Aim: Using the latest Microsoft Expression Web, formerly FrontPage, and plug-ins, create, fast loading, well designed web pages with multimedia features.
COURSE CONTENTS
FrontPage training help. Setting up folders and file management. Planning and sketching lay-out. Navigation Configuring MS Front Page Plug-ins such as graphic editors.
Difference between a html editor and a browser.
Hyper-text explained. Importing pages and saving as templates.
Free webpage template resources.
Selecting a web page template good for search engines.
Starting a new webpage from non frame templates.
W3C web page standards
XHTML
Style sheets made easy with Expression Web. If you're having problems handling .ccs style sheets and applying them to all pages instead of script on every page then it's time to upgrade from MS FrontPage to Expression Web.
Views: Design, Split ,Code, Preview. Inserting hyper-text links. Standard MS formatting and commands. (same as MS Word) On-line importing pages into MS Front Page. Browser compatibility issues. Text, formatting, types. Working with images: Inserting, scanning, resizing, boarders, thumbnails, alternative text, format types, etc. Tables: inserting, formatting, etc. Page Properties:
Page title
Sounds with your page
Link formatting
Background images, Watermarks
Meta tags
Language
Margines
Themes Bookmarks Templates, Frames
Opening links in separate windows. Problem with frames. FrontPage Plug-ins Dynamic Hyper Text Mark-up Language (DHTML) Script code - Java. Improving page load speed. (this page should load in 3 seconds @ 56kbs with music !) Brief look at other html editors. Database driven dynamic web pages online.
 | Q: Why would you pay for an html editor if you can "save as" from other applications ? A: Because it saves a whole lot of unwanted junk which slows the load speed of pages. After checking the html code in source view you'll see the junk. |
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