Description
This course provides developers with a practical, hands-on introduction to HTML document development. The course covers HTML page design and development using the most common and powerful HTML elements. The topics covered in this course are compatible with major Web browsers and HTML page development tools.

Audience
Intranet and Internet application designers and programmers who need to develop HTML pages. Web server application programmers who need an understanding of the interaction between client HTML pages and Web server applications.

Prerequisites
Familiarity with the World Wide Web and basic programming skills are recommended.

Hardware and Software
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, version 4+ of preferred Web browser, and text editor.

Format

• Presentation
  
• Hands-on
  

Objectives
After completing this course, participants should be able to:

• Develop HTML pages using static elements including form elements and tables
• Incorporate multimedia elements
• Add interactivity with scripting and components
• Explain how to add dynamic data to HTML pages with server processing

Introduction

• Overview of a simple HTML page

HTML Page Structure

• Tags defined
• Head and body sections

Basic Formatting with HTML

• Formatting
• Layout of tags and lists

Links and URLs in HTML

• URL types and URL attributes
• Anchor tags

Images in HTML

• Image formats
• The <IMG> and <OBJECT> tags
• Creating an image map

Tables in HTML

• Basic tags for a table
• Advanced table layout
• HTML 4.0 tags

Frames in HTML

• Goal-oriented frame layout and tags
• Links between frames
• The <IFRAME> tag
  

Forms in HTML

• <FORM>, <INPUT> and <SELECT> tags
• Form layout and processing

Server Processing and HTML

• Introduction to CGI
• The submit process
• Integrated server scripting

Multimedia in HTML

• Using color and background images
• Audio considerations for HTML
• Streaming video
• VRML

Scripting in HTML

• Javascript and JScript
• Embedded components in HTML

Style Sheets and DHTML

• Styles in HTML

• <DIV>, <LAYER>, and <SPAN> tags