Web Site Design: html and xhtml

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• XHTML

Using a text editor like notepad and hand coding html is the best way to gain the skills necessary for being able to make changes while using a Site Management code generator like Dreamweaver. Learning the basics, you are able to change your code and represent the latests standards.

XHTML is a combination of XML and HTML. Standardization will promote accessibility of Internet for all people.

Building a Web Site:

Web page creation is more than just writing html code. Use a project plan and systematically create a site. Follow standards for accessibility and use the lastest level of code guidelines.

• Build Web Site http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/webpubl.html

• Online Companion xhtml and html http://www.course.com/np/html/index.cfm

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• Links for xhtml and html tutorials and lessons

Some of these tutorials are working with older level html but they show you how the code is written and can help you get started. Use the latest level code.

• XHTML tutorials http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.asp

• XHTML tutorials and tips from Website Tips http://www.websitetips.com/xhtml/

• HTML Examples http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp

• Basics of html http://www.activejump.com/

• Introduction to HTML http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp

• Boogie Jack explains web site design easily http://www.boogiejack.com/html_tutorials.html

• Web Monkey HTML http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/html_basics/

• Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/lessons.html

• Other online tutorial sources

• W3schools Web Developer site http://www.w3schools.com/

• Lynda Weinman - quicktime tutorials . Worth paying the $25/month. Need a high speed line. Plan ahead. Highly recommended. http://www.lynda.com

• Color codes

• Browser Safe Colors Article http://www.lynda.com/hex.html

• 216 Web Safe Colors

• html color codes http://html-color-codes.com  

• Organizations

• Certified Internet Webmaster http://www.ciwcertified.com

• International Webmaster Asssociation http://www.iwanet.org/index.html

• Graphic Artist Guild http://www.gag.org/

• Society of Technical Communications http://www.stc.org/

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