Lesson 8: Basic Web Page Creation

     source: http://www.taplowgroup.com/Expertise/ICT
                                
                                People use HTML ,codes to create pages and CSS codes to design them. If you have taken up these coding skills before, it will help you in creating pages using WYSIWYG. If you have not, WYSIWYG is designed for anyone who has not or does not have prior processing skills.

           WYSIWYG
                    WYSIWYG is the acronym for What You See Is What You Get. This means that whatever you type, insert, draw, place, rearrange, and everything you do on a page is what the audience will see. Like using the Microsoft Word(R), WYSIWYG shows and prints whatever you type on the screen.

  Ways Of Accessing The Web:

• Dial-up connection. 
• DSL.
• Cable Internet.
• Wireless Internet.
• Dedicated Wire.

     Web Browsers

  A website must be tested and viewed using the browsers that are commonly used by users worldwide.

• Internet Explorer.
• Mozilla Firefox.
• Safari.
• Google Chrome.
• Opera.
• Netscape.
• Flock.

  Basic Web Principles

• Balance.
• Proximity.
• White Space
• Contrast.
• Focus.
• Unity.
• Alignment.

  Essential Elements Of Web Contents

• Accuracy.
• Readability.
• Understandable.
• Concise.
• Ethical and Legal.

  Planning Your Website

1. Create the goal or purpose of the website.
2. Identify the primary target audience.
3. Plan the concept of the website.
4. Plan and organize the site structure.
5. Plan the web pages detail.
6. Planning and designing the navigation scheme.
7. Planning and gathering resources.

    Keyterms:

• Internet. World wide collection of computers.
• Webpage. Its is a formatted page within a website that contains text,graphics,video and multimedia.
• Homepage. The first web page of a website which usually provides information about the website it's purpose and content.
• Splash Page. It contains a multimedia which is designed to be attractive and intriguing.