FRONTPAGE XP BOOT CAMP

COURSE OUTLINE

 

DAY 1:

SECTION 1 – GETTING STARTED

·        WEB DESIGN TERMINOLOGY

·        STRATEGIES FOR PLANNING AN EFFECTIVE WEBSITE

·        SETTING UP A WEB IN FRONTPAGE

·        OPENING AND CLOSING A FRONTPAGE WEB

·        IMPORTING AN EXISTING FOLDER AS A FRONTPAGE WEB

·        DELETING A WEB

SECTION 2 – DEVELOPING THE WEB PAGES

·        OVERVIEW OF HTML

·        CREATING A BLANK WEB PAGE

·        SAVING A PAGE IN YOUR WEB

·        MANAGING MULTIPLE OPEN PAGES

·        USING PAGE TEMPLATES

·        SAVING STAND-ALONE WEB PAGES

·        INCORPORATING CONTENT FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS

·        PREVIEWING YOUR WEB PAGES

SECTION 3 – FORMATTING WEB PAGE TEXT

·        WORKING WITH HEADING STYLES

·        WORKING WITH TEXT ALIGNMENT

·        ASSIGNING DEFAULT PAGE BACKGROUND AND TEXT COLORS

·        WORKING WITH CHARACTER FORMATTING

·        WORKING WITH PARAGRAPH AND LINE BREAKS

·        WORKING WITH NUMBERED OR BULLETED LISTS

·        ADDING HORIZONTAL LINES TO YOUR PAGES

SECTION 4 – FUNDAMENTALS OF TABLES

·        UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF TABLES

·        CREATING AN HTML TABLE

SECTION 5 – WORKING WITH HYPERLINKS

·        OVERVIEW OF HYPERLINKS

·        LINKING TO OTHER PAGES IN YOUR SITE

·        LINKING TO WEBSITES OUTSIDE YOUR SITE

·        LINKING TO AN E-MAIL ADDRESS

·        WORKING WITH BOOKMARKS AND BOOKMARK LINKS

·        MODIFYING HYPERLINK BEHAVIOR

SECTION 6 – WORKING WITH GRAPHICS

·        OVERVIEW OF WEB GRAPHICS

·        ADDING IMAGES TO YOUR WEB PAGES

·        ADJUSTING IMAGE SIZE FOR YOUR WEB PAGE

·        USING ATTRIBUTES TO FORMAT YOUR IMAGE

·        USING GRAPHICS AS HYPERLINKS

·        WORKING WITH IMAGE MAPS

SECTION 7 - PUBLISHING YOUR WEB AND DRIVING TRAFFIC TO IT

·        WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR SITE TO BE PUBLISHED

·        PUBLISHING YOUR WEB TO THE SERVER

·        TESTING THE PUBLISHED WEBSITE

·        DRIVING TRAFFIC TO YOUR SITE

 

DAY 2:

SECTION 1 – MAINTAINING THE WEBSITE

·        THE ROLES OF FRONTPAGE’S VIEWS

·        MANAGING FILES USING THE FOLDERS VIEW

·        USING THE REPORTS VIEW

·        RAPID SITE DEVELOPMENT USING THE NAVIGATION VIEW

·        USING THE HYPERLINKS VIEW

·        PUBLISHING THE WEBSITE

SECTION 2 – ADVANCED USAGE OF TABLES

·        DRAWING A TABLE ON A WEB PAGE

·        WORKING WITH TABLE PROPERTIES

·        REARRANGING TABLE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

SECTION 3 – WORKING WITH FRAMES

·        OVERVIEW OF FRAMES

·        CREATING A FRAMESET FILE

·        ASSIGNING INITIAL PAGES TO FRAMES

·        ADJUSTING FRAME APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR

SECTION 4 – CUSTOMIZING STYLES IN YOUR WEB

·        SETTING UP INTERNAL STYLES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE

·        WORKING WITH CASCADING STYLESHEETS

·        FINE-TUNING THE STYLES

SECTION 5 – CUSTOMIZING FRONTPAGE TEMPLATES

·        PREPARING AND SAVING A FRONTPAGE TEMPLATE

·        USING THE TEMPLATE

SECTION 6 – WORKING WITH FORMS

·        CREATING FORMS IN FRONTPAGE

·        ADDING AND MODIFYING FORM FIELDS

·        HANDLING THE SUBMITTED FORM

SECTION 7 – USING AUTOMATED COMPONENTS

·        ABOUT FRONTPAGE WEB COMPONENTS

·        INSERTING A DATE/TIME STAMP

·        CREATING A SCROLLING MARQUEE

·        CREATING A HOVER BUTTON

·        DYNAMICALLY INCLUDING OTHER PAGES

·        PRODUCING AN INTERACTIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS

·        CREATING A SEARCH TOOL FOR YOUR SITE

·        APPENDIX A – ADDING MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY

·        USING DYNAMIC HTML EFFECTS

·        ADDING SOUND AND VIDEO TO YOUR SITE

·        ADDING NON-HTML SCRIPTS TO YOUR PAGES

·        APPENDIX B – USING TASKS TO MANAGE WEB DEVELOPMENT

·        MANAGING SITE DEVELOPMENT USING THE TASKS VIEW

 

Course Length: 2 days

Prerequisites: Microsoft Windows