Creative Web Pages
SPRING QUARTER 1999
Code #36117  M: May 3-24 at GE Campus K106 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Required text: MicroSoft FrontPage 98 by Barron Lyskawa, Course Technology, Inc; 1998; ISBN # 0-7600-5947-0
Recommended books:
1. Visual QuickStart Guide: FrontPage 98 for Windows by Phyllis Davis, Peach Pit Press;
2.MicroSoft FrontPage Web WorkShop by Laura Lamay, Sam.net pub, ISBN #1-57521-149-1;
3.MicroSoft FrontPage Unleashed by Wm. Stanek, et al, Sam.net pub, ISBN #1-57521-140-8

Class is a hands-on working overview for using Microsoft FrontPage 97. Use it to easily and quickly create professional-quality web sites. FrontPage features WYSIWYG editing, templates, and wizard integration and management tools to construct a well-structured homepage and get your Internet home page up and running. Scanning fundamentals and editing will be discussed only, no in-class student use scheduled.

1. Class I: Introduction the MicroSoft FrontPage 97 program
2. FrontPage Explorer & the Personal Web Server
3. Explanation of primary tool bars, menus, options, etc
4. Basic HTML 101
5. Chapters A & B of text
6. Working from a floppy disk
7. Begin Personal Web Page Design as in-class project
8. Background color or graphic (G 2-5)
9. Bringing existing webpages from the WWW into FrontPage
10. Saving to a floppy disk/diskette
11. Online Web Tips and Guides
12. Homework: Bring to class on floppy disk - one large web graphic for making image map and at least two other web graphics to place in your webpage
13. Homework 2: Evaluate 5 Websites: What works and what doesn't
14. Homework 3: Outline of personal website

1. Class 2: Web Graphics and Color
2. Capturing graphics from existing Websites
3. Chapter C (pages 2-9)
4. Basic Graphic design for the WWW
5. Transparent gifs
6. Place an example of each in your webpage: Buttons, banners, bullets
7. Editing a graphic (G 6-9)
8. Creating Image Maps with FrontPage Editor graphic toolbar
9. Place your large image and create an image map for your personal webpage
10. Image Map (G 10-13)
11. Graphic Programs for Web use
12. Internet Links to Graphics on the Web
13. Gif Animations on the Web
14. Tutorial for preparing an Internet graphic
15. Importing an existing WWW page (D 8-9)
16. Homework: Read internet syllabus links about Tables; Online Web Tips and Guides if you haven't perused it yet; and Graphic Links (#9). Be ready with questions.

1. Class 3: Links & Hyperlinks
2. Chapter C (pages 10-19)
3. Linking to the same page (not in text)
4. Web Page Design Elements: Tables (E 2-11)
5. Using invisible tables for controlled page setup; Tables within tables
6. Scanning for the Web
7. Scan a typical image for the web brought in by a student
8. Lab time to work on personal web page. Individual Instructor troubleshooting

1. Class 4: Overview of More Web Page Design Elements
2. Inserting FrontPage Components (D 4-5 Counters)
3. Inserting an automated date for updates
4. FrontPage Templates (D 10-11)
5. Search Forms withing FrontPage (D-14)
6. Plug-Ins & Multimedia; Guest Books; adding soundbytes with FrontPage
7. Frames: An Introduction & Using Frames With FrontPage 97; (E 14-19)
8. Fill-out Forms - Introduction & Creating Forms in FrontPage; (F 1-24)
9. Are there any Guidelines and Tips for Your Personal Web Site?
10. Check out your page in several browsers and resolutions; Browser/Resolution Compatibility Issues
11. Where to find some hosts for a free web page
12. Evaluate Your Finished Web site
13. Uploading your site to a server; FTP
14. Promoting Your Web site

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