Website and HTML Basics Introduction and Class 1

Introduction to Course:

Website and HTML Basics

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Class Outline: Website and HTML Basics

How-to tutorials about how to build a website abound. What I would like to show you is how you can set up your own site using the lowest-cost tools and methods possible while still achieving decent results. We're also going to talk about what makes certain things work in certain ways: the structure and function part of your website. Once you know some basic things about the way HTML is put together, you're much better equipped to get creative with it.

Class 1. Introduction

    Tools and Setup
    A. Downloading and installing NVU
    B. Setting up a hosting account and domain(1&1 Internet)

Class 2. More Setup
    A. Configuring 1&1 for FTP Access
    B. Configuring NVU for FTP
    C. Setting up a 1&1 email address on your domain

Class 3. A tour of the NVU WYSIWYG

Class 4. Basic HTML Structure

A. Basic code structure

B. Structure of a basic page

C. Some things that search engines look at

1. Meta tags and keywords

2. Keyword weight

3. Headings and alt text

4. Links

D. While we're on the subject...structure of a hyperlink

1. How a link is put together

2. How to make a link open in a new window

E. Structure of basic text

1. Font tags

2. Modifiers (bold, big, underline, etc)

3. colors and alignment

Class 5. Multimedia

A. Images

1. Image link

2. Size and alignment

3. Alt text

4. Hyperlinking

B. Video and other objects like widgets

1. How to get code to embed

2. Structure of the code and how to modify simple things

C. Music for your page

Class 6. Marketing
A. Google Webmaster tools
        B. Setting up statistics reports for your site
        C. Navigation and site layout
D. Forms (Lead Capture!)

Class 7. Integration
        A. Social Networks and your site
        B. More about forms and integrating with Veretekk groups