Transcript Create a Web Site with Publisher

Create a Web Site with
Publisher 2000
for
Marilyn Seguin’s Class
First – A word about Pictures
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Pictures for a web page need to be:
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Small enough file size to load quickly.
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Depends on number of pictures on a single web page
Generally, file size should be under 50 to75 kb / image.
JPEG format for Photographs or GIF format for limited
color images, “gif ” images with transparent backgrounds or
“gif ” animations.
Usually “scanned” images should be scanned at ~75 d.p.i.
resolution. Actual image size = Screen image size
Digital cameras should use lower resolution settings.
Publisher 2000 vs. Publisher XP
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Open Publisher, follow instructions, make style choices
from design templates. There are some differences
however between the way Publisher 2000 and the way
Publisher 2002 (XP) work.
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If your using Publisher 2000:
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Web Wizard will help you create a number of pages before you start.
You can edit each page: replacing, deleting or adding text and images.
If your using Publisher 2002 (or Publisher XP):
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Only creates “home page” from start-up. You have to insert all new
pages.
If you use one of the IS labs, the library computers or the Student
Multimedia Studio, then you will be using Publisher XP.
Publisher 2000 - Start up
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Open Publisher 2000
Select Publication by Wizard tab
Select Web Sites wizard
Select a Web Site template icon
Click on Start Wizard
Publisher 2000 – Wizard choices
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Click Next in Web Site Wizard window
Choose from wizard then click next after each selection
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Color Scheme,
Additional Pages,
Forms,
Navigation Bar,
Sound,
Texture and
Personal Information – click Finish
SAVE YOUR WORK
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1st use SAVE AS (will save as a publisher file so you can reopen it and make
changes later.
Then, use SAVE AS WEB PAGE (saves as web pages – not “easily” edited in
publisher)
ALWAYS save both ways. Save after you make any changes both ways, too!
Personalizing “Wizard” Pages
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Change Page Titles - Menu bar text changes
automatically
Replace Text / Pictures with your own
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Right click image
Choose Change Picture
(Retains size and location of the original picture)
Insert New Pictures or Text
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Insert > Picture > From File (must resize to fit)
Use Text Frame Tool on Toolbar to insert new text block.
Adding More Pages
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Insert > Page
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More Options
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Select type of page
Check the ADD HYPERLINK TO WEB NAVIGATION BAR
This will create a page using the type of page you’ve chosen with all the
hyperlinks to the pages on your site.
Blank Pages
One Text Frame
Duplicate All Objects
Enter number of pages you want to insert
Choose Before or After Current Page
Check the ADD HYPERLINK TO WEB NAVIGATION BAR
Edit New Pages as described on “Personalizing Wizard Pages”
Publisher 2000 – Hyperlinks
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Image Hyperlinks
Right Click on Image then choose Hyperlink
 Select from “Create Hyperlink To” options
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Text Hyperlinks
Highlight Text to be Hyperlinked
 Right click on selected text or use Hyperlink icon
 Select from “Create Hyperlink To” options
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Save as Web Page
…using Publisher XP
How different Publisher Versions
save your Web Pages
…using Publisher 2000
• All Web Pages AND Images go
into one common folder.
• Automatically names the
“homepage”, index.htm
• The “homepage” is saved in the folder
you select and a new folder is created to
hold all images and added web pages.
• Must name the “homepage” manually
as “index.htm”.
Viewing your Web Site
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You can use Web Page Preview at any time during the
construction of your web site to see how it will look in
a web browser like IE or Netscape.
You can also open the index.html file (this is your home
page) directly from the folder where you saved the
page. It will automatically open it in the default
browser for the computer you’re using.
For this class… this is all you have to do. But if you
want, you can upload your web site to Kent’s Personal
Server, continue on….
Uploading to Server
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Can use WS_FTP LE or Secure Shell for Windows (SSH
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http://helpdesk.kent.edu/software/winme/wmetelnet.shtm (I recommend WS_FTP LE)
There’s an tutorial on how to use WS_FTP LE at http://act.kent.edu … tutorials link
MUST know user name and flashline password to log-in to server
If saved as a Publisher 2000 web page (site), you MUST transfer all web pages and
images from common folder (where you saved the page) into public_html folder on
the server
If saved as a Publisher XP web page (site),
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Can download either of these programs free from:
You SHOULD have named the page when you saved it as a publisher document as
index.html. Then, when you “save as a web page”, your home page will be given the
filename, index.html. A folder will be created automatically called, index_files. You MUST
transfer both the index.html file and the index_files folder into the public_html folder on the
server.
If you make changes later:
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You MUST transfer all web pages and any new images in the common folder (using
Publisher 2000) or the index.html file and the index_html folder (if using Publisher XP) to
the server each time you make a change to any of your web pages.