HTML Class I outline

Intro:
- show finished product - our project: Example Site
- briefly explain ADA, use of guidelines

  1. Creating a page
    1. Parts of a page
      1. head
        1. placement
        2. title
        3. meta tags
      2. body
        1. background color or image
        2. text definitions (font, color, size)
        3. link definitions
      3. tags - open, close, order
    2. Text
      1. formatting
        1. bold/strong
        2. italics/emphasis
        3. pre
        4. super/sub script
        5. in/decreasing size, setting relative size
        6. color
        7. blockquote
        8. H1, H2, H3
        9. aligning (center, right, left)
        10. font face - browser/user support
      2. Line Breaks and spaces
      3. Styles Sheets
      4. Color coding explained

      Exercise 1

    3. Links
      1. relative path
      2. absolute path
      3. anchor
      4. e-mail (mailto:name@musc.edu)
      5. images as links
      6. target
    4. Adding Images
      1. full or relative path
      2. properties: align, border, alt, size
      3. making an image a link
      4. referencing another location/site
      5. saving locally from another location
      6. copyrights

      Exercise 2

    5. Lists
      1. ul - unordered list (bullets)
      2. ol - ordered list (1,2,3)
      3. definition (term --> definition)
      4. ADA - don't use to indent
    6. Other
      1. horizontal rule
      2. special characters - ampersand, space, copyright, trademark, quote, greater/less than signs
      3. comments
      4. cut and paste (viewing source of something you want to imitate)

      Exercise 3


  2. Publishing
    1. MUSC departments
    2. Personal pages within MUSC
    3. Other websites
    4. Site management - directory organization, placement (index.html)

    Exercise 4

    Final Quiz!

  3. Cautions
    1. Web page expectations
      • Link assumptions (color, underline)
      • Load time - large downloads, images, audio
      • Annoying features: blinking text, animated gifs, pop-up boxes, etc.
      • Color
      • Consistency: menu navigation
      • Contact Info
    2. use of Flash
    3. "borrowing"

  4. Q&A - workshop
Class II
  • forms
  • tables
  • image editors
  • frames
  • password protection
  • graphics - buttons, logos, photos
  • resolutions
More (later class):
  • hiding code or images from View-->Source
  • Javascript
  • Java
  • CSS (style sheets)
  • ASP (active server pages)
  • database driven-sites
  • submitting forms results to a database
  • php