Web Workshop

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Create a Web Site
with FrontPage

Instructor: Timothy Prentiss
Email: tprentiss@prairiestate.edu
Web: www.elcottage.com

Planning Your Web site

bulletDefining your site: Your 10-25 most important words
bulletFive questions that must be answered before you start
bulletWho is your site intended for?
bulletWhat are you giving your visitors?
bulletWhen do you plan to launch your site?
bulletWhere are you going to host your site?
bulletHow are you going to maintain your site?
bulletFour elements you should include on every page
bulletLink to home page (hyperlinked logo?)
bulletNavigation buttons
bulletCopyright notice
bulletE-mail address

FrontPage Basics

bulletNormal, HTML and Preview Views
bulletPage, Folder and Navigation Views
bulletTask Pane
bulletToolbars and Menu Tour
bulletCreating, opening, saving and closing Web pages
bulletPrinting Web pages
bulletCreating, Opening and Closing Web sites

Creating a Web Site

bulletCreate pages within a Web site
bulletGiving the page a title
bulletRenaming a Web page
bulletRearranging a Web site’s structure
bulletAdding and removing pages
bulletCollapsing and expanding the site structure
bulletUsing Shared Borders and Link Bars
bulletCreating back/next and custom link bars
bulletChanging Link bar properties
bulletUsing Templates and Themes

Creating Web Pages

bulletEntering and editing text
bulletSelecting text
bulletDeleting text
bulletMoving text
bulletAdding a line break
bulletAdding a paragraph

Basic HTML

bulletUnderlying structure of a Web page
bulletHead and Body sections
bulletOpening and closing tags
bulletHierarchy of heading tags
bulletTable layout code
bulletFormatting text
bulletFont limitations and options
bulletUsing Symbols and Special Characters

Formatting Paragraphs, Lists and Headings

bulletUsing paragraphs
bulletUsing Lists
bulletUsing Headings

Adding Hyperlinks

bulletAbsolute and relative links
bulletUsing Bookmarks
bulletSetting Link Colors
bulletCreating Image Links
bulletCreating Image Hotspots
bulletUsing Hover Buttons
bulletUsing the Hyperlinks View

Adding and Editing Images and Word Art

bulletWeb image formats
bulletAdding images
bulletConverting image formats
bulletCreating alternate text
bulletAligning images
bulletEditing images
bulletCreating auto thumbnails
bulletUsing Word Art

Adding Multimedia and Web Components

bulletAdding animations
bulletAdding sounds
bulletAdding Web Components
bulletIntroduction to Java
bulletIntroduction to JavaScript
bulletIntroduction to Flash

Creating and Formatting Tables

bulletCreating and inserting tables
bulletSelecting table elements
bulletChanging table structure
bulletFormatting tables and cells

Creating and Processing Forms

bulletCreating Forms
bulletAdding form fields
bulletAdding a text area
bulletCreating Confirmation pages
bulletSaving Form Results

Managing and Publishing Web sites

bulletCreating tasks
bulletEditing tasks
bulletCompleting tasks
bulletChecking and Publishing your site

Marketing your Web site

bulletThe single most effective form of marketing
bulletAnother effective marketing tool
bulletUsing your site to sell stuff – on eBay!
bulletShopping carts and retail options
     
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