After completing Web Design & Graphics: Building Your Site with Images, the user should be able to:

	Select browser-safe colors for use on a Web site
	Choose effective color schemes
	Create background images
	Use transparency in GIFs
	Build imagemaps

Browser-Safe Color

	What is the browser-safe palette?
	Why does the browser-safe palette exist?
	Using the browser-safe color palette

Choosing Colors

	Color vocabulary
	Choosing color themes
	Applying color schemes to Web design
	The color hierarchy
	Great color combination examples

Creating Backgrounds

	Tiling backgrounds
	Determining tiled pattern sizes
	Full-screen body backgrounds
	Seams or no seams: that is the question
	Directional tiles
	Aesthetics of backgrounds

Transparency in Images

	Using solid backgrounds
	Working with patterned backgrounds

Imagemaps

	Client-side and server-side imagemaps
	Client-side imagemap code
	Server-side imagemap
	Do you really need an imagemap?

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice the skills needed to design Web sites and graphics
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to apply Web design concepts in an interactive questioning environment
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Familiarity with HTML
	Web Design & Graphics: Introduction to Design  (WBDS01)
	Web Design & Graphics: Making Your Site Fast and Viewable  (WBDS02)

	Web Design & Graphics: Building Your Site with Formatting (WBDS04)
	Web Design & Graphics: Using Other Tools (WBDS05)