Basic HTML and CSS Skills Course with The Computer Gal: Missoula, Montana

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Even the Average Human
Can Do Basic HTML

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

Course Objectives

To understand the patterns of HTML and basic CSS for text formatting

To understand the structure and properties of building web sites with Tables

To understand how background images are created and used in Tables

To understand how to optimize photos for web sites

To understand how various types of links are created

Text: I recommend that you find a text that matches your version of Dreamweaver to use as a reference. The "on Demand" series is the best I have found to date.

Days	Class Description	Web References
1	Class Introductions and Basic HTML The process of working between an Editing Program and your Browser Basic HTML code - using the "old-fashioned" tags
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2	Introduction to Dreamweaver How to Introduce Dreamweaver to your Web Sites (Manage Sites) How Dreamweaver Links your Local and Remote Files Viewing your website files in Dreamweaver Text reference: Chapters 1 & 2
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3	Text Formatting What happens with Dreamweaver 8 when you apply text formatting How text formatting works with the various levels of CSS Formatting discussion Text reference: Chapter 3
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4	Introduction to Tables Example of Calendar Table Text reference: Chapter 6
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5	Introduction to PhotoShop An online tutorial	Example of a site with a simple lined background
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6	Preparing Photos for your Web Page Practice images	How to Prepare a Photo for your Website
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7	Lab Night Case study: how to define software specs and find appropriate software on the web
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8	Navigation 1 How to Create Different Types of Website Links Case study: download software and understand files
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9	Navigation 2 Case study: set up the software for your web site
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10	Lab Night
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