WEB 1001: Introduction to Web Design

by Kamran Ayub

Welcome. This is your online resource for the seminar, "Web 1001: Introduction to Web Design." Here you will find the syllabus and assignments in case you misplace them.

In this seminar students will learn:

• How to use HTML and XHTML to make a web page.
• How to use CSS to style elements.
• How to use CSS to position elements.
• How to create valid XHTML/CSS markup.
• How to embed objects.
• Good coding ethics.
• Awareness of usability and accessibility concerns.
• How to publish a website.
• What the difference is between server-side coding and client-side coding.

Syllabus

Download the WEB 1001 Syllabus (PDF)

Assignments

• Assignment 1
• Assignment 2
• Assignment 3
• Assignment 4
• Assignment 5

Presentations

• Presentation Day 1
• Presentation Day 2
• Presentation Day 3
• Presentation Day 4
• Presentation Day 5
• Presentation Day 6

Reference

Day 2

• Good Coding Ethics (Source Code)
• Bad Coding Ethics (Source Code)
• Nestled Tags (Source Code)
• Structure (Source Code)

Day 3

• HTML Comments (Source Code)
• Divisions (Source Code)
• Images (Source Code)
• Links (Source Code)
• Tables (Source Code)

Day 4

• Background styles (Source Code)
• Inline CSS (Source Code)
• Cascading styles (Source Code)
• More styles (Source Code)

Day 5

• Navigation side bar (Source Code)
• CSS Styles (Source Code)
• Sample CSS Site
• Sample CSS Site Hints and Tricks
• Sample CSS Site
• Sample CSS Site (No CSS)
• Sample Site CSS

Browsers

• Get the Firefox Browser
• Get the Opera Browser

Recommended Sites

Need help? These sites are useful to visit.

• A List Apart
• W3C Validator, be sure to select XHTML as the doctype
• SitePoint
• WebMonkey
• YourHtmlSource
• HTML Goodies