General

• Website structure and management
• Following standards – usability and
accessibility issues, essential page
elements and properties
• About web browsers

HTML/XHTML

• About XHTML – why you should use
current standards and how XHTML differs
from HTML
• Principles of HTML – element structure,
tags and properties
• Writing good HTML – rules and
• Conventions

Formatting

• Paragraphs and line breaks
• Heading tags
• Multiple spaces
• Special characters

Tables

• When and how to use tables
• Table properties

Images

• About web graphics – JPEG and GIF

• controlling image placement
• Setting Image properties via HTML

Hyperlinks

• Understanding document relative and
absolute paths, email, and external links
• Creating simple navigation for websites
• Using images as link buttons

Design and layout techniques

• Efficient and practical page design
• Working with Div tags for layout
• Controlling content width

Cascading Stylesheets

• Formatting text – changing typeface, size, and
colour

Beyond the basics

• Creating an enquiry form and linking to an
online script
• Adding a Google map
• Using Classes
• Setting Margins
• Setting background properties
• Units of measurement: Fixed and relative
• Hyperlink styles