WEBSITE CONSTRUCTION

CHECKLIST (NOT IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER)

1.	PLANNING/MAINTAINING YOUR WEBSITE PLANNING YOUR WEBSITE Deciding Who Has the Password - The Webmaster! Determining Who's in Charge of What, and Who's Paying for What Setting Your Purpose and Goals Identifying Your Audience/Customers Organizing Your Content (Sections and Links) Learning How to Use FrontPage Finding a Unifying, Appropriate Style Logo/Slogan/Motto Colors and Fonts Background Page Layout Navigation Aids Collecting the Information - Setting up Contacts Task List (Excel file) MAINTAINING YOUR WEBSITE Checking Outdated Links Updating and Adding Content Re-Organizing Content Experimenting with Design and Effects
2.	GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR WEBSITE Determining/Understanding Your Website Address Selecting Your Software
3.	UNDERSTANDING WEBSITE CONCEPTS Defining the Terms Remembering the Path (Word file) Identifying Website Features
4.	STARTING YOUR WEBSITE Creating a New Website - Exercise 1, Exercise 2 (2 Word documents) Using Themes (1 Word document) Importing an Existing File, Folder, or Website (Word document) Using a Template (Word document)
5.	TYPING IN THE TEXT; GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE HTML EDITOR
6.	DISPLAYING FILE EXTENSIONS
7.	CONFIGURING DEFAULTS FrontPage Settings (Word document) Configuring Default Helper Applications in Windows (Word document) Setting Other Default Helper Applications (Word document)
8.	VIEWING THE FILES AND FOLDERS IN YOUR WEBSITE (Word document)
9.	NAMING, SAVING, AND ORGANIZING YOUR WEBPAGES
10.	INSERTING LINKS Linking Your Webpages, Recommending Other Websites, and Adding Mailto Links (Word document) Providing Navigation Aids for Your Viewers Creating Bookmarks
11.	COLLECTING AND INSERTING IMAGES Understanding the Formats of Web Graphics gif jpg Understanding the Types of Web Graphics Buttons Horizontal Rules Backgrounds Animated gifs Photographs Collecting, Copying and Saving Web Images Editing Photos for File Size and Enhancement - Basic Concepts (Word document) Keeping Up with Download Speeds Making (and Understanding) Transparent Backgrounds Sample Images
12.	DESIGNING LAYOUTS WITH TABLES Overview of Simple Tables Using the Layout Tools Using Tables to Create Print-Friendly Webpages (Word document)
13.	AVOIDING TASK DUPLICATION Using Shared Borders (Word document) Using Server Side Includes (SSI) Editing with the Global Find and Replace Command (Word file)
14.	UNDERSTANDING BASIC HTML
15.	POSTING NON-HTML FILES
16.	COPYING AND PASTING FROM FORMATTED DOCUMENTS
17.	USING THE DRAWING AND PICTURES TOOLBARS
18.	UPLOADING YOUR WEBSITE TO A HOST SERVER WITH FRONTPAGE EXTENSIONS (Word document)
19.	UPLOADING YOUR WEBSITE TO MCSD'S HOST SERVER WITHOUT FRONTPAGE EXTENSIONS
20.	REGISTERING AND PROMOTING YOUR WEBSITE
21.	UNDERSTANDING THE VARIABLES IN SETTINGS
22.	COMPARING FRONTPAGE 2003 AND 2002
23.	ADDING A FEW BELLS AND WHISTLES
24.	USING STYLES (SEPARATE CLASS)
25.	WORKING WITH COLORS
26.	ADDING SIMPLE JAVASCRIPTS (SEPARATE CLASS)
27.	CREATING WEBFORMS (SEPARATE CLASS)
28.	TROUBLESHOOTING SCREEN RESOLUTION PROBLEMS
29.	LOCATING RESOURCES
30.	GETTING STATISTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SITE WITH WEBALIZER (Word document)
31.	USING THE MCSD SCHOOL WEBSITE TEMPLATES You can copy any of the pages in the Mulligan website and modify them for your school.
32.	MCSD SCHOOL WEBSITE CHECKLIST
33.	Text to Use in Exercises: Several Paragraphs Selections

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Mary Starke, Instructor
mstarke@mcsdga.net

Page Changed 02/26/2008

WEBSITE CONSTRUCTION

CHECKLIST (NOT IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER)

MAINTAINING YOUR WEBSITE

DESIGNING LAYOUTS WITH TABLES Overview of Simple Tables Using the Layout Tools Using Tables to Create Print-Friendly Webpages (Word document)

DESIGNING LAYOUTS WITH TABLES

Overview of Simple Tables

Using the Layout Tools

Using Tables to Create Print-Friendly Webpages (Word document)