Basic Elements of Website Design: Session III

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Basic Elements of Website Design Session III

• Eva Agbada
• Prepared for
• TC-210 Instructional Communications
• Spring 2008

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At a glance

• Website Project
• Session I
• Elements of Website Design
• Straight XHTML with Notepad
• Session II
• Elements of Website Design (continued)
• More XHTML with Dreamweaver
• Session III
• Free WYSIWYG's
• Hosting your Website

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Helpful Websites

• XHTML Tutorial
• http//www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.asp
• Tutorials for Web Developers
• http//www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Tutorials
• More Resources for Web Developers
• http//webmonkey.com
• Dreamweaver Development Center
• http//www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver

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Free WYSIWYG's

• Free WYSIWYG's available for downloading
• KompoZer
• http//kompozer.net
• Dynamic HTML Editor v 1.9
• http//www.dynamic-html-editor.com/en/home.asp
• SeaMonkey
• http//www.seamonkey-project.org

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Hosting Websites

• Free Webhosting
• Lycos Tripod (http//www.tripod.lycos.com)
• Bravenet.com (http//bravenet.com)
• GooglePages (http//googlepages.com)
• Paid Webhosting
• Bravenet.com (http//bravenet.com)
• Lunarpages.com (http//lunarpages.com)

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Free Webhosting

• Ad-supported
• Limited storage
• Domain name not customized

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Paid Webhosting

• Pros
• More storage
• More bandwidth
• Customized Domain name
• No ads!
• Cons
• Price

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Lets create some websites

• Lycos Tripod (www.tripod.lycos.com)
• Create a new account
• Create new website with SiteBuilder
• Publish your site