CIW Foundations Series:

HTML Fundamentals (CIWHTML)

HTML Fundamentals is a two-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).

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.

Topics

Introduction to HTML

  • What Is HTML?
  • HTML Standards
  • Why Not Use an HTML Editor?
  • HTML Pages and Design

Creating HTML Pages

  • Creating HTML Pages
  • Markup Tags
  • Document Structure Tags
  • Paragraph Formatting and Block-level Elements
  • Text-level Elements
  • Lists
  • Adding Hidden Comments
  • Good Coding Practice

Hyperlinks
  • Understanding Links
  • The Anchor Tag
  • Using Images as Links
  • Creating Internal Links

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

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

Resources (Appendix)

  • HTML 4.0 Elements and Attibutes
  • HTML Design Resources
  • HTML Style Guides