Web writing course contents
This page shows the proposed program for the Web writing course online and at the Assynt Leisure Centre:This list is provisional and will be amended as we go!
- A bit of history; File Names; HTML and tags; empty tags; Lift the cover on Web Pages; Attributes; Your first web page--The template; a few words of explanation; EXAMPLE.
- Graphics: Introduction. Preparing an image for use on the web: image sizes; image formats. Image attributes: source of image; size; alt attribute.
- Colors in HTML; URLs; More on Attributes; Modifying the text;
- Links; Links to other pages on the web; Links to other pages on your web site; Links to other places on the same page; Use pictures to provide the links; Thumbnails; Blue Borders.
- Design and other considerations. Introduction; Screen resolution; Style; Resources; Graphics; Production; Traps for the unwary; Appendix
- Tables: Use and misuse of Tables; Other Table tags; Other reasons for using a Table with a picture;
- Entities: Introduction; Some special characters; Using special characters as a code for email addresses.
- Forms: introduction. HTML in forms: The form tag; input tags; special input tags; a pull-down list; a scrolling list; form buttons; a form to send a file from your user; a button to take your user to another page; validation of data.
- Frames: Introduction to frames; Example; Interpretation of the HTML.
- Cascading Style Sheets: Three methods of using CSS Introduction; Style editor.. More CSS: Here is a specimen CSS file; body; a:link a:visited a:hover and a:active; h1 to h6. CSS validation.
- Validation. Use of html comments.
- Uploading web pages: Keeping your Web Site up-to-date
- Alphabet soup!
- Business Pages: Payment methods; Secure web pages;
