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 acheiving 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. Click the active links below for access to recorded trainings.

    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. Confuguring NVU for FTP
    C. Setting up a 1&1 email address on your domain

Class 3. A tour of the NVU WYSIWYG (Click here for zip file)


Class 4. Basic HTML Structure (Click here for zip file)

C. Structure of basic text

1. Font tags

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

3. colors and alignment

D. Images

1. Image link

2. Size and alignment

3. Alt text

4. Hyperlinking

E. Structure of a hyperlink

F. Some things that search engines look at

1. Meta tags and keywords

2. Keyword weight

3. Headings and alt text

4. Links

Class 6. Marketing (click here for zip file)
        A. Downloading and installing Kompozer, and upgrade for NVU
        B. Google Webmaster tools
        C. Setting up statistics reports for your site

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