Developing a Web Site

Course details

Functional and attractive Web sites are critical elements of success for most organizations. In order to stand out from the competition, a site must be aesthetically appealing as well as perform smoothly and efficiently. In this hands-on course, you gain the knowledge and practical skills you need to develop a Web site. You learn the fundamentals of HTML syntax and layout, creating effective Web pages, configuring a Web server and interfacing your Web site to databases.

Course Objectives:

• Establish, configure and maintain an intranet or Internet Web site
• Develop and publish Web pages using HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
• Optimize page styles and layout with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Configure a Web server
• Interface a Web site to a database for the dynamic storage and retrieval of data
• Produce dynamic Web pages using server-side and client-side scripts

Course Outlines:

An in-depth case study provides the hands-on skills to generate a dynamic Web site. Exercises include:

• Creating accessible, standards-based Web pages with HTML, XHTML and CSS
• Building, testing and refining your Web site
• Adding DHTML effects to Web pages
• Enhancing your Web page with images and image maps
• Configuring and testing a Web server
• Processing user requests and generating dynamic pages as the response
• Interfacing your Web site to a database
• Incorporating multimedia effects