CIW Site Development Foundations

Course Overview

Site Development Foundations teaches students essential Web page development skills. Students will learn to develop Web sites using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible HTML (XHTML). Students will learn to write code manually, as well as use graphical user interface (GUI) authoring tools. Students will also learn to insert images, create hyperlinks, and add tables, forms and frames to their Web pages.

Total Learning Time

2 Days

Delivery Method

Classroom

Location

Sydney, Melbourne.

Audience

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

Prerequisites

No prior experience using the Internet, developing Web pages or configuring networks is necessary. However, students should be familiar with an operating system such as Microsoft Windows XP before taking this course.

Objectives

Introduction to Web Site Development

• Creating Web Pages
• Text Editors and Markup Languages
• Graphical User Interface (GUI) Editors
• Front-End Issues Back-End Issues
• Markup Language and Site Development
• Essentials History of Markup Languages
• Web Site Development Principles

XHTML Coding

• Introduction to Using XHTML Markup Tags
• Document Structure Tags
• Web Site File Structure
• Preparing Your Development Environment
• Style Sheets
• Paragraph Formatting and Block-Level Elements
• Text-Level Elements Lists
• Good Coding Practice

Horizontal Rules and Graphical Elements

• Horizontal Rules in XHTML
• Images in Web Pages
• Special Characters
• Specifying Colors Page
• Colors and Backgrounds
• Specifying Font Information

Hyperlinks

• Introduction to Hyperlinks
• The Anchor Tag
• Creating Local Hyperlinks
• Creating External Hyperlinks
• Using Images as Hyperlinks
• Creating Internal Links
• Managing Hyperlinks
• Web Design Issues

Tables

• Introduction to Tables
• Table and Data Alignment Options
• Height and Width of Table Elements
• Column and Row Spanning
• Formatting Content in Tables

Web Forms

• Introduction to Web Forms
• Web Forms and CGI
• The <form> Tag
• Web Form Fields

Image Techniques

• Introduction to Web Image Techniques
• Image Maps
• Image Transparency
• Image Interlacing
• Animation

Frames

• Introduction to XHTML Frames
• The <frameset> Tag
• The <frame> Tag
• The Frameset Document
• The <noframes> Tag
• Targeting Frames with Hyperlinks
• Specifying a Base Target
• Borders, Margins and Scrolling Inline Frames
• Appropriate Use of Frames

GUI HTML Editors

• Introduction to GUI HTML Editors
• Types of GUI Editors
• GUI HTML Editor Functionality
• Creating Web Pages with a GUI Editor
• HTML Text Editors vs. GUI Editors
• Previewing Pages and Validating Code
• Web Site Publishing

Advanced Web Technologies

• Extending HTML
• Server-Side Languages
• Client-Side Languages
• Connecting to a Database
• Styling Techniques with CSS
• Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
• Document Object Model (DOM)
• Working with Web Service Providers

E-Commerce Practices

• Traditional Commerce vs. E-Commerce
• E-Commerce Models
• Business and Internet Technologies
• E-Commerce Information-Formatting Technologies
• E-Commerce Payment Technologies
• Working in a Global Environment

Lunch

All Drake Publicly Scheduled Courses provide lunch to students