FrontPage

Your goal is to design your site so visitors can say this:

1. It's too easy to find what I'm looking for on your site.

2. Your site loads too quickly.

3. Your site is too easy to navigate.

4. Your site is too informative.

Keep your site updated. You don't want your web site to become a cobweb!

Handout - Word version ; PDF version

Storyboard - Word ; PDF

Assessment -  Word

Storyboard layout - PDF

Copyright Issues - 

Tutorials:

FrontPage 2002 basics
Writing WebPages with Wesley
A Teacher's Guide to School Web Sites

Learningelectric.com
Links to web resources:
Calendar Creator -new- make a calendar online, copy and paste it onto your website
TypeTester (test 3 different fonts with font color and backgrounds)
Color Palate (what colors look good together for your site)
Cool Text (create your own text or buttons)
JavaScript Kit
Nic's JavaScript page
Annabella's HTML help

20 Common Errors in Writing

Web Album Creator -new- creates an album for your pictures, you just have to upload the folder.

own text)

Links to web design:
Learn the secrets of Web Design
10 Web Don'ts
Web Design Tips

Link Checker new checks your entire page for bad links

 

For Photo Editing (added 2/16/07)

There is probably going to be a need to do some simple photo editing to some of your pictures you add to your website. So here are a couple of free options. It isn't PhotoShop or The GIMP, but for free and simple you can't beat these (actually GIMP is free but learning curve like PhotoShop).
 

IrfanView - (Free) Mainly a viewer that will also do some effects, crop, resize, and convert digital picts to other formats.

Picasa - (Free) Google's software that will organize your pictures, crop, resize, fix color, add effects...

Picnik - (Free and online) This online photo editor is in beta testing right now, but they say they will still have a free version for you to do simple edits of your pictures online. No software to download. Just upload your picture, make your edits, and save back to your desktop. video tutorial on using Picnik by Janetta Garton

 

PicSlice -(Free and online) Upload your picture, then slice it into pieces or crop it, then save it back to your computer.

 

Free Picture and Audio Resources (added 3/9/07)

FreeFoto.com - free for educational use, copy and paste bibliography for pictures
Pics4learning - free for educational use, copy and paste bibliography for pictures
DiscoverySchool's Clip Art Gallery

DK Clip art 
FindSounds.com - search for wave, au, and aiff sound files.
(Some school web filters may block the page the sound is found on therefore preventing download.)

 

Bad Website design examples:

The Font Page

The worst background ever produced.

The "Seems like it never ends" Page

The Centered Page

 

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