Student Presentations of Webgenre websites

Student Presentations of Webgenre
websites

Assignment: Students will present Webgenre
websites to class (40 points).

2. But what do I put on a Website?

The larger answer to this questions
always depends on your focus.
Just like with an essay, a website should
have a focus, that is, be about something.
Once you have narrowed down your focus,
it is a lot easier to determine what should
go on your website.
Just like with an essay, you can have
a too-broad focus or too-narrow focus.
You don't want your focus to include
the entire world.
Good websites demonstrate this
careful attention to focus. They should
always reveal what they are about on
first glance.

2. Creating a Page Template for your website

Example of Page Template for Digital Design website
Example of Page Template for Digital Photo website
You can use Fixed-width or variable-length tables
to create the outer limits or your webpage.
Be careful using variable-width tables because
your webpage content will look different in
different browsers with different screen resolutions.
Once you have created your initial table, you can
now use layers in Dreamweaver to layout the
grid for your webpage.
Once you have created a basic model for all
webpages on your website, save it as a
template.
Now everytime you create a newpage for your
website, you can do so by going to "File" and
selecting "new from template."
Using templates makes it much faster and
easier to create additional pages for your website.
See homepage for cclewis.com

3.Make sure you layout your website in terms of:

4. Every page in your site should have links to the Home Page and the Main Topic Pages. This helps give thePage a clear Information Hierarchy.

5. Tips for creating your Web Genre Websites.

Create and use a Webpage Template?
Check to make sure your links and images work.
Check for contrast between your text and your
webpage background.
Use invisible tables and layers to layout a grid
to balance the placement of images and text on
your page.
Keep a log of what are the names of your image
files, what fonts you use, what colors you use,
the size of all your images in Height and Width,
and the names of your webpage files.
Try to limit your pages to no more than one-and-
a-half screens in height.
Check your spelling and try to reduce the number
of words you use in each line of text to the absolute
bare essentials.
Does your page have a clear focal point, or does it
have multiple points?
Does your webpage have a clear information
hierarchy, from most important elements given
the most emphasis and the least important
elements given lesser emphasis?
Does your webpage look cluttered? Does every
thing seem to be balanced and in its place on
the page?

6. Creating text-based navigation bars for text links

See Digital Design Home Page
See cclewis.com Web Design Portfolio
In Dreamweaver, go to "Insert" and
select "Special Characters". Notice
the special characters you can insert
into your page

7. Using Dreamweaver to create Image maps

See example of imagemap on cclewis.com
When you use imagemaps, make sure you
use "Alt" text to let the reader know where
the link takes you.
Model Buttons and Images page

8. Using Fireworks to create buttons and images for
your Web genre websites.

Before you really start work on your "web genre'
website, you need to create a new "site" in
Dreamweaver and a new local folder on your
computer.
Model Buttons and Images page
Model Image page with sun logo
Model Image page with feathered sun logo
Fireworks creates "png" files. Do not put
"png" files on the web.
Use "Export Wizard" or "Export Preview" to
save your "png" files to either "jpg" or "gif"
files for the web.
Remember, try to compress the file size of
your image files so that they don't take
too long to download on the web.
Demonstrate cropping and feathering an image.
Demonstrate creating buttons and adding text.