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Web Design with XHTML, HTML, and CSS

Course Prerequisites

• Be comfortable working in a Windows environment
• Have experience using the World Wide Web

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Write effective, easily maintainable HTML code
• Use basic Cascading Style Sheets in conjunction with HTML code
• Create, test, and deploy a Web site
• Introduce basic XHTML

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Creating a Basic Web Page

• Introduction to Web Design and Development
• Create a Basic Page Structure

Lesson 2: Structuring Content

• Create Headings and Horizontal Rules
• Control Text Flow
• Create Lists

Lesson 3: Applying Styles Using CSS

• Format Text
• Format Lists
• Format ImagesModify Page Background

Lesson 4: Working with Tables

• Create a Table
• Modify the Table Structure
• Format the Table

Lesson 5: Linking Web Pages

• Create Hypertext Links
• Create Image Links
• Create Email Links
• Format Links

Lesson 6: Creating Web Page Layouts

• Group Content
• Create Box Layouts

Lesson 7: Managing CSS

• Apply Advanced CSS Selectors
• Create an External CSS
• Apply a CSS to Multiple Pages
• Apply Browser-Specific CSS
• Provide Alternate CSS 

Lesson 8: Testing a Website

• Test Markup
• Test CSS

Lesson 9: Creating Advanced Navigation

• Create CSS-Based Menus
• Incorporate Images in CSS-Based Menus
• Create Image Maps

Lesson 10: Incorporating Meta-Content and Multimedia

• Refresh and Redirect Pages
• Link Media
• Embed Media

Appendix A: XHTML Character Entities

Appendix B: CSS Properties and Values