Web Authoring: HTML - Advanced Topics & Photo Optimisation (Level 3) Prerequisites
This is a practical-based course for people familiar with coding simple HTML and CSS. By the end of the course participants will have adapted three personal linked web pages to introduce some advanced features. Additionally, course participants will learn how to optimise graphics and photos for web use and have the opportunity to publish their finished website using DS-Web.
- All current University members (departments and colleges)
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available
It is essential that those attending are familiar with the basics of using HTML and CSS as covered on
- Web Authoring: HTML - For Beginners (Level 1)
- Web Authoring: HTML - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for Beginners (Level 2)
Number of sessions: 1
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainers | |
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1 | Tue 25 Oct 2016 09:30 - 13:00 | 09:30 - 13:00 | Phoenix Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site | map | Lynn Foot, Barnabas Baggs |
- Webpage optimisation and rendering times
- Search Engine optimisation
- Choice of image format (JPEG, PNG, GIF etc.)
- Photo optimisation (size, resolution, colour depth and compression)
- Aliasing and Dithering
- Image manipulation using HTML & CSS
- Advanced use of tables (columns, headers and footers)
- Forms
- Embedding video, audio
- Media queries for responsive design
- Conditional comments to provide support for older versions of IE
- Accessibility
- Introducing the HTML5 Canvas
- Uploading your personal web pages to DS-Web
Presentation followed by practical work
Notepad++, Internet Explorer, Firefox and a number of photo manipulation utilities on MCS Windows
- The practical work will be done on PCs unless otherwise specified, although the course is platform independent and therefore suitable also for Mac and Linux users.
- If you would like to take away a copy of the Web page you create, please bring a USB memory stick. If you can logon to your MCS account, you will have an opportunity to set up your Web pages using DS-Web on that account.
One half day session
- Web Authoring: HTML - For Beginners (Level 1)
- Web Authoring: HTML - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for Beginners (Level 2)
- Web Authoring: Java Script for Beginners (Level 3)
- Web Authoring: Dreamweaver CC Introduction
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