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Is HTML Dead?
Silicon Beach Training offer a great range of web development courses including CSS training, XHTML Training and the latest HTML5 training. See the end of this post to learn about an incredible deal on all three courses.
There are many articles out there that say HTML is dead, many will suggest that you should learn XML instead. Is this true? Should you learn XML before you learn HTML if you want to be a web developer?
In a Nutshell
The answer is no – HTML is not dead! It has just needs a little X.
Sites are being built every day using HTML. The majority of companies still use HTML for their Web sites. Those that use XML, still need HTML output so that Web browsers can view the pages.
So for Web Development – HTML is still a basic requirement.
However:
HTML 4.0 is obsolete. The latest version of HTML is in fact XHTML.
XHTML 1.0 is very similar to HTML 4.0, it is basically HTML rewritten to be compliant with XML rules.
If you want to train to be a professional Web developer, you should start by learning and writing XHTML you can do this on our HTML Training Course.
Writing XHTML means that you should close all your tags, including tags like <option>, <p>, and <li>. For single tags you will need to include a trailing slash in the tag, for example <img src=”" />. You will need to follow all the rules for writing good XML.
XHTML forms the basis for learning other XML languages, such as WML, XSLT and CDF. All of these languages are all based on XML, and will continue to be used for some years to come.
XML is not a language – HTML is a language.
XML is more like a set of rules that can be applied to many different languages. XML rules also allow you to create all new languages.
HTML lives on as XHTML. However, HTML5 will be the new standard replacing XHTML. This marks a return to HTML rather than XML as the basis for the web.
What training do I need for a great foundation in web development?
In this order:
HTML Training – 2 days – This HTML course will teach you both HTML language and XHTML
CSS Training – 1 days – This CSS course will enable you to understand CSS and create style sheets for web or XML projects
HTML5 Training – 2 days – This HTML5 course will teach you how to implement HTML5 to provide alternatives for features unsupported by XHTML (embedded video and audio for example)
These web development training courses add up to 5 days in total and would normally cost £1160 + vat in total. We are currently offering the whole web development package for only £760 + vat = a saving of £400!
You do not have to take the courses all at once you can give yourself a break to practise and consolidate what you have learned. This offer will only be available on bookings made before September 30th 2010. So what are you waiting for?
Posted by Heather Buckley in Brighton, New Free Resources, Offers, Programming, Web Design on August 4th, 2010| 1 Comment »
Get Your Online Presence in Shape for Summer with Great Rates on 5-day Training Packages!
Social Media Training & SEO Course Pick and Mix
Need to get your online presence in shape for the summer? Look no further than our new Pick ‘n’ Mix deals on a great range of Social Media, SEO and Web Design Training courses.
Our experienced web-fitness trainers will help you find your problem areas and work them in to shape!
Pick ‘n’ Mix has never been so good for you – and unlike real Pick ‘n’ Mix, these courses are great value…
Pick any 5-day package of SEO and Social Media training courses for just £795 + vat (normally up to £1,195!)
GO FOR THE BURN and try one of these winning combinations:
If you’d like a different 5-day package, take a look at all of our training courses and call us with your suggestion!
Call us on 01273 622272 or e-mail info@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk and we’ll help you put together a tailored fitness plan for your online marketing.
Posted by Faye Binfield in News, Offers, SEO, Social Media, Web Design on July 19th, 2010| 7 Comments »
There are already lots of reasons to take your PRINCE2 and Six Sigma courses at Silicon Beach Training.
And here’s another great reason! If you book in July or August you can take advantage of these fantastic low rates:
All Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training Courses: £1,495 + vat (normally £1,795)
All PRINCE2 Foundation Training Courses: £845 + vat (normally £995)
All PRINCE2 Practitioner Training Courses: £995 + vat (normally £1,395)
And with small group sizes, inspirational tutors with extensive real-world project experience and some of the best PRINCE2 pass rates in the country, our delegates always go home happy!
I recently attended (and passed) the PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner course at Silicon Beach and cannot recommend it enough. The brilliant trainer brought the subject matter to life making it interesting and integrating PRINCE2 into my day to day working life has been made so simple – a real life skill. A great location too – thank you Silicon Beach.
Emma Rance – The Body Shop
For more information or to make bookings, call us on 01273 622272 or e-mail bookings@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk
Read more about using Six Sigma and PRINCE2 together
Read our Lean Six Sigma Training Case Sudy
Posted by Colin Welch in Lean & Six Sigma, News, Offers, PRINCE2 on July 12th, 2010| 2 Comments »
Book Adobe Training Courses together at discounted rates
Adobe recently launched Creative Suite 5 (CS5), including newly updated editions of all of its industry standard design packages Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash.
All Silicon Beach Training’s Adobe Courses are now available on Adobe CS5 (with CS4 still available if preferred).
The Adobe Creative Suite packages are designed to be used together, with Adobe Bridge enabling easy transfer of design elements between them.
What’s more – we’re now offering some great package deals on Adobe CS5 Courses to help you get the most from Creative Suite 5. Packages include:
For more information or to make bookings call us on 01273 622272 or e-mail bookings@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk
You can also learn more about the new features in Photoshop CS5 and new features in Flash CS5 elsewhere in the blog.
Posted by Colin Welch in News, Offers, Photoshop on June 16th, 2010| 1 Comment »
Just send an email for your chance to win Bounce…
UPDATE Wed 16th June 8.30am: email address corrected!
What would you do if you knew you could never fail? That no matter what life threw at you, whatever challenges you faced, you could keep moving forward to build a happy and successful life?
Gill Hasson and Sue Hadfield’s book Bounce: Use the Power of Resilience to Live the Life You Want will show you how.
We have a free copy of this book to give away:
simply email gill@journalistworks.co.uk before midday Friday 18 June.
First name picked out at random will receive the book.
At Silicon Beach Training we offer a wide range of Business Skills and Personal Development Training courses including a popular Assertiveness Training course, and recommend this book for those looking for a practical and inspiring guide to both building resilience and achieving goals. For a taster of what this book offers, read these six tips for developing resilience.
Guest blog by Gill Hasson from Journalist Works who are kindly offering a free freelance photography course to the winner of our photography competition – be sure to enter! Also look out for Sue and Gill’s new book on Assertiveness coming out later this year.
Posted by Guest Blogger in Competitions, Guest Blogs, Offers, Personal Development on June 15th, 2010| 1 Comment »
Combine Social Media & SEO Training for increased online exposure
Book our Social Media and SEO courses together at a fantastic reduced rate of £570 + vat (normally £695)
Using Social Media for your web marketing is not only great for keeping in touch with your customers and monitoring your brand, but it can also make you easier to find online.
However most people still find products or services using search engines – especially Google – so whilst all of your blogging, tweeting, Facebook pages and videos on YouTube will help to raise your profile – they will be even more effective if you’ve got your basic on-page search engine optimisation right. The idea that Social Media replaces SEO is simply inaccurate as we discussed in a recent blog post; in fact we also wrote that Social Media and SEO are most effectively when used together.
Using SEO and Social Media marketing together can reap fantastic rewards for your business – that’s why we’re offering the opportunity to book our Social Media training and SEO training courses back to back at a fantastic discounted rate.
Our hands-on workshops are led by industry experts and give each delegate an action plan for their Social Media and SEO strategies on completion.
The next course dates are:
For more information and bookings call us on 01273 622272 or e-mail info@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk
For details on some of the other great multiple booking discounts we have available, check out the details on our Offers page.
Posted by Colin Welch in News, Offers, SEO, Social Media on May 28th, 2010| 2 Comments »
Review us on Yelp!
Just add a review of any of our training courses that you have attended to Yelp by Monday 31st May 2010, saying which course you took and how you found it.
You will then receive 20% off the full price of any public training course of your choice at Silicon Beach Training in Brighton booked by 1st July 2010 (not available on any already discounted course). There are loads to choose from with anything from our SEO training course to Photoshop training in Brighton, or even PRINCE2 courses in Birmingham on offer.
You can find our Yelp listing here: http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/silicon-beach-training-brighton
Posted by Faye Binfield in Brighton, Offers on April 28th, 2010| 1 Comment »
the latest entry to our current competition by Emma Gutteridge loving her flickr stream
Suggest a theme for our Photo Competition – win £25 on Amazon!
Many of you will have already entered our current Photography competition “My Home Town” we’ve had some great entries and are looking forward to the verdicts of our esteemed judges - Brighton-based photographers Pete Barr Watson and Miss Aniela
We are due to launch the next one soon and would like suggestions for a theme. Please tweet your theme suggestion to @SBTtraining and don’t forget to add the hashtag #sbtphoto – we’ll give a £25 Amazon voucher to the one we choose.
The next Photography Competition will be judged by @lomokev and @special_noodles .
We have some great sponsors lined up for the next Photography Competition so keep your eyes peeled and we’ll tweet about it and let you know on Facebook to so become a fan of our facebook page by “Liking It”!
Also if you have a prize you could donate for the winners of our bi-monthly photography competitions, let us know, we are wizards at social media and you will get lots of links, tweets, Facebook mentions etc for your efforts. If you would like to donate a prize please email photocomp@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk with the details. If you’d like to know how we have become wizards at social media then come on our Social Media Training Course!
So get your thinking caps on an tweet your theme to @SBTTraining using #sbtphoto.
Posted by Heather Buckley in Brighton, Competitions, Offers, Photography on April 26th, 2010| 2 Comments »
