Web Page Basics

by

Marcus Ramsey

This class is designed for those who would like to create a Web Page. This class is also for those who have used their Word Processor to automatically creates HTML documents and would like to be able to improve on the result.

There are no prerequisites for this class. It begins with the basic concepts involved in creating a Web Page. The class then introduces the Student to the Hypertext Markup Language elements necessary to create a non-interactive Web Page.

The following is an outline of the material that will be taught.

Introduction

  • What is a Web Site
  • What is a Web Page
  • What is Hypertext Mark Up Language (HTML)

    • Getting Started

  • What you need
    1. Service Provider
    2. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
    3. Text Editing Software
    4. Graphic Processing Software

    HTML Concepts

  • Web Page Structure
    1. The Start of a page
    2. Heading Information
      1. Title Information
    3. The Main Body
    4. The End of a page

    How to make use of the Heading

  • Window Title Information
  • Information for Browsers

    • How to set up Text for the Web Page Body

  • How the Default Text will look
  • Adding some Pizzaz
    1. Backgrounds
    2. Controlling the Fonts
    3. Controlling Color
    4. Various ways to format the text

    How to set up Graphics for Web Presentation

    1. Image Format Basics
    2. Web Browsers and Color
    3. Loading Fast & Looking Great

    Important Common Gateway Interfaces (CGI) Concepts

    1. What is CGI
      1. How to get E-Mail from your Web Page
      2. Visitor Counters

    How to set up a Table

    1. Table Structure - Heading, Rows, Columns and Data
    2. Controlling Table Space
    3. Table Pizzaz

    Testing a Web Page

    1. Off line Testing
    2. On line Testing