From HTML to XHTML and Beyond: XHTML Coding for e-Commerce I Teachers

Career-Technical Education Summer Conference 2006
Business & Information Technology Education
Pre-Conference Sessions
Monday, July 17, 2006; 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Joseph S. Koury Convention Center
The Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons, Greensboro, NC, USA

Topics

• Introduction to XHTML including step-by-step instructions from the ground up
• XHTML compared and contrasted with HTML
• Brief History of Markup Languages including SGML, HTML, XML
• Common mistakes
• Summary of Coding Rules for both HTML and XHTML
• The use of helper programs including Notepad, Textpad, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, and Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Books, Reference Materials, etc.
• Brief summary of Firefox Features and Extensions including Web Developer and Color-Coded Page Source
• The basic structure of a web page
• Tags, RGB Hexadecimal Color Codes, Entities, and Extensions including JavaScript and Stylesheets
• Standards, Accessibility, www.usability.gov Guidelines, and Browser Wars
• Lots and lots of hands-on examples

Downloads

• ‘From HTML to XHTML and Beyond’ Presentation (PPT)
• 15 HTML Questions (PDF)
• 7 Rules of XHTML (DOC)
• XHTML Scenario Answers (PDF)