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Introduction to
Dreamweaver and HTML
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Diane Millican
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What is Dreamweaver?
 Visually Design Web Pages
 Used by Professionals
 As well as Beginners
 HTML Editor
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HTML
 Hypertext Markup Language
 Describes the appearance of
web pages and items on the page
 Hypermedia
 Enclosed in tags < >
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Tags
<p>
 A paragraph tag
 Lets the browser know to start
a new paragraph
 Use lowercase letters
 At the end of the paragraph
use the ending tag < / p >
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Elements
 <Element
Attribute = “value” >
 An example could be
<sandwich
bread = “ wheat”>
or <car color = “blue”>
 <table bgcolor = “silver”>
Tells the browser to make the table
background silver
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HTML Document Requirements
 <DOCTYPE>
 <html>
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<head>
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</head>
<body>
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<title>Document Title</title>
Keywords, Metatags , Styles, Scripts
content
</body>
 </html>
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World Wide Web
 Overseen by a not for profit group
 W3C - W.W.W. Consortium
 Working toward equal W.W.W.
access for everyone
 Lots of information and tutorials
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http://www.w3schools.com/
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Planning the Web Site
 Saves time later
 Who is your audience?
 Gather Information
 Flowchart the site
 Watch width of page
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Monitor Resolution
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Monitor Resolution
 Many kinds of monitors
 Differing resolutions
 # of Pixels
 Old monitors - 640 X 480
 Still fairly common today - 800 X 600
 My monitor has - 1024 x 768
 Newer monitors even larger
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Download Time
 No more than 8 seconds
 Divide information up
 Make smaller files
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External link
Email
HOME PAGE
City Facts
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Services
External link
Map
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