Introduction to HTML is a two-day course that provides developers with the skills necessary to create functional websites by utilizing HTML syntax.

Topics
Course Introduction
Understanding the World Wide Web
Understandig HTML Tags
Designing a website.
Enhancing Web Page Appearance
Creating Links
Adding Graphics and Special Effects
Using Lists and Horizontal Rules
Understanding HTML Standards and validation Working with Specialized Links and Images Creating and Formatting Tables Controlling Table Alignment and Cell Text Creating and Formatting Forms Understanding Server Side Includes Using Special Features in HTML

Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
Write clean and maintainable HTML code
Develop and deploy websites

Prerequisites
To gain the most from this class you should:
Posess experience using the World Wide Web in a Windows environment.

Course Outline
Getting Started
Publishing on the World Wide Web
Understanding How the Web Works
Understanding Uniform Resource Locators
Displaying a Page on the World Wide Web
Understanding HTML Documents
Understanding HTML Tags
Designing a Website
Planning a Website
Organizing a Website
Using Design and Style Guidelines
Using Basic HTML Formatting Elements
Creating an HTML Document
Adding Head and Title Tags
Using the Comment Tag
Understanding the Body Tag
Using Heading Tags
Using Paragraph Tags
Understanding Break Tags
Using the Preformatted Text Tag
Enhancing Web Page Appearance
Understanding Logical Style Tags
Using Physical Style Tags
Aligning Text
Using the Blockquote Tag
Controlling Font Size
Understanding the Superscript Tag
Creating Links in an HTML Document
Understanding Hypertext Links
Creating a Hypertext Link
Using the Named Anchor Tag
Linking to a Named Anchor Tag
Adding Graphics and Special Effects
Understanding Images
Using Inline Graphics
Aligning Images
Creating Hypergraphics
Understanding Background Color
Adding a Background Image Changing Text Color
Using the Blink Tag
Using Lists and Horizontal Rules
Understanding List Tags
Creating Lists
Adding a Horizontal Rule
Understanding HTML Standards and Validation
Understanding HTML Standards and Extensions
Validating HTML Code
Using the Web to Validate HTML Code
Working with Specialized Links and Images
Creating a Client Side Imagemap
Using the Mailto Tag - Optional
Creating a Download Link
Creating Tables
Understanding Tables and the Table Tag
Using the Table Border Attribute
Using the Table Row Tag
Using the Table Heading Tag
Using the Data Tag
Formatting Tables
Using the Cellpadding and Cellspacing Attributes
Adjusting Table Width
Adjusting Column Width
Using the Caption Tag
Controlling Table Alignment and Cell Text
Aligning a Table
Controlling Cells that Span Columns
Controlling Cells that Span Rows
Aligning Cell Contents
Controlling Text Wrapping
Creating Forms
Understanding Forms and the Form Tag
Using the Input Tag
Creating a Text Area Field
Formatting Forms
Using the Select Tag
Creating Checkboxes
Creating Radio Buttons
Creating Submit and Reset Buttons
Understanding CGI Scripts
Understanding the CGI Interface
Using CGI Scripts
Setting up CGI Scripts
Understanding Server Side Includes
Understanding SSI HTML Extensions
Understanding Basic SSI Commands
Using SSI with Specific Server Types
Using Special Features in HTML
Using the Meta tag
Including Character Entities
Providing Text Alternatives to Images
Incorporating Sound and Video