Theme: Web Publishing & Management

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This VTC Training CD can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh.

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This VTC Training CD can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh. Dreamweaver provides facilities for Web site design and production. It is curently the only tool to offer Roundtrip HTML between visual and source editing for fast creation of great looking, cross browser Web sites. Features include advanced table editing, site management tools, Dream Templates, and extensibility.

Macromedia Flash MX is a tool for creating animated and interactive web content that is optimised for delivery. This VTC Training CD can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh.

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This introduction to programming Java applets includes tutorials on objects, classes, threads and events, and how to integrate Java applets into a Web site; some knowledge of programming is recommended. Unlike the Java Tutorial CD, it coves version JDK 1.1 (and is also a very different style).

This intermediate-level tutorial is a suitable follow-on from the Introduction to Programming Java Applets CD.

This tutorial explains Java programming using animated demos to illustrate concepts such as threads, controls and advanced API elements. Exercises are provided to test understanding of the material. Also included are a Java compiler, debugger and applet viewer, hints and tips on design, working lessons from the C and C++ tutorials, and a reference section of Java syntax and API structures. The book referred to is provided on the CD (Java eadme.txt, Javachaptersintroduction.txt etc).

This VTC Training CD (approx. 4 hours) can be used under Windows or on the Macintosh. JavaScript can be thought of as an extension to HTML; it provides facilities for pop-up windows, manipulating images, inserting digital clocks and counters etc.

This follows on from the Introduction to HTML and is a practical-based course.

This hands-on course will introduce cascading style sheets (CSS) and tables and show how they can (and should) be used effectively when creating web pages.

This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites.

Macromedia Dreamweaver is a powerful web creation tool that allows non-technical people to produce professional websites. This course provides a practical introduction for those that wish to use Dreamweaver to create web-pages and manage websites. It focuses on building a small website.

This is a practical-based course for people new to writing Web pages. Only the basics of HTML (hypertext markup language) will be covered, but there are other courses for those wishing to extend their knowledge. By the end of the course participants will have created three personal linked web pages.

The rendering time for web pages is dominated by the graphics on the page. This course teaches methods of preparing graphics so minimise information loss and maximise transfer and rendering efficiency. There is an opportuinity to try the methods using PhotoShop.

This course will introduce so-called web2.0 technologies, which are loosely centred around the push towards social networking. It will show how you are probably already participating and what else you might be interested in trying out.

When you write for the web you need to think differently. People dedicate very little time to reading a web page and so it is essential they see what they need and understand it with the minimum of difficulty. This short course aims to give you the skills to produce web pages that do just this.

This course will introduce XML (the Extensible Markup Language). The course will cover the use of XHTML 1.0 which is a reformulation of HTML 4.01 in XML. The course will also introduce and use XSL (the eXtensible Markup Language).

A set of 2-hour tutorials on CD-ROMs on web page authoring for Windows (not available on modern Macs). Note that hands-on exercises are not provided with this courseware, so that it is not necessary to have any special software installed.

This two-part course will describe good-practice aspects of designing, building and running a web site, and providing information on a web server. The requirements for providing accessible web pages, utilising the site-wide search engine on your web pages and liaising with a web design company are also covered.

In addition, Helen Sargan runs an "access/site design clinic" with information providers on a one-to-one basis: please contact her directly to make an appointment.

This Learning XML CD gives a brief (approx 1.5 hours) introduction to XML.