FrontPage: Introduction and Review
Today’s Topics Layout Resolution What is a pixel anyway?!? Page Layout Special Layouts Files Names Page Titles Locations Sizes Pictures Sizes Auto-Thumbnail Alt Tags Hyperlinks 3 main types Screen Tips
Next Week’s Topics Putting Documents on the Web Newsletters (.pdf) Downloadable files.zip files Calendars
Future Topics? Image Maps (support.dasnr map) Dynamic Web Templates (.dwt) Accessibility for disabled persons Your Suggestions!
Layout Screen Resolution 640 x x 600 (most common) 1024 x 768 Smaller number = larger text Smaller number = smaller amount of information on screen Preview in browser at different resolutions
640 x 480 screen resolution 800 x 600 screen resolution 1024 x 768 screen resolution
640 x 480 screen resolution 800 x 600 screen resolution 1024 x 768 screen resolution
Layout Step One, set screen resolution Step two, insert layout table This two step approach formats your pages for optimum viewing by your audience Alternative: Make Column Autostretch
Layout with Tables Page layout has 3-4 areas A. Header B. Navigation C. Body D. Footer Total layout table dimensions should be 760 x 405 (shown in the task pane under Layout Tables and Cells) - Fits best on 800 x 600 Use tables for special layouts - pictures, archives, design elements (Table/Insert/Table) A. B. C. A. D. B.C.
Files FileNames vs. File%20Names Page Titles File Locations – Organization is key Subfolders for Newsletters & Images File Sizes 1,024 KB = 1 MB Documents ( KB max) Pictures ( KB max) How many more pictures can you put on the site in the same amount of space? 2 MB file 200 KB file
Picture Size Layout size File size Use Picture Manager to edit both together Reduce file size to 6% on average Make a copy first, as this will alter your original file
Pictures Arranging with Tables Place a line first (enter) Table / Insert / Table Auto-Thumbnail to minimize pictures Alt Tags Right Click – Format Picture Site – Alternative Text
Hyperlinks 3 most common types of hyperlinks Existing Pages Page in this site (Current Folder) Recently Browsed (Browsed Pages) Place in this document Create bookmark first Pre-determined “Subject” field tells you: That someone visited your webpage What this from a stranger is about Screen Tips = Alt Tags