PROPOSED PRACTICAL
WEB SITE TRAINING COURSES
HTML, Images & Design - A Practical Course in Building Web Pages and
Sites
This course is intended for people who know what a web site,
browser, mouse and a computer are, and wish to create their own web page
/ web site. It is not for absolute beginners. For absolute Internet beginners
we can offer a basic Internet awareness programme prior to the start of the
practical course.
The course is NOT a 'how to use Front Page course'. We do not use
Front Page ourselves because of its limitations. This course is designed
to give you a proper understanding of how to construct a web page without
unnecessary complications. It is a practical approach to building effective
web sites that are fast and informative - based upon our own commercial
experience over the last 5 years in the UK. We will be using a range of
programmes, rather than Front Page.
There will be advanced level course(s) at a later date, building on this
one, to cover in more depth many of the aspects mentioned below - plus how
to identify a clients needs and make the web site work for his business,
how to sell & market your skills & site (both on and off the web).
At the end of the course students will have covered all the aspects
listed below (and had practical experience of creating & uploading a
site to a live server) .... and will be assessed on their level of
competence. WebFundis.com will issue an In-House diploma on which will
be written the URL of his/her referral site and the relevant password. On
the referral site will be that persons details, grades / assessments from
the course, examples of work done (URLS), and eventually emails from clients
either recommending or criticizing their work.
OUTLINE CONTENTS FOR A TWO WEEK COURSE (4 HOUR TRAINING SESSIONS PER
DAY)
HTML - What is is and how it works, the basics - helper
programmes.
IMAGES - Types of web images & how to prepare them - programmes
to use.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS - Bringing HTML, Images, Search engine requirements
& Content together.
WEB PAGE to WEB SITE - How to develop and market a total web site.
FORMS & CGI SCRIPTS - Creating forms and using 'stock' Perl /
CGI scripts for form responses.
FTP USE - How to upload your site onto a server.
DHTML, XML, JavaScript & Applets - some easy introductory
pointers.
PROGRAMMES TO USE - We give our assessment on a variety of programmes,
the advantages & disadvantages, both for WYSIWIG site development &
Image preparation - many of which are free and we will use on the course.
FUTURE STUDY & DEVELOPMENT - where you go from
here.
SECTION CONTENTS
HTML - (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) is the basis on which web pages
are constructed. You will be taken through the basic use of HTML, shown how
it works and introduced to its main elements ... Tags & elements, Head,
Body & META tags, Fonts, Anchors, Headings, Paragraphs, Line Breaks,
Tables, Links, Creating / Changing HTML 'by hand'. The aim is to give you
the ability to 'read' the HTML produced by other programmes AND the ability
to manually alter 'bits' yourself when it is required. You will be introduced
to WYSIWIG HTML page creation programmes.
IMAGES - Types of images for the web, gif, jpb, png, animated gifs.
Preparation of images for the web - contrast / tonal range, unsharp mask,
colour balance, drop shadows, text as images & anti-aliasing, screen
pixels, scanning issues (hard copy, negatives etc.).
DESIGN - Limitations placed on design for the web, compared to print
media, and how to work with them for reaching the target market, clarity,
navigation, search engine prepardness, browser differences, user defaults,
image & text combinations re layouts, use of space, page sizes &
download times, colour, backgrounds and considerations of screen sizes. Getting
& generating ideas. NB Like all art forms web design is a creative talent
that one either has or one has not. Although some mechanical aspects of design
can be taught we cannot, and neither can anyone else, teach you things like
colour awareness, page balance etc. We can help you develop your talent but
we cannot give you it.
WEB PAGE to WEB SITE - How to develop and market a total web site
- bringing together all the above with the client content / information /
aims. Getting the overall structure / layout of the site established, allowing
for easy future additions, search engine friendly aspects, page names &
titles and use of relative & absolute links.
FORMS & CGI SCRIPTS - Creating forms and using 'stock' Perl /
CGI scripts for form responses. Using FormMail.pl, or similar, how to create
the HTML form, the elements of forms available for use, how to send the
information to the perl script. Setting up the Perl script in the CGI-BIN,
changing file permissions, required fields, use of response page and subsequent
links.
FTP - Introduction to CuteFTP & WSFTP programmes for uploading
your web pages and images to the server. You will have server space &
access to upload your site on the WebFundis server. What file permissions
are & how to change them.
DHTML, XML, JavaScript & Applets - some easy introductory pointers.
This section is included to give an initial introduction to the terminology
for more advanced aspects of web site construction. It is not a 'how to'
part of the course (except at a very basic level).
FUTURE STUDY & DEVELOPMENT - Following on from this course you
will have available the WebFundi web space to try out your web page / site
building skills. We will provide up to two 'critiques' of your work by email
- if you wish (please note we will be very honest, but also
constructive). |
