1. Aspects of Web Design Monty Paul RGSE March 2003

2. Code Head or Dreamweaver Junkie? Use Notepad for programming at code level Use Dreamweaver, GoLive or Front Page for wysiwyg design Use HotMetal or Hotdog for dragging and dropping code

3. Common Errors Lack of whitespace Less is more Avoid dense pages whenever possible Use pictures to balance text A picture is worth 1000 words…

4. Controlling Layout Using frames minimises editing Using tables within pages for effective control of layout

5. Controlling your Site Keep all files within a main directory/folder Use subfolders for images, sound etc This makes uploads to the web server quick and easy Backups! Cut to CD and keep an extra copy on another computer at home

6. Register your own Domain Your domain is your own unique web address Shop around – prices vary. Try http://www.powerpipe.comhttp://www.powerpipe.com Dot.co.uk? Dot.com? Dot.org? Dot.net? What do they all mean?

7. Hosting Issues Hosts abound, but you get what you pay for. Full 24 hour access? No Ads? Control panel for creating and managing emails.etc? Security (https://secureserver…

8. Uploading FTP software varies Cheap and limited Expensive and full of features On line editing directly on the server Automatic synchronisation (but host server must support)

9. Images, images Keep images small for rapid downloads Invest in graphic software that optimises images Jpg or gif? Progressive images and interlacing Slice and dice

10. Animated Gifs with Xara3D

11. Getting Known Metadata provides search engines to find and publish info about your site. Some vendors offer submissions of data to specific search engines at a price SeekCentre.net

12. Need Webstsats? TheCounter.com offers a counter and webstats Minimal info free, full info at a cost See http://clarendon.net4u.co.za for an examplehttp://clarendon.net4u.co.za

13. Forms These allow you to capture data from those looking at your site. Examples: e-commerce sites, financial sites, school sites See Clarendon.net4u.co.za as an example

14. Extras… Special cursor / mousepointer? See http://www.cometcursor.comhttp://www.cometcursor.com Code can be downloaded for pasting into your page

15. Some Useful Books from Amazon.com