XHTML
Introduction
Hello, and welcome to our class on learning XHTML. This course will teach you the basics of how to create Web pages. During your time with this course, you will learn how to manage the details of putting together your first Web project, as well as finding resources for more information you can use after you are done.
The course is broken down into different topic modules that should be completed in the order they are presented. Each topic has been further broken down into several areas:
- Lecture notes
- Each topic is explained in a series of lecture notes. These pages (usually from 5 to 15 pages per topic) explain the content you need to learn with examples to help you get a feel for the topic that is being discussed.
- Questions
- There is a page with questions for each lecture topic. You should be able to answer the first set of review questions correctly just from what you have learned in the lecture notes. Write each question and answer out, and then check back with the lecture notes after to verify the answers.
The bonus questions are not required, but are presented to challenge the more adventurous students who wish to push themselves a little further. .
If there are exercises, they should be completed after the questions have been answered and verified with the lecture notes.
Requirements
Hardware
You do not need the latest and greatest hardware to create Web pages (although it sometimes makes it faster). In fact, all you need to do this course is a basic computer system with access to the Internet.
Software
During this course, the only software you will really need will be a text editor (Notepad, TextEdit, nano) to create your Web pages and a collection of Web browsers (Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer) to view them.
As you create your Web pages, make sure you test them out on as many different browsers and computers as you can. One thing you will notice is that your Web pages may look one way in Internet Explorer 6, but very different in Safari or Firefox.
When you are creating the Web pages and doing your examples, it is best to use a simple text editor (Notepad, TextEdit, nano), and not a word processor (Word, WordPerfect, WordPad). The word processors use special formatting control characters that will not work on the Internet.
Take your time and enjoy yourself! You are about to enter the world of creating Web pages!
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