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Create your own free, yet professional website. Easy to follow, step by step instructions. A simple site in less than an hour!
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Creating a website
Introductions
Gay Stephenson
Online Communications Manager [email protected] Jacqui Strachan
Community Development Coordinator [email protected]
Kristine Garcia
Online Communications Assistant [email protected]
Orientation • Jacqui introductions, shows us how to
participate in this webinar, fields questions. • Gay shows us how, step by step. • Kristine answers questions, can give you
extra support.
You (the participants): • Can “chat” by typing questions, comments • Turn on your microphone to speak • Use the ✔ or ✖ and J and L faces
We’ve all felt like this… • I feel stupid. • What happened? • I am the only one who doesn’t know? It’s okay to ask. We’ll try to help. Let’s learn together!
Collaborating with the school
• For some this is simply a new tool! • Protocol already in place • If creating a website is a new endeavour:
– Open communications with the principal and school council
– Collaborate – Connect with the school
Create your own website
This workshop includes: þ Signing up for a free website þ Adding content (your text) þ Adding pictures þ Choosing a design for your site þ Adding pages to your website þ Publishing your new site to the internet!
How to sign up
Type in a username…
Then click on Sign Up
Choose a name for your site
Type in a name for your website
Choosing your a website address
Click inside Option A
Typing your new website name/address
Type in the name you would like for your site
Find a name that is available
Your new website starts off looking like this…
Now it’s your turn… Go to www.weebly.com
Next steps…
Adding text to your page
Hold your cursor over the first box
Click on the box and drag it down here.
Drag the paragraph with title down to the page
It will look like this
Click in here to edit title
Click in this box to type or edit paragraph
Drag as many of these as you want down onto your page
Click on red x to delete a box you don’t want
Then you can type text in the box
Adding a link to another website
You can copy and paste a website address into a text box to create a link to that website
Or use the chain button to add a link (as in email & Word)
Using the editing / text tool
B will make text bold
This is a close-up of what appears when you begin typing text in a text box.
I will make text italic
u will underline text Change the colour of text
Make text size bigger
Make text size smaller
Drag the box down
Click in this box to select a picture from your computer
Adding a picture
Then you can type text in the box
Once you’ve uploaded a picture, you will see it
Changing the design
Change the design
Choose from favourite themes or All Themes for more…
How to sign up
Choosing the design options: font, font colour
Choose fonts here
Don’t forget to PUBLISH your site!
Click to save and publish your work
Help when you need it!
Help is available! Lots of clear help topics from weebly.
Creating pages
You click here to add a page
Then click Save
The settings for your website
Change site address
Change the “title” of your site or remove it from display.
Changing your website name
You can change the name of your site…
Or choose to register a specific name for $39/yr
Questions?
Gay Stephenson [email protected] Jacqui Strachan
Kristine Garcia [email protected]
Or by phone 416-534-0100
