Introduction to Web Creation

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Introduction to Web Creation
iMet Tool Training
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Basic Principles

• Have a plan
• Focus on the content and communication
• Make navigation logical and consistent
• Design for everyone- use alt tags to comply with
  ADA- design for lower resolutions (800x600)
• Practice clean file management

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Terminology

• HTMLHypertext Markup Language
• HTML FileA web page built from HTML
• Index FileThe home or main page of a web site or
  folder in a web site (index.html)
• Root FolderMain folder for all files and folders
  
• Sub FolderAdditional folders within a root folder

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Terminology (cont.)

• Local SiteSeries of folders storing a web sites
  files on a local computer housed in the root
  folder
• Web ServerRemote location for saving and
  distributing web site files to the www
• Remote SiteMatching folders and files for a web
  site on a web server

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Local File Management
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Going Remote

• A web site lives locally in a root folder on
  your hard drive
• A web site available online has a remote
  matching root folder on a web server
• We use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in
  Dreamweaver to upload your local site to the
  remote folder on the iMet server.

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Reaching the WWW