Creating and Linking  Web Site Content

     

Reading: Sklar, pp. 69-103; Lynch, pp. 23-30 (Read before Class)

Assignment: (Do after Class)




1.  Relative versus Absolute Paths for links

  1. See Relative versus Absolute Paths for links

2.  Using Spot IT Button Maker to create buttons

3.  Using Microsoft Paint

4.  How to create links within a single webpage

  1. Using anchors to create internal links within a webpage
  2. See Anchors example in Anchors.htm
  3. How do I use an anchor to go to the top of the page?
  4. See linking1.htm versus linking.htm
  5. The source code for this trick is:
    <div align="center"><a name="top"</a>
  6. Make sure you put this anchor right after the code
    for the first table in the page. For example,

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

<a name="top"</a>

5. The Importance of using "Alternative Text" or
     "Alt tags" to name images and graphics.

6.  How should you layout a Website?

  1. Lynch: Planning Site Structure
  2. Create flowchart diagrams to help you 
    layout a website.
  3. Remember your site structure depends on
    how you want the user to access and use
    the information and related pages on your site.
  4. A well-thought out site structure makes 
    linking webpages within your site easier.

 

 

 

 


         

 


                



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