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24webworkshop

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Important concept: You can make a webpage with many different programs - Dreamweaver, SeaMonkey, Expression Web - and you can go back and forth among them to suit your purposes. You can also hand-code inside or outside of these programs.

Important concept: You can make a website complete with link, graphics and content, but it will remain in a local folder on your computer until you publish it to a web hosting service. You may wish to purchase your own domain name first. Here is a list of the top15 for 2014 (and their fees) according to Review.org

Work in Class using Google Sites, Expression Web or SeaMonkey to complete your personal website

Design a home page using SeaMonkey - review

Using an Imagemap for splash page and navigation

Inserting a background image on a web page (video)

Inserting a background image using Dreamweaver - Modify>Page Properties>Appearance

Code: <body style="background: url(Images/_BGfeatherslt.jpg) no-repeat center center;">

Goals for today - this is your checklist of things that should be completed by the end of class

  1. Have your website "skeleton" set up with a home page (named  index) and four other pages of your choice
  2. Remember, your home page should be named index.htm
  3. Have an images subfolder
  4. Have hyperlinks between every webpage on your site
  5. Have an imagemap with "hotspots" - you may use this as a navbar or you may construct it for another purpos
  6. Have a table structure on each page with pictures and text in a stable grid
  7. Have a link to your email address
  8. Have at least one thumbnail picture
  9. Have all of your files in the folder called mywebusername
  10. Website Guidelines

Homework: Complete your website - we will publish the sites on Thursday

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