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HTML and Web Standards for Beginners

Our one day HTML and Web Standards course will take you from absolute beginner to confident HTML editor in one day. It is an ideal introduction to web design and development and can be taken alone or prior to taking our Beginners CSS course.

Who is the course for?

This is a beginner level course and does not assume any understanding of the web or HTML. Course attendees should however have basic computer knowledge. This course is useful for:

  • People who have used a WYSIWYG editor to create web pages but want a real understanding of how to create pages by hand
  • Those who need to edit pages using HTML for a Content Management System
  • Those who wish to begin learning the basics of web design

What will you learn?

The course is hands on and practical, with explanations backed by a series of exercises to complete. You will be able to take away the starting points and solutions to these exercises as a reminder of the skills you have learned. There will be time to ask questions.

We will cover:

  • The parts of a web page
  • Difference between HTML and XHTML
  • Understanding the upcoming HTML 5
  • Anatomy of an HTTP Request – how a web page gets to the browser
  • Strict and Transitional document types
  • Where server-side code such as PHP, ASP or Java fits in
  • A basic html page
    • The html, head and body elements
    • The head in detail
    • The body – common elements for text mark-up
    • Nesting elements correctly
    • Block and Inline elements
  • Validating your documents
  • Blockquotes
  • Introducing attributes
  • HTML Entities and encoding
  • Lists
  • Tables for data
  • Forms
  • Separation of document structure and content from presentation
  • Semantics and mark-up
  • The basics of progressive enhancement – how to use JavaScript well
  • Microformats
  • Troubleshooting and further resources
  • Accessibility basics
  • SEO best practices

Where is the course held?

Public courses are held at The Moor Hall Conference Centre, Cookham nr. Maidenhead. Moor Hall has plenty of on-site, free parking, if you are coming via public transport then the centre is a short walk or cab ride from Cookham railway station. Change at Maidenhead (trains from Paddington, Reading, Oxford and the South West) for Cookham.

When is the course running?

We do not currently have an open course date scheduled. We are always happy to visit your company to run this as an in-house training course..

What will it cost?

The cost per delegate is £350 + VAT. This includes refreshments throughout the day and a buffet lunch. There will be a ratio of 5 delegates to one instructor so there will be plenty of help and assistance available.

For in-house courses presented at your offices the cost is £800 + VAT per instructor per day + instructor expenses billed at cost (for example travel and a hotel room should the course be further than commutable distance from Maidenhead, UK). As our courses are very hands on and practical, we would advise that should you have up to 6 delegates to train, one instructor would be a suitable ratio, should you have more than 6 delegates you would require an additional instructor.

We can run this course as a one day course or as two days in conjunction with our CSS Beginners course, giving a full introduction to standards based, modern web development.

What should I bring?

For open courses delegates should bring their own laptop computer which can be running any Operating System. You should also have installed a text editor that you are confident using. There will be Wireless Internet access available to all delegates.

In-house we require all delegates to have a computer and text editor as above, we will also require access to a projector.

How do I book?

We do not currently have an open course scheduled. If you would like to request further details about in-house training please contact us.