Web
Design, FTP'ing Files, Creating Banners, Choosing Web Hosting
The
basics of web design using Frontpage |
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Lesson
1 Frontpage 2000
Creating a new page, reviewing the basic tools that you will
be using for web design. Typing, centering text, double v.s.
single spacing |
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Lesson
2 Frontpage 2000
Multiple undo's, saving as file, index.htm v.s. index.html,
inserting lines, creating hyperlinks |
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Lesson
3 Frontpage 2000
Creating tables, table formatting, visual effects with tables |
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Lesson
4 Frontpage 2000
Cell properties, and how to set them to get them to act like
you want |
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Lesson
5 Frontpage 2000
Page properties, active link java rollover, adding page title,
background and link color |
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Lesson
6 Frontpage 2000
Previewing web page in browser |
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Lesson
7 Frontpage 2000
Creating a "real" site with 4-cell table layout and background
image |
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Lesson
8 Frontpage 2000
Previewing the site in a browser (choosing multiple browsers),
how to create and add multiple pages using a "template"
you've created |
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Lesson
9 Frontpage 2000
Warning about strange features in Frontpage - Avoiding hyperlinks
that create "full paths" to your harddrive, blue borders around
image files, and what to do if images look distorted and grainy. |
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Creating
Banners |
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1
Creating Banners
banner-capture - How to use a "Screen Capture"
program to easily create effective banners in 5 minutes or less |
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2
Banners
Banner-format1 -Taking the "captured" image
and cropping it down to banner size (468 x 60 pixels) |
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3
Banner
Banner-format1a - Using "canvas size" settings
to reduce image instead of copying and pasting (alternative
way of doing it) |
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4
Banner
Banner-format2 - Continuing with a "drop down box"
and turning it into a banner |
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Frontpage
Express -Free Website Building Software |
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New
Frontpage Express Tutorial
1 Frontpage Express
fpexpress1 Table settings - Creating a "main" table
to put build the page inside. |
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2
Frontpage Express
fpexpress2 Creating a visible table as an effect - Everything
you ever wanted to know about tables but were afraid to ask. |
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3
Frontpage Express
fpexpress3 -Pasting in text, table colors vs cell colors. "Breaking
out" of a table in Frontpage |
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4
Frontpage Express
fpexpress4links -Saving pages with "As File" instead
of the http:// "default" that Frontpage uses. |
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5
Frontpage Express
fpexpress5links2 -Creating a "link bar" to navigate
your site. Creating a "space" between tables when
needed. |
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Choosing
a Hosting Company |
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1
Hosting Company
How to choose a hosting company, figure out what you really
need, what the most important features are, and how to understand
what's offered. |
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2
Hosting Company
What the features mean |
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3
Hosting Company
More features |
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4
Hosting Company
Signing up with a hosting company - Actually going through the
signup process |
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FTP
- Uploading Files To Your Site |
1
FTP - CuteFTP
Here's how to upload files to your website using FTP, which
stands for "File Transfer Protocol". We're using an
FTP program called "CuteFTP" but most of the FTP program
work very similarly, so it's not a problem if you already have
something else |
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2
FTP
What the features mean, how to create subdirectories, ASCII
v.s. Binary upload, transferring files |
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