Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the base language of most webpages. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are the recommended way of formatting HTML pages for browser display.
This workshop teaches valid HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.0 to the current W3C standards. It provides guidance on compliance with the NZ Government Web Guidelines.
Competence in the use of web browsers, text editors, and the computer's operating system is assumed.
Tutor: Deb Shepherd
Introduction
— to writing webpages and to webpage creation tools
Getting started with HTML
— document structure and required HTML tags
— setting up a web document, body elements, formatting text, headings and lists, adding links, images and buttons
— HTML syntax
— basic HTML formatting tags
Extending HTML tags
— using attributes in HTML tags
Introducing CSS
— in–line styles, <head> styles, and external stylesheets
— CSS syntax
— using CSS with HTML tags
Managing and linking HTML/CSS files
— linking HTML pages
— working with full and relative addresses
— linking external stylesheets
Building HTML tables
Embedding media in HTML pages
— images and animations
— sound and video
— imagemaps
Building HTML forms
— collecting information
Building HTML framesets
Extending CSS
— classes and pseudo–classes
— additional HTML style elements
Testing and publishing
What next?
