X203 Website Structure / Web Server Basics
Directory structures on a web server; Paths to the public website directory; Paths to script directories; Other server configuration files.
The basics of Editing, Saving, and Naming text based files on your computer. In some cases the principles also apply to the management of other file types and also to files residing remotely.
X110 File Transfer, FTP Clients
The basics of File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and use of an FTP Client in order to transfer files from your computer to the remote web server. This course will also explain the two file transfer types, ascii and binary.
X215 Basic HTML & Structure of a Web Page
- Document Elements, Overview of Tags, Head Elements, Body Elements, Inline and Block Elements
- Formatting Text Headings and Paragraphs, Horizontal Rules
- Hypertext Links and Anchors, Paths
- Usage of Tables and Lists
- Embedding Images
- Basic Use of Colours, Hex and RGB codes
- Basic Use of Frames
- Putting It All Together: Creating A Template
- Overview of Simple Form Elements,
- Overview of Scripting
- Special Characters and HTML entities
X235 Standards and Accessibility
Covers W3C HTML standards and basics of providing accessible pages to meet legal guidelines.
X240 Document Types & Validation
Covering different document types such as HTML, XHTML, and XML, how to choose your formats and how to test their validity.
X303 Introduction to CSS, Basic Styling
Basic styling of a web page with Cascading Style Sheets, using CSS positioning, font styles, changing the document appearance for other media such as handhelds and printing.
X245 SEO - Search Engines and Optimising Pages
Submitting to Directories, Fine Tuning Meta Data and Content, Robot.txt Usage
X250 Web Site Management Basics
Hosting, Server Operating Systems, Domains, Nameservers and DNS
X255 Website Security and Good Practice
Keeping your website secure, preventing attacks and keeping scripts updated.
