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Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Courseware
Foundation Level Training Materials
Courseware Training Manual
1. FRONTPAGE 2000 FOUNDATION
FRONTPAGE AND THE INTERNET
WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
- What is an Internet Browser?
- What is an Internet Server?
- What are URLs?
- What is a Web Site?
- What is a Web site home page?
WHAT IS HTML?
WHAT IS FRONTPAGE?
- The FrontPage window - Views
- Page View
- Folders View
- Reports View
- Navigation View
- Hyperlinks View
- Tasks View
2. CREATING A FIRST WEB SITE
CREATING A ONE PAGE WEB
- To create a new, one page Web
ENTERING TEXT INTO YOUR NEW WEB PAGE
BASIC TEXT FORMATTING
- To apply bold, underlying or italic attributes to selected text
- To modify text alignment
- To make selected text bigger or smaller
- To mark text as a header
- To change the font used by selected text
- To add bullet points or numbering to a list
- To change the color of selected text
- To indent text
- To save changes to a page
CREATING A NEW WEB PAGE
SWITCHING BETWEEN OPEN PAGES WITHIN YOUR WEB
SIMPLE TEXT HYPERLINKING
- To insert a text hyperlink
PREVIEWING YOUR WEB PAGES
- To preview within FrontPage
- To preview within a Browser
- To preview using an alternative Web browser
EXAMINING THE HTML CODE BEHIND A WEB PAGE
CREATING WEB FOLDERS (SUB-DIRECTORIES)
- To create a new folder
- To rename a Web file or folder
- To move a file from one folder to another
3. BASIC FORMATTING TECHNIQUES
OPENING A WEB WITHIN THE FRONTPAGE WINDOW
MODIFYING THE BACKGROUND COLOR
- To modify the background color
ADDING A BACKGROUND PICTURE
- To add a picture to the background
MODIFYING DEFAULT TEXT AND HYPERLINK COLORS
- To modify the default text and hyperlink colors
- To modify selected text colors
HORIZONTAL LINES
- To insert a horizontal line
- To format a horizontal line
APPLYING THEMES
- What are themes?
- To apply a theme to an entire Web
- To remove a theme from a Web
4. MANIPULATING TABLES WITHIN FRONTPAGE
INSERTING A TABLE
- To insert a table using the Insert Table icon
- To insert a table using the Table drop down menu
- Alignment
- Border Size
- Cell Padding
- Cell Spacing
- Specify Width
MODIFYING TABLE PROPERTIES
- To modify the properties of an existing table
MODIFYING CELL PROPERTIES
- To modify the properties of individual cells
5. FRONTPAGE - PICTURES & MULTIMEDIA
INSERTING CLIP ART
- To insert Clipart
- To re-size a picture
- To add alternative text to a picture
- Controlling picture alignment
PICTURE FILE TYPES - FILE SIZE & LOADING SPEEDS
- GIF vs. JPGs
- Interleaved GIF files
- Transparent GIF files
BACKGROUND SOUNDS
- To add a background sound
VIDEO CLIPS
- To insert a video clip
- To edit a video clip's properties
6. HYPERLINKING, BOOKMARKS & IMAGE MAPS
TEXT HYPERLINKS TO OTHER PAGES
- To link text to another page in the current Web
- To link text to a page on a different Web site
- To link to a file on an FTP site
BOOKMARK LINKS
- To create a bookmark
- To edit an existing bookmark
- To link to a bookmark on the current page
- To link to a bookmark on another page
USING PICTURE HYPERLINKS
- To add a hyperlink to a picture
CREATING IMAGE MAP HYPERLINKS
- Picture vs. text hyperlinks
- To create a hyperlinked image map
EMAIL LINKS
- Automatically formatting an email link
- To insert an email link
7. INTRODUCING FRONTPAGE "COMPONENTS"
HOVER BUTTONS
- What are hover buttons?
- To insert a hover button
- To add your text to the hover button
- To add your hyperlink to the hover button
- To customize the hover button effect
ADDING A SCROLLING MARQUEE
- To add a scrolling marquee banner
- To preview the scrolling marquee
- To edit marquee text and formatting
- Marquee formatting options
- To reverse the direction of the marquee scroll
- To affect the speed of the scroll
- To determine text alignment within the marquee
- To control Marquee looping
- To change the marquee background color
- To specify the size of the marquee
- To format the text used within the Marquee
ADDING PAGE TRANSITIONS
CREATING ANIMATIONS - DHTML
- To display the DHTML Effects toolbar
- To animate text or pictures
8. FRONTPAGE AND FRAMES
USING FRAMES
- The advantages of using frames
- Disadvantages of using frames
THE FRAME SET
CREATING A FRAME SET
- Defining your "banner" page
- Defining your "contents" page
- Defining your "main or home" page
VIEWING THE FRAME PAGE HTML
THE <NOFRAMES> TAG
9. MANAGING YOUR WEB
WHY DO YOU NEED TO MANAGE A WEB SITE?
DELETING A WEB OR PAGES CONTAINED WITHIN A WEB
- To delete a Web page file using FrontPage
- To delete an entire Web using FrontPage
PROOFING YOUR ENTIRE WEB SITE
- To spell check an entire Web site
USING SITE-WIDE TEXT 'SEARCH AND REPLACE'
- To use 'search and replace' on all the pages within a Web
RECALCULATING AND VERIFYING HYPERLINKS
- To recalculate hyperlinks within a web
- To check for broken links
- To verify your hyperlinks
- To fix broken links
FRONTPAGE TASKS
- To add a task to a page
- To view your tasks
10. GOOD SITE DESIGN, PUBLISHING & PUBLICIZING
PLAN YOUR SITE
- Design in easy site navigation
- Design for growth
- Make your site address portable
PUBLISHING YOUR WEB SITE
- To publish your Web using FrontPage
FACTORS AFFECTING THE SPEED OF YOUR WEB SITE
- Server bandwidth
- Keep picture sizes to a minimum
- Resolution and no of colors
- GIF vs. JPG file
- Why specify the physical shape and size of your picture files?
- To specify the physical shape and size of your picture files
- Use both low and high resolution versions of picture files
- To specify both low and high resolution versions of picture files
- What if people view your pages with the 'picture loading' turned off?
USING RELEVANT TEXT
- Use relevant key words in your web pages
- Do not try to spam the search engines
LISTING YOUR WEB WITH SEARCH ENGINES
META TAGS
- To add meta tags within FrontPage
- Example of the HTML inserted meta tag codes
11. APPENDIX ONE - IMPORTING A WEB
IMPORTING A WEB
- To import a Web from your hard disk (or network)
- To import a Web from the Internet
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