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CIW: Web Design Specialist (1D0-520)

(1D0-520) / ISBN: 9781616917067
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CIW: Web Design Specialist (1D0-520)

Start your prep for the CIW 1D0-520 certification exam with the CIW Web Design Specialist course. The course focuses on the 1D0-520 exam objectives and covers topics like site development essentials, web design elements, basic and advanced web technologies; website development process, website accessibility and usability; navigation concepts, and many more. The course is best suited for professionals willing to start a career in the field of web designing.
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The CIW Web Design Specialist certification is a vendor-neutral, industry-recognized credential designed for IT professionals to demonstrate their web designing skills. The exam is a part of the CIW Web and Mobile Design series certification. It validates your expertise in designing and publishing websites including extensible HTML, and extended technologies, image files, GUI site development applications, site publishing and maintenance, and many more.

Lessons
  • 34+ Lessons
  • 989+ Quizzes
  • 74+ Flashcards
  • 74+ Glossary of terms
TestPrep
  • 70+ Pre Assessment Questions
  • 4+ Full Length Tests
  • 311+ Post Assessment Questions
  • 280+ Practice Test Questions
LiveLab (Add-on)
  • 115+ LiveLab
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Lesson 1: Overview of Web Design Concepts
  • Web Technology
  • The Nature of the Web
  • Web Design Concepts
  • New Technologies
  • Evaluating Your XHTML Skills
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 2: Web Development Teams
  • Web Teams and Tasks
  • Web Project Management
  • Web Project Collaboration
  • Your Web Design Portfolio
  • Your Web Design Business
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 3: Web Project Management Fundamentals
  • Web Project Management Phases
  • Project Documentation and Communication
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 4: Web Site Development Process
  • Bottom-Up Approach to Web Development
  • Understanding the Business Process
  • Defining a Web Site Vision
  • From Vision to Strategy
  • Web Site Specifications
  • The Metaphor
  • Mystery Meat Navigation
  • The Mindmapping Process
  • Creating a Web Site Wireframe
  • Creating a Web Page Wireframe
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 5: Web Page Layout and Elements
  • Web Users and Site Design
  • Effective Web Page Layout
  • Branding and the Web
  • Color and Web Design
  • Fonts and Web Design
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 6: Web Site Usability and Accessibility
  • Audience Usability and Accessibility
  • Defining Usability
  • Web Site Usability Testing
  • Web Page Accessibility
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 7: Browsers
  • Browsers and Navigation
  • Browsers and Design Considerations
  • Browser Adoption
  • Major, Minor and Alternative Browsers
  • Creating Aliases with TinyURL
  • Utilizing CAPTCHA
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 8: Navigation Concepts
  • Why Is Navigation Critical?
  • Primary and Secondary Navigation
  • Navigation Hierarchy
  • Site Structure, URLs and File Names
  • Familiar Navigation Conventions
  • Guided Navigation
  • Navigation Action Plan
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 9: Web Graphics
  • Web Site Images
  • Digital Imaging Concepts
  • Raster vs. Vector Graphics
  • Graphics Applications
  • Image File Formats
  • Creating and Optimizing Images
  • Essential Graphic Design Concepts
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 10: Multimedia and the Web
  • Multimedia and Web Sites
  • Current Multimedia Capabilities
  • Animation and the Web
  • Audio and the Web
  • Video and the Web
  • Goals of a Multimedia Site
  • Multimedia Site Design Basics
  • User Interaction
  • Selecting Multimedia Elements
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 11: Ethical and Legal Issues in Web Development
  • Ethics and Law in Web Development
  • Ethical Issues and the Web
  • Legal Issues and the Web
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 12: HTML and the Evolution of Markup
  • Function of Markup Languages
  • SGML: A Short History
  • What Is HTML?
  • HTML Goals
  • The HTML Standard
  • HTML 1.0 and 2.0
  • HTML 3.0 and 3.2
  • HTML 4.0 and 4.01
  • Separating Format from Structure in HTML
  • Extensible HTML (XHTML)
  • Reference Sites for Web Developers
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 13: XML and XHTML
  • What Is XML?
  • XML Goals
  • What Is an XML Document?
  • Rules for Well-Formed XML
  • HTML Transition to XML
  • What Is XHTML?
  • Applying a Single Standard Consistently
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 14: Web Page Structure — Tables and Framesets
  • Creating Structure with X/HTML Tables
  • Diagramming a Basic X/HTML Table
  • Borderless Web Page Structure
  • X/HTML Frames and Framesets
  • The X/HTML <frameset> Tag
  • The X/HTML <frame> Tag
  • Targeting Hyperlinks in X/HTML
  • The X/HTML <noframes> Tag
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 15: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Style Sheets
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Defining and Using Styles
  • Changeable Style Attributes
  • Style Guides
  • Changes from CSS1 to CSS2
  • Page Layout with CSS
  • The CSS Box Model
  • Document Flow and Positioning
  • CSS Positioning Schemes
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 16: Site Content and Metadata
  • Written Web Site Content
  • Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Metadata
  • The <meta> Tag and Document Identification
  • The <meta> Tag and Search Engines
  • The <meta> Tag and Delayed File Change
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 17: Site Development with Microsoft Expression Web 4 — Introduction
  • The Transition from FrontPage
  • Microsoft Expression Web 4
  • Expression Web Views
  • Expression Web Menus and Toolbars
  • Opening Web Sites and Files in Expression Web
  • Developing W3C-Compliant Code with Expression Web
  • Lesson Summary
Lesson 18: Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Basic Features
  • Page Layout Options in Expression Web
  • Creating a New Web Site Using Expression Web
  • Page Layout with CSS
  • Inserting Images with Expression Web
  • Creating Hyperlinks with Expression Web
  • Creating Image Maps with Expression Web
  • Creating Navigation Bars Using CSS
  • Expression Web's Dynamic Web Templates
  • Pasting Formatted Text with Expression Web
  • Pasting X/HTML content with Expression Web
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 19: Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Advanced Features
  • Expression Web Styles
  • Adding Interactivity to Web Pages
  • Creating Web Forms with Expression Web
  • Connecting to Databases
  • Expression Web Reports
  • Options for Replacing Old Webbots
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 20: Site Development with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 — Introduction
  • Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
  • Dreamweaver Layout Options
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 21: Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Basic Features
  • Page Layout in Dreamweaver
  • Creating Image Maps in Dreamweaver
  • Creating Templates in Dreamweaver
  • Importing Content in Dreamweaver
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 22: Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Advanced Features
  • Rollover Images in Dreamweaver
  • Dreamweaver Web Forms
  • Dreamweaver Behaviors
  • Dreamweaver Assets and Library
  • Editing X/HTML in Dreamweaver
  • Jump Menus in Dreamweaver
  • Site Search Forms in Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Exchange
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 23: Creating Web Pages Using Open-Source Tools
  • Open-Source GUI Editors
  • GUI HTML Editors vs. Text Editors
  • Open-Source Text Editors
  • Creating a Static Web Page
  • Using Templates
  • Checking Spelling
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 24: Image Editing with Adobe Fireworks CS6
  • Adobe Fireworks CS6
  • Creating an Image Document in Fireworks
  • Adding Text to Images in Fireworks
  • Cropping Images in Fireworks
  • Image Layers in Fireworks
  • Image States in Fireworks
  • Transparent Images in Fireworks
  • Image Slices in Fireworks
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 25: Multimedia with Adobe Flash Professional CS6
  • The History of Flash
  • Flash Technology Features
  • Developing with Flash
  • Flash Shapes
  • Color and Fills in Flash
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 26: Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Timeline, Layers, Symbols and Buttons
  • Flash Timeline
  • Flash Layers
  • Saving and Publishing Flash Movies
  • Flash Symbols
  • Flash Buttons
  • Customizing the Flash Library
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 27: Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Tweens
  • Flash Tweens
  • Motion Tweens in Flash
  • Shape Tweens in Flash
  • Tweening Text in Flash
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 28: Multimedia with Flash Professional CS6 — Movie Clips
  • Flash Movie Clips
  • Adding Sound to Flash Files
  • Adding Flash Movies to X/HTML Files
  • Testing for the Flash Player Plug-In
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 29: Multimedia withFlash Professional CS6 — ActionScript, Masks and Practical Uses
  • Flash ActionScript
  • Mask Layers in Flash
  • Using SWF and SVG Files on the Web
  • Flash and Accessibility
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 30: JavaScript and DHTML Fundamentals
  • Why Script?
  • JavaScript and Common Programming Concepts
  • What Is JavaScript?
  • JavaScript vs. Other Languages
  • Embedding JavaScript into X/HTML
  • Using JavaScript to Communicate with the User
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Using JavaScript for Browser Detection
  • Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab
Lesson 31: Plug-Ins and Java Applets
  • Plug-In Technology
  • Plug-In Installation
  • Adobe Shockwave and Flash Players
  • Adobe Reader
  • RealNetworks RealPlayer
  • Rich Media Content
  • Creating a Downloadable File
  • Introduction to Java
  • Java Applets
  • Applets and Animation
  • Applet Authoring Tools and Resources
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 32: HTTP Servers and Web Applications
  • What Is an HTTP Server?
  • Accessing Servers and Services
  • Basic HTTP Server Administration
  • Server-Side Technologies
  • Web Servers and Cookies
  • Enabling, Disabling and Deleting Cookies
  • Setting Cookie Files
  • XML and Web Applications
  • Syndicated Feeds
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 33: Databases
  • Web Design and Databases
  • Database Anatomy
  • Database Queries
  • Database Management System (DBMS)
  • Connecting Web Pages to Databases
  • Database Tools, Products and Programs
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional Lab
Lesson 34: Web Site Publishing and Maintenance
  • Web Site Testing
  • Web Site Publishing
  • Web Site Hosting
  • Web Publishing with an FTP Client
  • Web Publishing with Expression Web
  • Web Publishing with Dreamweaver
  • Comparing Web Publishing Tools
  • Maintaining Web Sites
  • Web Server and Web Site Security
  • Lesson Summary
  • Optional lab

Hands on Activities (Live Labs)

Overview of Web Design Concepts

  • Creating a Basic Web Page in XHTML
  • Practicing XHTML Skills by Creating a Basic Web Page

Web Development Teams

  • Creating a Web Design Portfolio

Web Page Layout and Elements

  • Using Web Page Colors and Fonts to Convey a Message

Web Site Usability and Accessibility

  • Identifying Common Accessibility Issues
  • Determining Usability

Browsers

  • Creating an Alias with TinyURL
  • Adding a CAPTCHA to a Web Page
  • Investigating Google Chrome

Web Graphics

  • Comparing Image File Formats
  • Adding Tags to a Digital Photo Using Picasa

Ethical and Legal Issues in Web Development

  • Discovering Copyright Infringement

HTML and the Evolution of Markup

  • Learning About HTML Standards

XML and XHTML

  • Examining XML Documents

Web Page Structure — Tables and Framesets

  • Creating a Simple XHTML Table
  • Creating a Simple Web Page Structure
  • Creating a Rows Frameset in XHTML
  • Creating a Column Frameset in XHTML
  • Hyperlinking Frame Content in XHTML
  • Targeting Links on the Top Frame in XHTML
  • Combining Columns and Rows in Nested Framesets
  • Combining Frames in XHTML
  • Adding Attributes to the Frameset
  • Adding the <noframes> Tag
  • Creating Targeted Hyperlinks in XHTML

Cascading Style Sheets

  • Creating and Using Embedded Styles
  • Applying Inline Styles
  • Linking an External Style Sheet to an XHTML Document
  • Using CSS Class Selectors
  • Creating a Basic Two-Column Layout with CSS
  • Creating a Three-Column Layout with CSS
  • Converting a Table-Based Page Layout to CSS Positioning
  • Validating Style Sheets Using the W3C CSS Validation Service

Site Content and Metadata

  • Using the <meta> Tag to Refresh a Page Automatically
  • Using Web Site Metadata

Site Development with Microsoft Expression Web 4 — Introduction

  • Launching Expression Web and Creating a Web Site
  • Validating Code with Expression Web
  • Exploring Different Options of Expression Web for Creating Web Sites

Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Basic Features

  • Creating a New Web Site with Expression Web
  • Preparing the Home Page Layout with Expression Web
  • Nesting Divisions with Expression Web
  • Inserting Images with Expression Web
  • Modifying Division Properties with Expression Web
  • Creating Hyperlinks with Expression Web
  • Creating an Image Map with Expression Web
  • Creating Navigation Bars Using CSS
  • Adding and Styling Links Using CSS
  • Creating a Dynamic Web Template with Expression Web
  • Adding Supporting Web Pages with Expression Web
  • Detaching Pages from a Dynamic Web Template with Expression Web
  • Pasting Formatted Text in Expression Web
  • Pasting XHTML Data into an Expression Web Document
  • Modifying Expression Web-Generated Code

Site Development with Expression Web 4 — Advanced Features

  • Working with External Style Sheets in Expression Web
  • Creating Embedded Styles with Expression Web
  • Using Inline Styles in Expression Web
  • Attaching Multiple Style Sheets with Expression Web
  • Adding Behaviors with Expression Web
  • Creating Web Forms with Expression Web
  • Observing the Effects of Multiple Style Sheets in Expression Web
  • Modifying a Manually Coded XHTML Page in Expression Web
  • Using Expression Web Reports

Site Development with Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 — Introduction

  • Creating a Web Page in Dreamweaver
  • Viewing XHTML Code Created by Dreamweaver

Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Basic Features

  • Creating a Web Site in Dreamweaver
  • Creating an Image Map in Dreamweaver
  • Creating Templates in Dreamweaver
  • Developing a Site Structure in Dreamweaver
  • Importing Content into Dreamweaver
  • Importing Microsoft Word Documents into Dreamweaver
  • Analyzing the Proprietary Use of HTML Code

Site Development with Dreamweaver CS6 — Advanced Features

  • Creating Rollover Images in Dreamweaver
  • Creating Web Forms in Dreamweaver
  • Applying Behaviors in Dreamweaver
  • Applying Behaviors to AP Elements in Dreamweaver
  • Dragging AP Elements in Dreamweaver
  • Using Assets and the Dreamweaver Library
  • Editing X/HTML Code Manually in Dreamweaver
  • Creating Jump Menus in Dreamweaver
  • Adding a Site Search Form in Dreamweaver

Creating Web Pages Using Open-Source Tools

  • Creating and Choosing Templates in KompoZer
  • Editing a Page in an Open-Source Text Editor
  • Conducting a Spelling and Grammar Check Using Open-Source Tools
  • Creating an Image Using Open-Source Tools
  • Using an Open-Source GUI HTML Editor to Create and Evaluate Code
  • Creating a Standard Web Page in KompoZer

Image Editing with Adobe Fireworks CS6

  • Adding Text to Images in Fireworks
  • Cropping Images in Fireworks
  • Creating Buttons in Fireworks
  • Creating Pop-Up Menus with Fireworks
  • Modifying Image Size and Resolution in Fireworks
  • Creating Image Slices in Fireworks
  • Working with Image Layers in Fireworks
  • Creating Animated Images in Fireworks
  • Creating a Transparent Image in Fireworks

JavaScript and DHTML Fundamentals

  • Using the JavaScript alert() Method
  • Using the JavaScript prompt() Method
  • Determining Navigator Object Properties with JavaScript
  • Creating a Sniffer and Redirection with JavaScript
  • Preloading Images with JavaScript
  • Using DHTML to Position Page Elements
  • Using the Open() Method in JavaScript
  • Using the confirm() Method
  • Embedding an Animation Applet
  • Running a Java Applet

Plug-Ins and Java Applets

  • Downloading the Adobe Reader Plug-In
  • Downloading and Installing the RealNetworks RealPlayer Plug-In
  • Viewing and Analyzing Rich Media
  • Using a Database in a Web Site

HTTP Servers and Web Applications

  • Creating a Web Form to be Handled with CGI
  • Modifying Cookie Settings in Internet Explorer
  • Setting Cookies with JavaScript

Web Site Publishing and Maintenance

  • Publishing a Web site with Expression Web
  • Using an Open-Source FTP Client
  • Publishing a Web Site with Dreamweaver (for demonstration only)
Exam FAQs
What are the prerequisites for this exam?

Here are the pre-requisites:

  • Optional: CIW Web Foundations Associate or equivalent knowledge
  • A basic understanding of Internet functionality and tools, and X/HTML
What is the exam registration fee? USD 150
Where do I take the exam? Pearson VUE or PSI
What is the format of the exam? The exam consists of linear, multiple choice, fill in the blank, fact-based, and situational questions.
How many questions are asked in the exam? The exam contains 70 questions.
What is the duration of the exam? 75 minutes
What is the passing score? 70%
What is the exam's retake policy?

Here are the retake policies:

  • A 24-hour waiting period is required between the first and second attempt exam.
  • If a candidate passes a CIW exam, he will not be allowed to retake that CIW exam.
  • 30 calendar days waiting period from the date of the previous sitting before any third or subsequent sitting exam.
What is the validity of the certification? CIW certifications do not expire.
Where can I find more information about this exam? To know more about the , click here.
What are the career opportunities after passing this exam?
  • Web Designer
  • Internet Consultant
  • Business Professional
  • Marketing Professional
  • Web and Graphic Artist
Customer Testimonials
Hayk Simonyan
I strongly recommend this course to the students willing to learn web designing. The course will help you pass the CIW 1D0-520 exam with its learning resources.
Samuel Iwuchukwu
As a software developer who’s major domain is Android Development, I needed a balance of Web Development so I enrolled for the Course on 1DO-520.

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