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Temple Continuing Ed: Build Your Web Site: Putting it all Together

What makes a successful site?

• Site Design
• Content Design
• Page Design
• Accessibility

The good, the bad and the ugly

• Sample sites
  • East Penn Traction Club
  • The Port of Philadelphia and Camden
  • Sterling Helicopter
  • Wheels Inc.
  • Bistro Romano
  • City Tavern
• Redo a site: Removed, person complained
  • Sorry, will show example in class

Design in-class web site

• Use provided artwork [1] [2] [3]
• Create your own
  (within reason)
• Eyewire.com
• Photodisc.com

Page ideas:

• Home page*
• About Us
• Products/Services
• Contact Us
• Solutions
• Samples/Portfolio/Case Studies
• News/Press Releases
• Clients
• Careers
• Current Projects
• Resume

*Required page

Critique and evaluation

Testing your pages

• Both browsers
• Both platforms
• HTML Compliancy
• Cascading Style Sheet Compliancy
• Accessibility Compliancy

Finding a host

• inexpensive hosting companies
• Pair.com
• iPowerWeb.com
• using your ISP provider
  • www.verylongispname.com/~username
  • speed of site

Obtaining a domain name

• the masses: from FREE* to $100
• Network Solutions: $35-50/year
• BuyDomains.com: $16/year

* You get what you pay for

Transferring files to the server

• Through Dreamweaver

Contact me: learn@CognitiveHorizons.com

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Class Outline

Building Your Site:
Putting it all together

What make a site successful?

Site Design
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Content Design

Page Design

Accessibility
[1] [2] [3]
[4] [5]

Reference Library
What EVERY web designer should have on his desk