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CIS 2211 – Web Site Design Tools

Course Description:

Web Site Design Tools teaches an understanding of how to create and manage impressive s using the sizeable amounts of new technology available on the Web.  Students will learn to create web sites using various web tools such as (but not limited to) Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, HXTML. XML, Dynamic HTML, and various multimedia and CSS standards.  Topics include compare and contrast different web site design tools, design web pages using FrontPage, NetObjects, and Image Composer web site design tools, develop basic layout skills, create shared borders, tables, hyperlinks, and forms, utilize advanced image techniques, connect a web site to a database, publish and manage a web site

 

Competency Areas:

Hours:

Compare and contrast different web site design tools

Class

4

Design web pages using web design tools

D. Lab

4

Develop basic layout skills

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Create shared borders, tables, hyperlinks, and forms

Credit

6

Utilize advanced image techniques

 

 

Connect a web site to a database

 

 

Publish and manage a web site

 

 

 

Prerequisite: CIS 2202 and (CIS 1104 or CIS 1108)

Corequisite:

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST DIFFERENT WEB SITE DESIGN TOOLS

6

6

0

 

Web Design with FrontPage

 

 

 

 

Stylesheets, Themes and Importing HTML in FrontPage

 

 

 

 

Shared Borders, Tables, and Hyperlinks in FrontPage

 

 

 

 

Web Design with NetObjects Fusion

 

 

 

 

Templates, Styles and Importing HTML with Fusion

 

 

 

 

Master Borders in Fusion

 

 

 

 

Page Layout in Fusion

 

 

 

 

Allaire HomeSite

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Image Composer

 

 

 

 

JASC Paint Shop Pro

 

 

 

DESIGN WEB PAGES USING WEB DESIGN TOOLS

8

8

0

 

Active Elements

 

 

 

 

ActiveX Controls

 

 

 

 

Visual Basic Script

 

 

 

 

JavaScript

 

 

 

 

Java Applets

 

 

 

 

Plug-ins

 

 

 

 

Using Themes

 

 

 

 

Importing Existing HTML

 

 

 

 

Page Transitions

 

 

 

 

Stylesheets and Cascading Style Sheets

 

 

 

DEVELOP BASIC LAYOUT SKILLS

4

4

0

 

Starting a New Web

 

 

 

 

Basic Layout Skills

 

 

 

CREATE SHARED BORDERS, TABLES, HYPERLINKS, AND FORMS

8

8

0

 

Shared Borders vs. Frames

 

 

 

 

Incorporating Frames

 

 

 

 

Tables

 

 

 

 

Understanding Form Elements

 

 

 

 

Uses of Forms on the Web

 

 

 

 

Handling Form Input

 

 

 

UTILIZE ADVANCED IMAGE TECHNIQUES

5

5

0

 

Image Type and Conversion

 

 

 

 

Images Dialog Box

 

 

 

 

Advanced Image Techniques

 

 

 

 

Image Maps

 

 

 

 

Audio and Video

 

 

 

 

Integration with Microsoft Office

 

 

 

CONNECT A WEB SITE TO A DATABASE

5

5

0

 

Connecting Your Site to a Database

 

 

 

 

Using the Database Connectivity Wizard

 

 

 

 

Creating an ODBC Data Source Name

 

 

 

PUBLISH AND MANAGE A WEB SITE

4

4

0

 

Web Site Management

 

 

 

 

Tasks View

 

 

 

 

Cross-Web Spelling Checker

 

 

 

 

Cross-Web Find

 

 

 

 

Replace

 

 

 

 

Verify Hyperlinks

 

 

 

 

Recalculating Links

 

 

 

 

Permissions

 

 

 

 

FrontPage Server Administration

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books:

 

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Hands-On Training, ISBN: 0321293894, Short, Green, Peachpit Press

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004—Design Professional, ISBN: 0619188383, Bishop, Course Technology

New Perspectives on Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Comprehensive, ISBN: 1-4188-3922-1, Hart, Geller, Course Technology

New Perspectives on Macromedia Dreamweaver MX – Introductory, ISBN: 0-619-10117-2, Geller, Hart, Course Technology

New Perspectives on Microsoft FrontPage 2003, Comprehensive, ISBN: 0-619-26805-0, Evans, Course Technology