Course Aims

For participants to produce a simple website containing several pages, incorporating a visual identity, brand or image, hyperlinks, images and effects.

The skills participants will develop will be to

Create a site to promote your organisation/subject

Use tables to present information

Use graphics

Enter, edit and format text

Use page layouts and styles and themes

The course is for

Anyone who would like to design a simple business or organisation website using a web design program, which will give a professional image, and be able to maintain and update it as required.

Topics covered

Understanding how FrontPage works, exploring, concepts, web and disk based sites.

Tasks to create your own site

Formatting background, borders and shading

Creating a theme and using layouts

Entering, editing and formatting text, adding hyperlinks and graphics

Viewing your page as visitors will see it

Using lists and tables

Organising files, folders and links

Adding ready made components

Communicating with visitors - visitor input

Managing your site, uploading, admin and updates

The benefits

Participants will be able to create a variety of pages with various content and give your business or organisation a customer/visitor presence at any time of day or night.  You can also add contact details for customer queries which you can respond to the next day, making your services available to more customers and a much larger market.  Your business card becomes available worldwide, 24 hours, 7 days per week, letting customers know what you can offer them even when you have your feet up and at much less cost than traditional advertising methods.  You can not only provide details of your products/services, but forthcoming events, promotions, queries, news and recommendations from existing customers.

Course duration 1 day.