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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>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<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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