How the template is constructed

In this section of the website you will learn more about how the EMD course website template is constructed. There is technical information for those who would like to learn more about using the template. In EMD it is the Digital Media Technologists (DMTs) who build the course websites.

The template uses “id” and “class” tags to divide a very simple HTML page. The Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) can then call these tags and organize them into a visual presentation. Visit these links for a breakdown of how the homepage and the inside pages are broken up with "div" tags.

This technique is not as simple and elegant as it could be because of quirky browser support. Because we wanted to use CSS for layout, a few workarounds were needed to make the pages display properly in all modern browsers. This template presents properly in Internet Explorer and Netscape from version 5 and in other current major browsers.