So, I need to write a syllabus by next week
for a basic html course.

Do I do 4.01, or xhtml + basic css? 20 hours class time roughly.

For those of you who have no idea what html is, would you want basic notions of good practice first, or just wade in with how to make "Hello World" appear in a table with a picture of a dog next to it?
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:47, archived)

4.01 + css
Don't mention <font> etc, but stick with 4.01 which is far more forgiving than xhtml.
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:48, archived)

But is deprecated.
Hrm. I just think CSS is a bit of a can of worms for only 20 hours of classtime.
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:53, archived)

4.01 isn't deprecated, shirley?
Xhtml support is patchy at best. You have to serve it with a content-type of text/html to make ie render it properly, which is wrong (if you're being anal).

xhtml and 4.01 strict are semantically very close, but 4.01 permits unclosed tags and forgives case errors, quoting inconsistencies etc.

Gah, you made me think, you bastard. *necks pint*
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:59, archived)

Basic notions of good practice

is good.
( diffy maybs, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:49, archived)

This.

( King Ralph is drunk, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:50, archived)

xhtml + css, it's the future...
no point writing about 4.01 anymore!
( King Ralph is drunk, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:49, archived)

Buggrit,
teach the bastards docbook + XSLT!

/learning xslt blog
( N3d, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:50, archived)

just give them the basics
[head]
[title]
[font] and a brief intro to hex numbers
[center] vs [div]
and obviously [a href] and [img etc]

edit: 20 hours!! It took me less time than that to write this: freespace.virgin.net/eldon.drive/publicgallery1.html
and that's in Notepad with absolutely no help or experience

ok, I realise it's crap
( Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:50, archived)

Then fill it with comic sans
and lots of .gif files of burning torches
( ArthurTheRat, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:52, archived)

Why do gingers

always have to mention flames?
( diffy maybs, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:54, archived)

Heh, there was a great design
on the CSS Zen Garden, which was '90s design' with animated gif, 'Under construction' signs, etc.. quality.
(pseudosocrates, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 19:56, archived)