Monday 9-10:15 Review of assignments and constructive suggestions. Open Forum Class discussion. 10:30 - 12:00 Coding for Interactive Forms. Using ftp upload your pages to a server. 1:00 - 2:30 Use of Frames. Check out Frame type of Web Site. Pro's and Cons. 2:45 to 4 PM Construction of Frame based pages - hands on workshop. Homework - Rewrite your own web pages and include an interactive form on one page. Tuesday 9-10:15 Review of Assignment and question and answer period. Using Email effectively. 10:30 - 12:00 Color codes and uses in backgrounds , tables, and gif's. Changing color schemes. Suggestions for use of color. 216 Web safe palette. Go to Webmonkey and download web safe palette. 1:00 - 2:15 Using Frames and Color .. 2:30 - 4:00 Workshop on Design choices - tables vs frames - use of color in cells and in navigation. Types of web sites that use harsh colors to make an effect. Standard background colors and use of images as backgrounds. Assignment - design a web page using frames and different colored backgrounds. Wednesday 9:00 - 10:15 Review of assignment and recommendations. 10:30 - 12:00 Web Site optimization - Size ? Fold ? Search engine optimized? Navigation is simple and no dead links. 1:00 - 2:30. Internet workshop on web development. Using online resources to improve your web site. Java script, Perl script . 2:45 - 4:00 - Animated gif's using a gif animation program .. Hands on. Make an animated gif from scratch ( example - dive. and blue lightning band. Assignment - On your web pages insert a javascript of your choice. Also use the animated gif made this afternoon. Thursday 9:30 - 10:30 Review of last nights homework . Complete review of course so far. Question and Answer session. 10:45 - 12:00 Check out two web sites A List Apart and Web Pages that Suck for design information and for long term reference. After checking out these sources review your web pages looking for : 1) Obvious Design errors 2) Good Design 3) HTML errors - use Dr. Watson Html Checker 4) Congratulate yourself or go back to the drawing board and correct mistakes on your project site. 1:00 - 2:00 Outside links to your site. Links to outside sites. Web Rings, 2:15 to 3:15 Registering your site with Search engines. Yahoo, Alta Vista, Msn, Google 3:30-4 PM Other ways to create traffic to your web pages. Assignment - Set up a links page on your web site. Send email asking for return links. Friday 9:00 to 10:00 Review of last assignment. 10:00 - 11:00 Commercial uses of the web. Ecommerce solutions. 11:00 - 12:00 Setting up credit card acceptance. 1:00 - 2:00 Final workshop . Finish your site and ftp it to your server. 2:00 - 3:00 Site Critique by instructor and fellow students. 3:00 - 4:00 Granting of Certificates and associate membership in HTML writers guild.. |