Web Site Design Study Guide

0-619-06802-7 © 2001 Publish date: February 28, 2001 320 pages

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Course ID:Website-design-sg

If you're interested in getting started with designing web sites but lack the free time or the resources to attend traditional classes, consider the Web Site Design study guide. This self-directed course is one of our computer training books. You'll enjoy the cost-effective alternative to expensive courseware as well as learn real knowledge that you can begin to use upon completion of the course.

The portable nature of this manual means that you can take your studies on the road. No matter where you find yourself with time to spare, you can crack open the book and learn. The Web Site Design courseware lends itself to self-paced studies. Whether you complete the course in a day or a month, your pace is set by you.

By following the course, you will learn about web design variables, HTML, XML, and the basics of Web site design including designing for the medium, site, user, and the screen. You will learn about planning your site, site navigation considerations, page templates, Web typography, using Cascading Style Sheets to control the typography, color and graphics, HTML frames, and publishing and maintaining your Web site.

In addition to the easy-to-follow content, the Web Site Design courseware challenges you with interactive exercises and activities that reinforce the various concepts found in its pages.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces web design variables

• Introduces HTML, and the Future of Markup
• Introduces XML
• How browsers affect your work

Unit 2 discusses the principles of Web site design

• How to design for the medium
• How to design the whole site
• How to design for the user
• How to design for the screen

Unit 3 goes over planning your site

• Getting started
• File names and URLs
• Directory structure
• Preparing diagrams for your site

Unit 4 discusses site navigation

• Creating usable navigation
• Working with text-based navigation
• Graphics-based navigation

Unit 5 covers page templates

• Table basics
• Table pointers
• Creating page templates
• The different types of templates

Unit 6 discusses Web typography

• Type design principles
• Controlling typography by using the <FONT> element

Unit 7 covers using Cascading Style Sheets to control the typography

• Introducing CSS
• CSS selection techniques
• CSS font properties
• Specifying block-level space values
• Styling with CSS

Unit 8 goes over color and graphics

• The format basics
• Computer color basics
• Working with the <IMG> element

Unit 9 covers the effective use of graphics

• Managing your graphics
• Working with the advanced graphics tools
• Using hexadecimal colors

Unit 10 goes over HTML frames

• Understanding frames
• The frame syntax
• Working with other frame-related features
• Targeting frame sets
• Planning frame content

Unit 11 covers publishing and maintaining your Web site

• How to publish your Web site
• How to test your Web site
• How to promote your Web site