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FrontPage, Microsoft's powerful tool for creating
and maintaining web sites is a premier tool for creating
and maintaining web sites. If you can use Microsoft
Word, you can develop web sites using FrontPage..
FrontPage webs can either be be mounted on the
Internet
or hosted on a computer 'in-house' (an Intranet). We show you how to use FrontPage to
design and create web sites that focus on your (or your organization's)
individual needs. By the end of the course, you will be able to create
(and maintain)
your web site without the need to rely on others to update content.
Click
here to
view a web site developed by a student during the course - from no
knowledge to this in one day. Clearly, the site is not complete, but all
the owner of the site has to do is fill in the textual details on appropriate pages.
Incidentally, writing the words is not simple. It is a good idea to
prepare some written material before you start crafting your site.
The full day course runs on demand -
please send an email
to
info@designcad.com.au and we will reply with some
possible dates. Training in this software is offered in both Adelaide and
Canberra, but in
Canberra, we need a minimum of three students in a group
to cover costs as we hire a training room in the Hotel
Kurrajong, National Circuit Barton.
The cost
of the course for in-house training is $A750.00 per person and includes GST.
We encourage payment prior to taking the course by
direct deposit to our bankers or via
PayPal. We
encourage payment via
PayPal, an organization which takes all credit cards
using a secure Internet facility. PayPal is a partner
within the eBay system. We have chosen PayPal because it
is independent of us, allows us to hold money in trust
until we have delivered the course and is now
operational in Australia.
We will provide a tax invoice on
receipt of payment. If you cannot attend after booking a
course, there is no penalty, we will simply re-schedule.
If this is not possible, we will refund payment.
This course can be taken by distance learning at a
considerable discount - $A250.00.
We ship a printed workbook and CD-ROM
containing a large collection of these instructional
movies. Together they enable you to learn to use the
software. We provide email support while you
work though the course.
Here is a link to
background material on the way our distance courses
work.
If your company or
organization is paying for the course, all we need is a
purchase order and an address to send the course
materials. We encourage payment via
PayPal, an
organization which takes all credit cards using a secure
Internet facility. PayPal is a partner within the eBay
system. We have chosen PayPal because it is independent
of us, allows us to hold money in trust until we have
delivered the course and is now operational in
Australia.
If you take the course as a private distance
student, payment for courses can also be
accepted through the the
PayPal system.
this course can also be taken at a
further discount ($A250.00) if you have access to
broadband. Click here to visit our broadband site:
When taken in-house, An Introduction
to Microsoft FrontPage normally runs over a full day session.
When taken
externally, experience has shown us that students take
significantly longer to complete the course, primarily
because they are able to break up their learning into
small 'chunks' as time permits. FrontPage is a large
program - please allow plenty of time to work through
our materials. We would estimate that you have 25-30
hours of work in front of you!
An
understanding of basic
computer operation including the ability to create, save and locate files. We
would expect that you have used a computer with
the Windows operating system for some
time and perhaps developed reasonable facility
with a word processor
such as Microsoft Word. If you do not have these
skills, visit the free software training section
on the web site.
The table below provides an overview of
the course content.
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Module |
Description |
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The FrontPage Process |
Starting FrontPage. A very
quick illustration of FrontPage at work - using a template to create
your first web site in five minutes flat! Previewing web pages
in FrontPage and in a web browser such as Internet Explorer. Publishing the newly created site to a hosting service
using FrontPage's publish feature. Testing the
new site across the
Internet. We emphasize the value of templates by examining one
which establishes a case management tool for lawyers and
investigators. |
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Preliminaries |
We emphasize how important it
is to create some content before
you begin. Some configuration steps to take
in order to
use FrontPage more efficiently. Setting up
folders to hold copies of material that you generate in your course work. |
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The Anatomy of a Web Site |
Web addresses. What's a URL? The components of a
web site. The Internet and intranet web sites. Obtaining
objective evidence of a sites efficiency. FrontPage in action.
Using a FrontPage wizard to create a one page web. Modifying a page.
Creating webs in real time. Developing more
complex sites - a corporate presence web complete with
navigational aids. Some analysis - why build web
sites? What makes a site successful? Analyzing successful sites. Planning your own site? Writing
a project charter. Defining the target
audience, marketing considerations, building content, navigation, sub-pages,
future growth etc. A check list for the content of your home
page - possible sub-pages. Frames, graphics and graphic load. What is HTML
and how does FrontPage create it? Some links to resources on the
web to help with the creation of your web. |
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Interface |
How does FrontPage work? The arrangement of the
FrontPage 'screen'. We place some text, change the colour,
size and highlighting options for the text. Changing the view of a web site.
We explore the
navigation view and note the hierarchical layout of pages and links etc.
We look at reports, the task list and the hyperlink view. The operation of various tools and toolbars
is discussed.
We exploring two existing web sites. We examine the design of and
modify a site which one of our students created for a small firm
which retails computers and
accessories. FrontPage allows the application of themes to whole
site and individual pages in a web. We change the theme of a
site. |
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One Page Web Site |
Creating a one page site with
more complex page layout - a web site for a motorcycle club. We
show that layout can be controlled using tables. We place some
graphics on a page and adjust the format of those graphics
within cells in a table.
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Serving Web Pages |
Introducing web servers.
Installing web servers. Creating web pages with a text editor and with FrontPage. Publishing web pages
on a web server using FrontPage. Using WS_FTP to publish a web site to
an Internet hosting service. Inserting navigational bars.
Adjusting the navigational properties of a web site. Testing
newly published webs with Internet Explorer. |
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Multi Page Web Sites |
A further look at the FrontPage
interface. The important distinction between the FrontPage
Explorer and the FrontPage Editor. Switching to full page view
in the editor.
Creating a multi page web. Dressing up pages with
FrontPage components (web bots). Inserting buttons that glow. Creating more complex webs and setting up navigational
links. Web sites with frames. Using JavaScript.
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Creating Web Graphics |
What file types can you use on
web pages? Scanning hand drawn images. Using
raster editors such as Paint Shop Pro to build images suitable for
web
pages. |
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Advanced
Page Layout |
Some hints for setting out
web pages. The value of dynamic web page templates. |
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