Now that we have used a table to create a basic layout for our website, we can expand the site to more than one web page. Watch below as I show you how to do this. After all, almost all sites have more than one page involved. [hidepost=1] [flv:http://pcmech.s3.amazonaws.com/introhtml/multi_page_site.flv 610 364] [/hidepost]
Using Tables For Page Layout (Video)
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Tables can obviously be used to lay out data in an organized way. However, you can also use tables to create the overall structure of your website. This video below will explain and show how to do this. [hidepost=1] [flv:http://pcmech.s3.amazonaws.com/introhtml/tables_for_layout.flv 610 364] [/hidepost]
Introduction To Dreamweaver (Video)
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Now that this course has provided the basics on hand-coding your HTML, we will delve into the world of WYSIWYG editors. Using an editor like this will allow you to create your web pages in a much quicker fashion and in a style much more similar to a word processor. You can accomplish much of [...]
Working With Links In HTML
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What makes the Internet into the “world wide web”? Or more accurately, what makes it a “web”? It is links. See, if there is a web page floating out there on a server with no links pointing to it, it might as well be completely off the Internet. Nobody can get to it! It is [...]
Working With Tables
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Tables are something you will probably need to make use of on your web pages. You may use them to simply structure your data for easy viewing. Some people actually use tables to form the basic layout of their pages. I will address using tables for design later in this course. For now, let me [...]
Working With Images
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Often, the difference between a “blah” looking webpage and a good looking one comes down to the images used. Images are used not only to accent your text, but also for the actual design and layout of your web page. We will get into how to actually design a web page a little later in [...]
Introduction To HTML
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OK, it is now time to start actually creating a webpage. In this lesson, I am going to introduce you to HTML. In the following lessons, we will get into specific areas of HTML. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. An HTML file is just a text file which contains small “markup tags”. A [...]
Basic Introduction To Web Site Files
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When making your own website, it is important that you have an understanding of the different types of files you will be working with and what they are. In this lesson, I will introduce the common file types to you. First off, realize that your website is going to be made up of files. These [...]
Choosing A Web Host
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One of the prerequisites for having your own website is having a place to PUT your website. This is what a web host is. It is simply a computer which has been set up to deliver content to Internet visitors on request. Choosing a web host can be a daunting task – especially if you [...]
What You Need – A Checklist
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OK, before we get going with creating your own website, there are a few things to think about and gather together. An Idea Before creating your own website, you need to have some idea of exactly what you are trying to do with it and what you would like to accomplish. You can consult the [...]
Don’t Make Me Think
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Don’t Make Me Think is a book about web usability. It’s an older book but required reading for anyone who designs web sites. In a nutshell it states that if you want a successful web site, make it stupidly easy to use. Go complicated are it’s nothing but a big ball of fail. In the [...]
How The Internet Works
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The first step to getting into this field is to understand how it works. Here are some questions that I have found many people simply don’t understand: How does the internet work? When I put up a website, where does it go? When I enter a website address into my browser, what is happening? I [...]
Reasons To Have A Web Site
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Before we begin in earnest, let’s talk about why you might want to have a website. There are a lot of different types of sites out there and the great part about the internet, in general, is that it is a free medium to do with what you want. Some of the common things people [...]
Introduction
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I have been working online for almost 10 years now. I have been familiar with the internet since before the concept of a website really existed. Back in those days, there was no such thing as a www or a dot-com. You connected to what was called a Bulletin Board System (BBS) and you did [...]
VirtualBox (And Setting Up Linux Mint in Windows)
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Virtualbox is for those who would like to run an alternate operating system inside Windows rather than dual-boot. Using this software allows you complete control over a virtual environment. If you have the license, you can install another copy of Windows inside Windows, or a Linux distribution, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, even OS/2 Warp! Here is an [...]
