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Course overview
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There are a lot of easy web editors available to help you make your own web pages, but this free HTML tutorial includes the HTML basics you need to make your web pages from scratch. In this course, you'll create your first web page with HTML and then publish it online. You'll also learn how to find the right HTML editor, work with website images and more.
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Current course sessions
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You can enrol at any time! |
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Jun 1, 2009 -
Oct 31, 2010 |
What you'll learn
- Understand how the web works and how HTML forms the foundation of most basic web pages
- Understand the fundamentals of building a page to post on the web
- Add links to make a web page useful and navigable
- Include images and multimedia in a web page
- Change the look and feel of web page text
- Publish your web page
Lessons
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Lesson 1:
HTML basics: the language of the web
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Get started by exploring the web—what it is, how it works and which languages it speaks (like HTML, for instance). You'll learn about the essentials you need to create a simple web page and which tools and software to try.
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Preview the first lesson
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Lesson 2:
HTML tutorial: document structure and text
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In this lesson, you'll take a tour of the building blocks of HTML. The core part of the lesson examines syntax and attributes, document structure and headings and paragraphs. These are technical names for the easy-to-use elements that make up a web page.
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Lesson 3:
Beyond plain text: images, text formatting and hyperlinks
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Once you have understood the basics, you can add some additional interest to your web page. In this lesson, you'll find out how to create a simple navigational system using hyperlinks, add images and control text colour, size and placement.
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Lesson 4:
Web publishing: putting your page online
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Publishing your web page is the final step. In this lesson, you'll learn how to find an ISP that's right for you. In addition, you'll explore hosting options (free and fee-based), take a look at space considerations and, finally, post your page.
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