Tips, tricks and other good stuff
Required skills:
-- File management: you have to know where files are located
-- Manipulate pictures: crop, resize; do not use high resolution pictures
-- Understand how to present information in a visually pleasing format
Tips for a great web page:
-- Do not use white type on dark backgrounds
-- Do not use red type in large blocks
-- Use a san serif (block) type like Arial rather than a serif type like Times New Roman
-- Special type faces - avoid
-- For body copy, use a size that is readable
-- Do not use ALL CAPS for anything; emphasize with weight/size/color
-- For best readability, use dark type over light background
-- Arranging pictures and text:
-- You cannot randomly move blocks of text and pictures around the page with the drag-and-drop method
-- We will learn to use tables to organize pictures and text on the page
-- To indent blocks of copy, do not use spaces or tabs, use the Left or Right Indent Tool in the toolbar
Graphics:
-- Pictures - If you shoot pictures at a high resolution, you must reduce them for your web page
-- Do not include pictures that are larger than about 250-450Kb
-- Picture editing must be done prior to inclusion in web page
-- Web page graphic formats: PNG, JPG, GIF
-- You can find a large number of free graphics on the Internet. Prior to using them on your home page, make sure they are free and that you honor the site's request for credit.
Your home page:
The next step
Now we are ready to start -- planning
Before you start on this trip of building your web site, you need to have a plan of where you are going. By default, teachers begin with a home page and a homework conference. Non-teachers begin with a blank slate and have to create.
Content
-- Content is the material you will include in your web site
-- Brainstorm on what information you would like to include on your web site
Look and feel
-- Once you decide on content, how will you present it
-- Do you want to include graphics or pictures
-- If so, are they in the proper format
-- If so, are they an acceptable size
-- Do you know where they are located on your computer
-- If you have downloaded them from the Internet, are they copyrighted and do they require a credit
Tips & tricks
-- To access context-sensitve menus, right click over the object, i.e., table, text, graphic, picture, etc.
-- You are editing your pages in real-time. Everything you do is available to anyone accessing your page/pages within seconds. If you add content and it does not appear in your browser after you refresh your page, we may have an issue at the server level.
-- Be sure to check how your page looks in a browser often as you develop your page in RWD.
-- Remember, your web page will be viewed with a variety of browsers and screen resolutions. What looks good on a 19 in. desktop computer monitor may not looks as good on a notebook computer screen; by the same token, if you are preparing the material on a 15 in. notebook computer, it make appear too small when viewed on a 19 in. monitor with higher resolution.
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