HTML and Web Design Training Guides

California State University Northridge is offering the following HTML and Web Design Training Guides on their self-study training web site. These will help you get started with creating web pages, learning how to code HTML, and also help you think about your web site design strategy, guiding you on style, purpose, and organization.


HTML: Beginner's Guide

This document provides basic instructions for coding in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to create a Web page (an HTML file) on your desktop computer.

Introduction

• Creating a Web Page
• Publishing Your Web Page
• Additional Information

Creating an HTML File

• Before You Begin
• Open a Text Editor and Get Started
• Coding Your File 
• Required Codes
• Quick Formatting
• Other Formatting Tags 
• Breaks
• Headings
• Lists
• Links
• Coding Samples

Saving & Viewing Your HTML File

• Saving Your Document
• Viewing Your Document

Updating (Revising) a Web Page
Style Suggestions
How to Learn More About HTML
Appendix: Sample HTML-Coded Documents


Design and Accessibility

Designing an Effective Web Page

A Web page is a place people visit to obtain information. Web pages can be informational (such as those maintained by CSUN organizations such as University departments) or personal  (as in the case of individuals who wish to communicate something about their own backgrounds and interests). For a business Web page, there may be an interest in marketing products or services. 

When you design a Web page, think about such things as purpose, organization, and style, as well as copyright laws and plagiarism. Making your pages readable to all who view them is also important (see next section).


How to Make Your Web Pages ADA Compliant

Some Accessibility Suggestions

Following are some general suggestions for helping to make your pages readable to all who view them. 

Hearing Access
Visual Access
Mobility Access
Cognitive Access
The Text-Only Alternative
Other Sources
Questions?