planning frame content

Publishing and maintaining your Web site
Publishing your Web site
Testing your Web site
Attracting notice to your Website

After completing this course, students will know:

The current state and design limitations of HTML; how XML and XHTML could transform the future of the Web; how screen resolution and connection speed affect the user's browsing experience.
The principles of design for the computer medium; how to focus their design on the user, and to evaluate Web sites using screen-oriented design principles.
How to create a site specification document, create naming conventions for your site files, and build a relative file structure that is portable to different Web servers.
How to build navigation schemes that meet the user's needs, provide location information, and use graphics for navigation and linking.
How to use tables to enhance the display of your content, use HTML table elements and attributes to customize page templates, and take a page design from concept to HTML code.
How to design for legibility, set fonts, and use the <FONT> element.
Why you should use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) instead of the <FONT> element, how to create and selectively apply style rules using the CSS language, and build and apply style classes.
The differences between the various Web-based image file formats, the basics of computer color, and how to use the <IMG> element and attributes to display images.
How to size graphics for the page, use transparent spacer GIFs, single pixel rules, and background images, define universal color names, set background page color, and use background color in tables.
The benefits and drawbacks of frames, how to use frames syntax, customize frame characteristics, design content to fit framesets properly, and design framesets that accommodate different screen resolutions.
How to choose an Internet Service Provider, use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), plan for usability testing and user feedback, plan for ongoing site maintenance and updates, and use a variety of ways to enhance search engine listings of your Web site.

Prerequisites

HTML 4.0: Basic or equivalent experience