Dynamic HTML

Duration:   2 days

Participants:   Advanced Web site developers with programming experience.

Objectives:   Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to: -  Apply various style sheet types to design Web pages. -  Use selector classes. -  Use DIV and SPAN tags with style sheet rules. -  Position elements on a page. -  Apply block properties. -  Apply font properties. -  Apply text properties. -  Use pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements. -  Apply contextual selectors. -  Use cascading styles to design a page. -  Use JavaScript to identify a user's browser. -  Link a user to a specific external style sheet.

Overview:   This course teaches you how to effectively design a web site using cascading style sheets and advanced HTML, as well as the ability to read and write complex HTML.

Prerequisites:   A working knowledge of HTML and Web Page Design, some database familiarity, and JavaScript programming experience required.

Format:   Lecture and discussion with hands-on exercises.

Topic Outline:   -  Dynamic HTML         Fundamentals of HTML Scripting         The Dynamic HTML Event Model         IE vs. Netscape         Scripting Individual Elements         Dynamic, Automated Page Templating         Interactive Tables Updated "In Place"         New Dynamic Forms and Intrinsic Control Features         Dynamic Styles         Dynamic Positioning         Dynamic Contents         Client-Side Data Binding to Controls         Absolute Positioning         Z-Order Layering, Visibility and Graphical Stacking         Browser and Document Object Model         Images         Scripts and Event Handling         Dynamic Font Control         TextRange Object & Content Manipulation         Advanced Caching and Pre-loading         Preserving Browser Compatibility -  Overview of Style Sheets         Designing with style sheets.  Concepts include:              Separating form and structure              Controlling page layout              Bandwidth-friendliness              Limitations of              Design guidelines              Easy to maintain large sites              Current support              Advantages and disadvantages              Style sheet types              Developing for an Intranet vs the Internet -  Creating Rules         Setting up rules         Using class selectors         DIV and SPAN         Linking to an external style sheet -  Styling with Text and Font Properties -  Colors and Backgrounds -  Box Properties  (or Layout Properties)         Margins and padding, Floating elements, Borders         Styling Lists -  The Cascade -  Conflicting Rules -  Positioning  (CSS-P)         Absolute and relative positioning         Clip and overflow         Stacking objects with z-index -  Preparing for the Next Iteration of Browsers         CSS level two         Browser support         XML and XSL

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