Course Coverage

WebDesign

Number of sessions: Total 72 hrs for theory & practice.

Objectives: To be able to design simple websites and host them, understand various parameters that influence website design and hosting.

Target Audience: Undergraduates (Engineering, MCA and Arts/ Science streams) and working executives.

Prerequisites: Computer awareness. This is an entry-level course. Knowledge of any programming language is advantageous but not necessary.

Coverage

HTML: Font, sizing, linking, adding images,

Advanced HTML: forms, music, meta tags, tables, and frames,

DHTML - cascading style sheets, Netscape layers, resources.

Javascript: Need for javascript, versions, embedding javascript, javascript grammar, variables, data types, operators, statements, functions, objects, event handlers, rollovers, strings, arrays,

Photoshop: Advantages, using Photoshop CS, Opening, creating, importing, editing files,  importing images, working with selections, lasso tools, selecting a range of colors, modifying selections, channels, clipping path, layers, opacity and blending modes,  working with masks, painting and drawing, brush and pencil tools, photoshop and the web. 

Flash: Popularity – used for presentations, games, animation, images and movies for the web, publishing and exporting, modules for drawing, inking, Symbols and interactivity, adding sound to objects, animation in flash, shape tweening, motion tweening, concept of key frames, sequence and timing of frames, Action Scripting and working with other programs,

FrontPage: Introduction, Create a new page, colour, text, images, hyperlinks, tables, preview, website organization, style forms, data, reports and publishing.

Dreamweaver: Comparison with Frontpage, Dreamweaver interface, site management, creating pages, text, images, links, list, image maps, forms, tables, frames, behaviors, inserting media, templates and Dreamweaver and the web.  

Hosting Website: Webhosting providers, domain name registration, webhosting technologies, Databases for hosting, types of hosting (free/shared/dedicated), Ecommerce, Secure transactions and Payment Gateways.

Project: Design and host a website.