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Things to Consider

	Define a purpose or have an audience in mind BEFORE attempting a page.
	What do you want its function to be?
	Whom do you want to reach?
	Why are you building a page?
	How much time do you want to spend updating your page?

Where to Start

	Look at successful classroom web pages
		Teachers.Net Webring sites
			Over 500 educationally related sites
	Some simple formats to consider
		A single page
		A “tree” format with the first page as a table of contents or menu

Design Layout Do’s

	Keep it simple and small
	Provide a common look and feel
	Provide the author’s name and e-mail address
	Protect yourself
		Media release forms
	Use descriptive titles
	Provide links to graphics or other resources
	Use headings and subheading for organization
	Keep materials up to date

Planning a Home Page

	Decide on a purpose and audience
	Draw a diagram of your entire site
	Sketch each separate page on paper
	Always test your pages

Text Editors

	HTML                (hyper text mark-up language)
		Windows
			TextPad
		Macintosh
			BBEdit-Lite
			Plaintext
	WYSIWYG           (what you see is what you get)
		Claris homepage
		PageMill
		PageSpinner
		Web weaver
		Microsoft's front page
		Netscape

Graphic Editors

	Spend what you can afford
		What you spend will determine what you can do
	Shareware/freeware
	CorelDraw
	Adobe PhotoShop
	Paint shop pro

HTML Source Code

	Tags
		Snippets of code enclosed with carrot brackets
			Line break = <br>
	Paired tags
		Codes which must be closed by duplicating the code with the addition of a slash
			<Title> (insert title) </title>
	Tags are not case sensitive
	View source code

Reference Guides

	HTML quick reference
	Quick HTML reference guide
	HTML home page
	Sandia national laboratories - HTML reference manual

Publishing A Web Page

	Work online
		On site text editors
			Tripod
	Work off line
		Save documents as web pages
			MS word document
			PowerPoint Presentation
		FTP (file transfer protocol)

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