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Getting Started

• Directory Structure
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Website Expectations
• Web Basics
• Web Development Life Cycle

Phase 1
Determine Mission

• Define Website Mission and Target Users

Phase 2
Gather Requirements

• How to Gather Requirements
• Know Your Users

Website Tools

• Purchase Adobe Products Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.
• Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Dreamweaver Set up Site
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Photoshop Elements
• Adobe Flash - animation
  • Flash Slideshow
• Adobe Fireworks - images menu bars, layout export
• Adobe Illustrator
• Helpful Adobe Links
• Adobe Fonts

Phase 3
Conceptual Design

• Pick Colors
  • Picking Website Colors
  • Browser Safe Colors
• Add Images
• Creating a Logo
• Determine Website Navigation
• Determine Types of Information / Pages
• Design Layout of web page using a Wireframe

Helpful Information

• Web Trends
• Website Standards and Training Materials

Phase 4
Physical Design

• Getting Started
  • Web Hosting - get a free domain name
  • Domain Name - It is a good idea to have several domain names point to your web hosting.
  • Editors - Used to write the HTML code
  • FTP - Transferring files from your computer to the web hosting
    • Internet Explorer 8
    • Internet Explorer 7
• Coding a Website
  • Templates - can be purchased or free
  • Create one web page
    • HTML
    • CSS
      • Example: Floating Image
    • Meta Tags
  • Create a Dreamweaver Template
  • Create Remaining Pages
  • Adding Content

Phase 5
Testing

• Developer Testing
  • Browsers
  • Color Blindness
  • Environments - screen size, browsers, plug-ins, disabilities
• Accessibility
• Validate Website
• Universal Usability
• Usability Testing

Phase 6
Implement and Market Website

• Search Engines Optimization
  • About Search Engines
  • Link Building
  • Submit to Search Engines
  • Search Engine Checkers
  • Website Analytics
• Marketing Your Website

Fun Items

• Adding Audio - Sound clips
• Creating Slide Shows
• Adding Video

Useful Utilities

• Zipped Files
• Comparing Files

Programming

• Javascript
  • noscript - when javascripts are not enabled.
• Perl/CGI
• PHP
  • PHP Sessions
• MySQL
• XML

Advanced Programming

• Accepting Credit Cards
• Microsoft Vista Cookies
• FavIcon - The icon beside the title in the browser
• .htaccess - custom error messages and protect folders with passwords
• Regular Expressions - Regx - used for search and replace in PHP and Perl
• SSI Server Side Includes
• International
  • Foreign Languages Translators

Microsoft Office Products

• File Sharing
• Templates
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS Powerpoint

Computer Maintenance

• Steps to Maintaining a PC
  • AVG Virus Scan and More
• Wireless Security

Other

• Free Books Online
• About Copyrights
• Quick Ecommerce Websites
• Quick Form Builder
• Editing Godaddy Websites
• Quickbooks
• Open Office - an alternative to purchasing Microsoft Office
• Vonage - phone service
• Free WiFi Risks

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