Website Course Outline

The Internet

 

Information and Searching the Net

 

Web Design Checklist Do's and Don'ts

 

Web Site Planning

  • Planning your Web Site Design (Macromedia Tutorial)
  • It's All In The Planning
  • "Conceptualize Your Site"
  • Beginning Web Design Site Resource Links
  • Steps for creating Web Pages
    There are a number of steps you should follow to create and then publish your web pages.

     

    1. Plan Web Pages

    Decide what you want to achieve with your web pages. Choose a main topic or theme for your web pages and then decide the the type of information you want to include.

    2. Gather information

    Collect the information you want to use on your web pages, such as images, text, contact numbers, links etc… Ensure that the information gathered is related to the main topic or theme you chose for your web pages.

    3. Organize information

    Separate the information you gathered into sections. Each section should be a separate web page. Each of your web page should display a different topic related to the overall theme of the site and should contain enough information to fill a single screen.

    4. Enter text

    Enter the text you want to appear on your web pages using a text editor, html editor or a web editor such as Macromedia Dreamweaver.

    5. Add images

    You can add images to breathe color and life into your pages. You must first optimize your images using a graphics application such as Fireworks or Photoshop.

    You can add borders, dropshadows and many other special effects to make the images more appealing.

    6. Add your links

    Add links to your pages and any other links to other sites or useful information.

    7. Publish your site

HTML

 

Dreamweaver (Reference Site)

  • Intro- Site Setup and Organization
  • Menu and Display Options
  • Creating Pages and Directories
  • Edititng Text
  • Adding Images (Understanding Files Types – .png, .psp, .gif, .jpg) JPG vs GIF for web images
  • Adding Page Backgrounds and Editing Page Properties
  • Creating Links (Page Links, Email Links, Anchor Links)
  • Creating Buttons (Rollover Images)
  • Creating and Editing Tables
  • Creating Image Maps
  • Working with Fireworks Integration
  • Adding Flash Objects
  • Adding Javascript

Graphics & Editing Tools

  • Files Types (Understanding Files Types – .png, .psd, .gif, .jpg) JPG vs GIF for web images
  • Fireworks MX
  • Photoshop
  • Basic Image Editing.
  • Creating Backgrounds, Banners, Buttons, Menus

Flash

  • Basic Application Use and Examples
  • Flash Assignments (moving objects, fading, rollover, looping, morphing)
  • Site Intro's and Banners

Javascripts

  • Basic uses and applications in web page and site design
  • Cut and paste version