Using the Web to Your Advantage

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USING THE WEB TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

SITE-BUILDING BASICS

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Essential terms:

A web hosting serviceis a type of internet hosting service that allows

individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via

the World Wide Web.

A domain nameidentifies a website (i.e., microsoft.com).

HTMLstands for

"Hyper-Text Markup

Language. This is the

language that is usedto write web pages.

When you upload, you are sending a file from your computer to

another system (in this case, storing it on your website).2

Not

even

close!


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Search and compare to find the

web hosting service thats right for you


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Some questions to

ask yourself when

considering a site:

What are the terms?

What does it cost? Are there ads?

Is the usage of HTML mandatory or optional?

How much file storage space is there? What is the maximum file size that I can upload?

Do I want a transferrable domain name?


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This is BPROs

web hosting

service.

BPROs domain

name is bpro.us

HTML is

optional

Larger file

storage andupload

capacity

Must pay
http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/tmp/scratch_5/bpro.ushttp://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/tmp/scratch_5/bpro.us


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EarthLinks TrellixSite Builder does (most of) the work for you


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OrgSites users do all the work themselves

Example of HTML entry

What your sites visitor sees


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OrgSites provides its users with a quick reference list of the most

common HTML codes and handy links to external HTML resources


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Most hosting sites will accommodate .htm

files created using Microsoft Word


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They provide users with the ability to

manage their web pages


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and to store files


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and graphics


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plus they offer other useful features


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Its not difficult to build a basic website using HTML.

Like any language, HTML can get complicated

but you dont have to go there!

You can say that

Im a

septuagenarian

Or I can just say that

youre a

seventy-something

instead


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And even if you choose a site that doesnt require HTML,

you can use it to jazz things up a bit


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You might just want a scrolling marquee

or a dropdown menu

or to insert a special feature provided by another website.

Web templates such as EarthLinks dont

provide you with these feature options.You must use HTML.

And none of these enhancements are

difficult.


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To add this, I googled html code for

scrolling marquee, found an example of

the code, copied and pasted it to the

website, and then personalized the colors

and text.

The marquee, for example:

The HTML Code:

Not hard to do at all!


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Once youve chosen a web host and created an account,

its time to start building

(from this point on, lets assume youre using an HTML-only site)


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Decide what kinds of information you want to display on your

Homepage and enter the text. You can dress things up later on as youbecome more accustomed to working in an HTML format.


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[Discussion of HTML code list]


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HTML entry: This is my first attempt.
So far, so good.

Displays as: This is my first attempt.

So far, so good.


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HTML entry: This is my first attempt.
So

far, so good.

Displays as: This is myfirstattempt.

So far, so good.


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HTML entry: This is my first

attempt. So far, so good.

Displays as: This is myfirstattempt. So far, so good.

A few of our friends


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A few of our friends

Helps with horizontal alignment

DFASDFSDF [i.e., when text to the side of a picture is a little

higher than the picture itself]

Table Helps with horizontal display

Simple table without borders:

Begin table

table row table data [insert html text or picture link here]

end table data

table data [insert html text or picture link here]

end table data

end table row end table

Internet Helpful for finding html code to copy, paste

Search and adapt for our needs

[i.e., Google]


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Another valuable friend is View+ Source,

which enables us to see a web pages HTML.


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View + Source was used to view the HTML on PD 11s homepage.

The page includes a simple table containing images.

Each image is a link; each image also displays the agencys telephone

number instead of its file name.


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Best advice:

Try it

Look at the result

Make any

necessary

adjustments

Always remember

that we learn bytrial and error and

that perseverance

pays off!

IN SUMMARY


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Weigh the pros and cons,select a web hosting service,

and proceed to unleash your creativity upon the world!

IN SUMMARY:


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Fall Conference 2011

Roanoke, Virginia

[email protected]

(434) 455-5645

Presenter:

Glenn Custer
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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