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Web Page Design > Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage 2003
 Have
you been itching to build a Web site but don’t know where to start? If
so, this is the course for you! In Introduction to FrontPage 2003,
you'll learn the essentials of Microsoft’s popular Web site-building
software.
You'll begin with an introduction to the basics of Web
design and an exploration of the interface and features of the
FrontPage program. Then, you'll learn how to manipulate text and
graphics to create finished Web pages. Next, you'll find out how to
create and manipulate tables to structure and organize your Web pages.
After
you have the basics down, you’ll learn to use the program’s superb
built-in site navigation tools. These tools will help you lay out a
site logically, applying navigation buttons to effortlessly link the
pages of your site to one another, as well as to other sites on the
World Wide Web. You'll learn how to build a solid navigational flow for
your site that’s easy to change and update.
In later lessons,
you'll find out how to publish and market your Web site. You’ll learn
about meta tags, browsers, and bots, and practice using them in
hands-on exercises. We'll also explore such important issues as
choosing the proper Web Presence Provider to ensure that you can take
full advantage of some of FrontPage’s coolest features.
By the
end of the course, you’ll be armed with the knowledge you need to
create an attractive, well-designed, and functional Web site. So what
are you waiting for? Let’s go build a Web site!
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Syllabus:
All
courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two
lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course.
You do not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must
complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
A new
section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each
month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure
to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.
| Week One |
| Wednesday - Lesson 01 |
So
you want to build a Web site? Web sites range in scope from the simple
to the wildly complex. Whatever the site you have in mind, FrontPage
2003 makes it easier than ever to create it. In our first lesson, we'll
explore how Web pages work, including the underlying code that makes
each Web page something unique. You'll quickly understand how Web sites
and Web servers work and interact with Web browsers to display what you
see when surfing the Internet. You'll learn about the different types
of Web sites you can create, from personal sites to commercial sites,
and you'll get your first taste of Web site design ideas, learning
tried and true methods for planning and implementing your Web site. By
the end of the lesson, you'll be on your way to building your first Web
site with FrontPage 2003.
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| Friday - Lesson 02 |
Today
we'll take an in-depth tour of the FrontPage interface. You'll learn
the names of all the different places, toolbars, menus, and so on, so
you, your fellow students, and I can talk the same language throughout
the rest of the course. What's a "main pane?" What are "Page view
views?" Inquiring minds want to know, and this lesson has the answers!
We'll also go over the functions of each of the tools in FrontPage so
you'll know some of the cool and outrageous capabilities you have at
your disposal with this powerful Web-development program.
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| Week Two |
| Wednesday - Lesson 03 |
In
this lesson, you'll begin building your Web site in earnest, adding new
pages, then working through any navigation issues so surfers can
effectively make their way through your site. This is definitely a
nuts-and-bolts kind of a lesson—just right for starting off the second
week of class.
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| Friday - Lesson 04 |
Most
Web pages are made up of a lot of text and a few pictures, so knowing
how to work with text in FrontPage 2003 is a critical skill you'll need
to master. Today's lesson is all about text manipulation, so you'll
soon be working madly away with words. You'll also get insight into how
paragraphs work in Web pages and learn the tools FrontPage provides to
help you size and shape your paragraphs. Finally, you'll get a healthy
dose of the page layout tools available in FrontPage so you won't
create Web sites that wobble all over the place.
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| Week Three |
| Wednesday - Lesson 05 |
What
would the Web be without pictures? One dull place, if you ask me! You
learned about text in the last lesson, so now it's time to tackle the
other major component of Web pages: images. In this lesson, we'll
explore the ins and outs of the three common image formats you'll find
on the Web: JPEG, GIF, and PNG. You'll master the tools built into
FrontPage 2003 for image manipulation, including the ever-popular auto
thumbnailing and the Photo Gallery. We'll wrap up the lesson with a
discussion on several ways to acquire images that are suitable for your
Web site.
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| Friday - Lesson 06 |
Most
students enjoy this lesson immensely because they get a chance to dive
into the world of scanners, digital cameras, and digital-image editing
with third-party programs. Although this topic is somewhat on the
periphery of a course on FrontPage 2003, many students want digital
imaging skills to help them build better Web sites. I've also found
that even a short lesson on working with images in a typical
photo-manipulation program (such as Adobe Photoshop) can make a huge
difference in the quality of your Web site. We'll start by talking
about scanners. You'll learn how they work and how to pick the right
one for your Web site needs. Then we'll go into a similar discussion
about digital cameras. You'll get the inside scoop on image quality
issues, storage media—such as CompactFlash and x-Digital—and copying
images from your camera to your computer. We'll wrap up with a
discussion on digital image editing steps, using a free-for-download
program as an example. It works like a lot of other popular commercial
image-editing programs, so you can follow along and pick up new
techniques for a variety of programs.
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| Week Four |
| Wednesday - Lesson 07 |
The
magic ingredient that makes the Web such a dynamic and unique tool is
the use of links. Links, or hyperlinks, enable you to traverse the
world—literally—with a simple click of the mouse. We'll start out by
going through a scenario to teach you how to insert, configure, and
change hyperlinks on your Web pages. It will help to keep you
interested because you can see the changes taking place in the Web site
as we go along. By the time you're finished, you'll know all about
relational and absolute links, and when to use one or the other. You'll
know how to link to a specific page on the Internet, to a file on an
external computer, and to e-mail addresses. We'll explore FrontPage's
tools for verifying whether the links in your Web pages still point to
valid targets or whether they're broken links. And you'll find out how
to keep your site current and not stagnant. Finally, you'll learn how
to create links to specific sections of a Web page and to create links
within a digital image.
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| Friday - Lesson 08 |
Tables
provide the basic layout tool for Web pages, so mastering how tables
work will give you incredible power to go from page design to page
reality. In today's lesson, we'll pick up from where we left off in our
page layout in Lesson 4 and move into the nitty-gritty details of
working with tables in FrontPage 2003. Using another extended scenario,
you'll learn all the mechanical steps for creating tables, adding and
deleting rows and columns, formatting the cells, changing the
background, and so on (and it won't be boring!). We'll finish up with a
look at layout tables, a powerful tool unique to FrontPage that will
give you a chance to get very creative with your tables and page layout.
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| Week Five |
| Wednesday - Lesson 09 |
In
casual Web surfing, I'm sure you've come across a well-designed Web
site that makes complete sense. In these sites, you intuitively know
how to find the information you want, with hyperlinks and a
navigational structure that carry you effortlessly through the site's
many layers without letting you lose sight of the home page or the
site's purpose. In today's lesson, we'll discuss how to turn your Web
site into a tightly integrated masterpiece! You'll learn how and when
to apply shared borders for your Web pages. You'll get the inside scoop
on link bars, including how to create custom links and links based on
the navigational structure you've been implementing since Lesson 2.
Finally, we'll explore using the Navigation view tool to manipulate and
manage complex Web sites.
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| Friday - Lesson 10 |
In
today's lesson, we'll examine FrontPage's themes in depth. Themes can
give your Web site a coordinated look and feel by replacing plain
backgrounds, headings, and links with consistent colors and buttons.
You'll learn how to apply a theme to one page or to your whole Web
site. You'll modify a theme to create one that works just right for
your site, and you'll learn how to remove a theme that's gotten unruly.
Finally, we'll look at cascading style sheets—how they work, why you
should know about them, and how to implement them in FrontPage 2003.
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| Week Six |
| Wednesday - Lesson 11 |
You've
spent much of the course so far building and modifying your Web site.
Now it's time to publish it to the Internet or to an intranet server.
In today's lesson, you'll learn how to choose the Web host that's right
for you. We'll look at acquiring a dot-com domain name and
issues like online storage, tech support, FrontPage Server Extensions,
and cost. I'll give you the inside scoop on what to do before you
publish your Web site. Then we'll look at the many tools in FrontPage
2003 for publishing your Web site and synchronizing between the online
and local copies of the site.
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| Friday - Lesson 12 |
You know the saying: If you build it, they will come.
Well, that isn't necessarily true--especially when you're talking about
a Web site. That's why we'll spend our final lesson concentrating on
the skills you need to master to publicize your Web site. By the end of
this lesson, you'll know how to optimize your Web site so that search
engines pick it up. You'll learn various strategies for publicizing
your Web site so that the maximum number of visitors can admire your
brilliant Web design!
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This
course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide
you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your
questions. The instructor for this course will be Scott Jernigan.
 With
a Master of Arts degree in Medieval History, Scott Jernigan feels as
much at home in the musty archives of London as he does in the warm
glow of a computer monitor. Scott teaches A+ Certification and PC
hardware classes around the country, including several stints at the
FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, Lucent Technologies in Baltimore, MD, and
the United Nations in New York City. Scott has also edited numerous
computer books, including the best-selling "All in One A+ Certification
Exam Guide" and the "Network+ Certification Exam Guide" from
McGraw-Hill. Practicing what he teaches, Scott is an A+ and Network+
Certified Technician.
Student Reviews:
"Another great course and a job well done!"
"Before I started this course I knew absolutely nothing
about what went into making a web site, period. After this course, I
have an extremely good , above basic understanding of all the concepts
involving web design and maintenance. I am glad that I took this
course, and highly recommend it and the instructor to anyone."
"Great course. I have been out of school for 41 years and it
took away most of my fears and trepidation about learning again. Thank
you Scott for your easy to follow and understand way of putting it
together. I will be interested in taking more courses now."
"Great course! I've gone from being clueless to having a good, basic understanding of FrontPage 2003."
"I had so much fun doing this class! Thank you for providing
such an interesting and informative way to learn the ropes. The
discussion section answered any questions I had and I never even
submitted one of my own. I will miss this class, and I look forward to
continuing online classes with Scott as instructor in future."
"I really enjoyed this class and the instructor was great.
He was very knowledgeable, and he it was easy to ask him anything. He
would always answer my questions very quickly."
"I've enjoyed this course and instructor immensely. In
addition to the assignment and quiz at the end of each lesson, I found
the discussion area to be a great asset. Scott is very knowledgeable in
all aspects of web pages and related subjects."
"Really excellent instructor. Impressed with excellent English, spelling, and sense of humor too."
"Scott did a great job of teaching this course. Thank you for all of the helpful information!"
"Scott was excellent! Thank you so much for providing this
great class to hardworking business professionals like myself. I never
would have been able to take this class on-campus, and it was so much
more thorough than I imagined an online class to be."
"Thank you for all your help. I'm ready to finish my site
and publish it for my family to see. Thanks for a wonderful and useful
class."
"The instructor was great -- very helpful and friendly."
"This course was appropriate as advertised, the lessons were
valuable and the Supplementary Material and FAQs are timely and very
helpful resources. The course was well presented grammatically! The
instructor seemed very knowledgeble about Front Page and helpful at
answering the discussion questions."
"This is the fifth course I've taken from Scott and as before he met the highest professional standards."
"This was my first online education experience. I look
forward to continuing my studies online in the future, due to the
positive experience of taking this course."
"THIS WEB-BASED COURSE EPITOMIZES THE INSTRUCTOR'S EXPERT
KNOWLEDGE IN WEB SITE DESIGN. THE LESSONS WERE STRAIGHTFORWARD, YET
ENGAGING. I LOVE THE WRITING STYLE."
"Very helpful class and instructor! This class paves the way
to work in FrontPage with enough knowledge to move forward with
confidence. Scott was very responsive to our questions in the
discussion area. Thanks Scott!"
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