1. Creating WWW Pages

2. Big Picture 1. Make sure you have a place to put them 2. Plan Pages 3. Create Pages 4. Upload Pages (“Publish”) 5. Test Pages (Important!) 6. Maintain and Keep Current

3. Plan Pages Know Your Purpose Know Your Purpose Understand Your Audience Understand Your Audience  Remember “diversity” – particularly handicaps Identify Structure / Pages Identify Structure / Pages

4. Creating Pages A) Use HTML (Ugh!) B) Use Word C) Use FrontPage D) Use Dreamweaver E) Etc

5. Creating Pages Using Word A) Save as www page OR A) Save as www page OR B) Web page template OR B) Web page template OR C) Web page wizard (not anymore?) C) Web page wizard (not anymore?)

6. Creating Pages Using FrontPage What we’ll use – see handouts What we’ll use – see handouts

7. Publish Pages  See your provider’s instructions  See your provider’s instructions   Generally involves using FTP to transfer files, but may need to take other steps as well  See www.lasalle.edu/admin/personal/pages.htm for La Salle instructions www.lasalle.edu/admin/personal/pages.htm  Front Page will do a lot for you

8. Test Pages Ideally test on PC AND Mac Ideally test on PC AND Mac Ideally test on the 2 most recent versions of each of the popular browsers (Microsoft, Netscape, Mozilla) Ideally test on the 2 most recent versions of each of the popular browsers (Microsoft, Netscape, Mozilla)

9. Some Rules of Thumb Use consistent layouts and designs on all pages on a site Use consistent layouts and designs on all pages on a site