1. Introduction to Web Creation iMet Tool Training

2. Basic Principles Have a plan Focus on the content and communication Make navigation logical and consistent Design for everyone - use alt tags to comply with ADA - design for lower resolutions (800x600) Practice clean file management

3. Terminology HTML Hypertext Markup Language HTML File A web page built from HTML Index File The home or main page of a web site or folder in a web site (index.html) Root Folder Main folder for all files and folders Sub Folder Additional folders within a root folder

4. Terminology (cont.) Local Site Series of folders storing a web site’s files on a local computer – housed in the root folder Web Server Remote location for saving and distributing web site files to the www Remote Site Matching folders and files for a web site on a web server

5. Local File Management

6. Going Remote A web site lives “locally” in a “root” folder on your hard drive A web site available online has a “remote” matching root folder on a web server We use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in Dreamweaver to upload your local site to the remote folder on the iMet server.

7. Reaching the WWW