Web Page Design Certificate (72 Hours)

Introduction to HTML

This course introduces the basics of creating web pages using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Understand the philosophy of HTML, effective web page design, and how a markup language works. Learn the basic HTML document elements, tags, and structures. Topics include titles, headings, paragraphs, nested lists, horizontal rules, line breaks, basic formatting techniques, and changing text appearance and color. Additional topics include using special characters, placing graphics in web-compatible formats, and setting up hypertext links on web pages. Although the focus of this class is on HTML, some CSS is introduced to help in understanding the relationship between structure and presentation in modern web design.

Intermediate HTML

This course covers techniques for planning and creating attractive web pages that combine text and images. Discover how to create tables to display data and use the table features to align images with text, create newspaper-style columns, and insert side heads. Work with referencing sections of a web page for hyperlinks and using image maps for navigation. Learn techniques for designing web pages effectively and understand different ways to publish your website. Additional topics include adding meta and base tags.

Introduction to CSS

Learn to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to effectively and efficiently format and position web page elements. Create CSS to add presentation-type effects, visual qualities, and layout options to your web pages. Learn to create drop caps, insert page breaks for printing, place images and other web elements on your page, incorporate links that change color as the mouse passes over them, and access additional text and font properties. Understand how to create style sheets that are embedded in a particular page and external style sheets that can be used by multiple pages.

Intermediate CSS

Learn to create page layouts and multiple- column designs using CSS and DIV tags. This class will show you how to use floats to position items and wrap text, nest floats, use negative margins, and create fixed and liquid layouts. Learn to build horizontal and vertical navigation bars with rollover features. Other topics include formatting tables with CSS, working with graphics, and adding styles to links. Learn some of the challenges posed by different browsers and the troubleshooting techniques that fix common browser bugs.

Introduction to Javascript

Create web pages that respond to events and change dynamically using JavaScript to interact with HTML and CSS to enhance the user experience. You will learn the basic commands and structure of the language, including variables, expressions, and functions. Practice incorporating calculations into your pages, and display the current date on your page using the built-in Date object. Learn how to create scripts that respond to different events such as button clicks or other user interaction.

Intermediate Javascript

Build on the skills practiced in the introductory class. Discover how JavaScript can help to validate HTML forms, providing immediate feedback when the user omits required information or makes other validation errors. Learn to create web forms for password resets and data entry, validating your web pages using client-side scripts.