1. MIS 201 Web Design 1

2. Website Planning Before even considering the practical aspects of creating a website, there are some important fundamental questions you need to ask yourself first  What are we hoping to achieve?  Who's our target audience?  What catergory, if any, does our site fall into: ecommerce, informational, educational, social networking, etc.  How visually exciting does it need to be to be effective?  What tone do we want our content to convey, could it be serious or witty, complex or simple? 2

3. Site Content & Information Structure Probably the most important aspect of website 'structural design' is how you breakdown the content into logical sections (Main Areas, Pages, Headers, Sub-Headers, Lists, etc). You need to create a strong hierarchy for the site and breakdown content into small units. It is a good idea to create a graphical schema/flowchart/sitemap for the site. This can help you visualise a logical hierarchy. 3

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5. Create a folder on your computer called website1 to hold all web pages and graphics. Optional: inside of the website1 folder create a folder called images to hold your graphics. All folders, webpages, and graphic names must be lowercase, no spaces, and no special characters for ease of linking later. Getting Start 5

6. Launch Dreamweaver Select HTML 6

7. New Page Appears 7

8. Or Select File>New 8

9. Select HTML, Create 9

10. Window>Insert, Properties, Files Have a Check Mark When Active 10

11. Setting Up a New Website Window>Files Checked You Will See The Files Palette on the Right 11

12. From the Pop Up Files Palette Window: Select Manage Sites 12

13. Select The New Button>Site 13

14. Set the New Site Definitions 1. Name Your Webpage 2. Click on the Folder Icon & Locate the website1 folder 3. Click on the Folder Icon & Locate the images folder inside of the website1 folder 1 2 3 4 14

15. The File Structure You Created 15

16. Begin Creating the index.html main webpage 16

17. Modify>Page Properties 17

18. Appearance, Set Font, Text, Background Color 18

19. Links, Set Link, Visited Link Colors 19

20. Click the Curser on the Page, Select Alignment, Type in Text Window> Properties Center Alignment Button 20

21. Highlight Text, Select Ariel Font Window> Properties Font Pop-up Menu 21

22. Highlight Text, & Select the Title Format Size Window> Properties Pop-up Format for Title Heading Size: Example 2 22

23. Or to Create a Title With a Graphic: Insert>Table or Select Table Icon Tables control object placement 23

24. Set Row, Column, Table Width, Border, OK Title Example: 1 Row 2 Columns 24

25. Adjust Column Widths Drag Table Column Line Left or Right to Adjust the Width 25

26. Before Adding Graphic Images go to File>Save As>name your file( index.html) Remember to use all lowercase letters, no spaces or special characters in your page name 26

27. Click in the Left Cell, Insert>Image, or use the Image Icon, Locate.gif or.jpg File 27

28. Click in the Right Cell & Type to Add the Title 28

29. Select the Table, Select BG to Add a Background Cell Color Window> Properties Menu 29

30. To Make Border Invisible, Select Table, Set Border to 0 Select Edge of Table 30

31. To Add Navigation Table, Insert>Table or Table Icon 1 Row 7 Columns Maximum 31

32. Click Inside of the First Cell to Add a Flash Navigation Button 32

33. Insert>Media>Flash Button 33

34. Button Settings: Style, Text, Font, Link, Size, Apply, OK Remember when uploading your website to the server to add your.swf Flash buttons you created 34

35. Repeat to Add All Buttons If you need to edit the button after has been created or to check the links just double click on the button again, change the features, Apply, OK. 35

36. Example of Completed Title & Navigation Buttons You May Have Different Titles For Your Navigation Buttons 36

37. External Links: Type Text & Highlight, Type in Link URL & Press Return Key http://www.google.com 37

38. Internal Links: Type Text & Highlight, Type in Link URL & Press Return Key index.html 38

39. E-Mail Links: Type Text & Highlight, Type in Link URL & Press Return Key mailto:hollandj@emporia.edu 39

40. Inserting Graphics and Text in Tables Control placement of elements in relation to each other. Specify amount of space between each page element. Always plan how your table will look with all the text and graphics in it. Even a rough sketch will save you time 40

41. Click in the Left Cell, Select Insert>Image or Image Icon Locate Graphic Image:.gif.jpg Choose 41

42. Click in the Right Cell & Add Your Text May Need to Adjust Column Width Adjust Font to Ariel 42

43. Anchors Are Used to Jump Down on a Long Page of Text 43

44. Highlight Word, In the Link Box Type in #name #august 44

45. Highlight Text to Link To, Insert>Named Anchor 45

46. Type in Exact Name Match, Example: august, OK 46

47. Notice the Yellow Anchor, This Will Not Show When Posted 47

48. Can Duplicate Pages  Once the index.html page is set up as desired with the logo, header, and navigation buttons it can serve as a template for creating new pages.  Just save the current page(index.html) as a new filename, then edit the new page to suit. 48

49. File>Preview in Browser> Select the desired browser 49

50. Notice How the Browser Opens in Front To Preview What it Will Look Like When Uploaded to the Server When Finished Viewing Browser Red Button Close 50

51. Optional: File>Preview in Browser> Edit Browser List 51

52. For Selecting Primary & Secondary Browser Choices 52

53. Viewing Options: HTML Code 53

54. Viewing Options: Split Code & Design You Can Highlight Areas in Design Mode & See It in Code 54

55. Viewing Options: Design For Creating & Editing Web Pages 55

56. http://macromedia-dreamweaver.soft32.com/ 56