25% Off One Full Year
Anatomy of a Web SiteDo It YourselfDrive Traffic to Your Site

Anatomy of a Web Site

It’s the prerequisite for the rest of your Web site education. Learn to identify the different parts that together make a Web site tick.

Do It Yourself

With a little bit of patience and a lot of research, you can build your own Web site. We can help you with the research.

Drive Traffic to Your Site

Learn how to mix marketing prowess with technical savvy to get your Web site in front of your target audience and maximize conversions.


Write Your Own Code

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

Programming is what distinguishes the Web from print materials by allowing users to interact with the content. You can program a page using programming languages, sets of rules or instructions that tell the computer to produce a particular result. Scripting languages are high-level programming languages processed at run-time. You can use them to create dynamic features on your Web pages. continue »

Hypertext Markup Language

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

HTML is the language that creates a framework of a Web page, telling a browser how to display everything from text to images and even other scripts. While you can use a WYSIWYG editor to write your HTML code for you, anyone interested in Web programming should start with a good understanding of how to write HTML from scratch. continue »

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

XHTML is a programming language that replaces HTML as the framework of a Web page. But, to begin learning XHTML, you need a good understanding of HTML. It is a very close copy of HTML, but has stricter rules, making it more adaptable to various platforms. continue »

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

PHP is a scripting language embedded into HTML Web pages to create dynamic features. When your Internet browser requests a Web page with PHP components, the PHP code runs on the server and generates a Web page with unique content. That customized Web page is sent to your browser. continue »

JavaScript

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

JavaScript is a widely used scripting language embedded directly into HTML code. It allows you to enhance your Web site with interactive extras. Used alone or with other programming languages, JavaScript can help you create a polished and interactive Web site. continue »

How to Create a Style Sheet

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

Learn how to create your first style sheet with these step-by-step instructions. continue »

What Are Cascading Style Sheets?

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

Cascading style sheets (CSS) were developed in the mid- to late-1990s to give Web designers more control over the look of their Web pages. continue »

Applying Your Style Sheet to a Web Page

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

There are several different ways you can apply a style sheet to your Web site. The method you choose will depend on the goals you set and what you’re looking to change. Each of the following types of style sheets apply to your Web pages in unique ways. continue »

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

SQL is the most commonly used programming language that requests and manipulates information from database management systems. continue »

Active Server Pages

Do It Yourself, Write Your Own Code

ASP is Microsoft’s interface for creating dynamic, interactive Web pages. An Active Server Page is an HTML Web page that contains codes written in interactive scripting languages embedded in the HTML. The Web server processes those codes, generating custom content on the Web page. The custom Web page is then returned to your browser as a regular HTML document. continue »