HTML

HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is the language of the web

• HTML basics
  1. What is HTML?
     • Versions of HTML
  2. HTML editors — tools for creating HTML documents
  3. Creating an HTML document
     • Basic structure of an HTML document
     • Understanding elements
     • Understanding attributes
  4. Displaying an HTML Document
  5. Adding comments in HTML
  6. Making your HTML code readable
     • Spacing and breaks in HTML
     • Avoiding unnecessary space in HTML
• Working with text
  1. Creating a paragraph
  2. Text alignment with the align attribute
  3. Working with character tags: logical and physical
  4. Creating headings
  5. HTML lists
     1. Unordered list (bulleted list)
     2. Ordered list (numbered list)
     3. Definition list
     4. Nesting lists
  6. Line breaks
  7. Preformat text
  8. Quotation blocks
  9. Alter the Face, Size and Color of text with the <font> tag
     • Controlling the font size with the <font> tag
     • Changing the font color with the <font> tag
     • Changing the font face with the <font> tag
     • Combining <font> tag attributes
  10. Horizontal rules
• Specifying Metadata
  1. Meta tag attributes
  2. HTML meta tags: keywords and description
  3. Robot exclusion
     • robots.txt file
     • Robot control with <meta> tag
  4. Document caching with <meta> tag
  5. Page reload (client-pull)
  6. Search engine optimization
• Adding hyperlinks
  • Understanding URLs
  • Relative link (linking local pages using relative file names)
  • Absolute link (linking to local or extrenal pages using absolute file names)
  • Reference link (linking to specific locations or sections of a page)
  • Email link (linking to an email address)
  • Customizing links
    • Changing link colors
    • Setting link title
    • Setting tab order of links
    • Adding keyboard shortcuts to links
• Inserting graphics
  • Image file formats
  • ALT property
  • Controlling image size
  • Image border
  • Controlling image alignment
    • Vertical alignment
    • Horizontal alignment
  • Controlling vertical and horizontal space
• Creating imagemaps
  • Creating a rectangular hotspot
  • Creating a circular hotspot
  • Creating a polygonal hotspot
• Adding tables
  • Controlling cell spacing
  • Controlling cell padding
  • Modifying table background color
  • Controlling table placement with the align property
  • Controlling the placement of text within a table
  • Spanning rows and columns
    • Spanning rows: Rowspan
    • Spanning columns: Colspan
    • Using rowspan and colspan in a single cell
• Working with forms
  • Creating web page forms
    • Creating the form tag
    • Creating an input (text) box
    • Creating a password box
    • Creating radio buttons
    • Creating check boxes
    • Creating selection lists
    • Creating multi-line text areas
  • Form processing
• HTML reference pages
  • Introduction to inserting entities (special characters)
    • A complete list of common entities
    • Inserting Greek letters
  • Quick HTML tags reference
  • Attributes reference
  • HTML extended color names
  • Glossary - common HTML terms
  • HTML frequently asked questions
  • Language codes