9:00

Introductions

9:15

Ways to build a web site

1. pay a professional service to do it (expensive to start, but you can learn to maintain it)
2. raw html using Notepad or basic text editor (steep learning curve)
3. web editor such as Dreamweaver ($399) or MS Frontpage ($169)
4. online web page builder such as Netscape (limited power and includes ads)
5. Netscape editor (limited sophistication)
6. MS Word web editor (bloated code)

Components of a web page

• Text
• Pictures (ClipArt, Internet Images and Animated Gifs, Scanner, Camera)
• Backgrounds
• Horizontal Lines
• Hyperlinks (URL's and E-mail)
• Tables
• Specialties (Frames, Sound, Video, Scrolling Text, Bullets, Check Boxes, Option Buttons and List Boxes).

9:30

Building a simple page with MS Word

    Hands-on walk through together

1.     Text

2.     Tables

3.     Hyperlinks

4.     Graphics

11:00

Planning your web site

     Storyboard - Hands on

11:30

Using a found page as a template

    Demonstration

    Hands-on

12:00 Lunch Break 

12:30

Using a found page as a template continued

    Demonstration

    Hands-on

2:00

Web Hosting & Domain Names

1. Locating a Web Hosting Service

• Free: will be limited in size and function, and will iinclude advertising

• Fee: can range in price from $1.95 per month and upwards; the higher the price the more you get...

  •         Storage space

  •         Speed

  •         Email service

  •         Customer Service

  •         Reliability

  •         Support for CGI script (forms), Frontpage extensions, FTP, streaming video, etc.

    2.  Selecting a Domain Name

Uploading web pages

Hands-on: sign up for free hosting and upload pages

Accepting Credit Cards

1. Merchant Account

2. PayPal

Getting Listed in Search Engines

1. Title

2. Metatags - hands-on

3. Contacting Search Engines

2:45

Share web pages and questions

Graphics from Art by Cheryl