Aim Higher, 1 April 2009 (2)

WELCOME TO “BUILDING A WEBSITE” AimHigher, 1 st April 2009 [email_address]

PLEASE…
Look after the computers.
Listen carefully to any instructions.
When working in pairs (with the person next to you), make sure you both get time to discuss your subject.
Raise your hand if you wish to ask a question/say something.

http://www.mydesigna.co.uk

Today we’ll learn how to…
produce a better website by designing it on paper before we use the computer.
build a website on a subject that interests you
Learn some new software
Structure a site
Write some content
Add some links
Add some images

How many of you?
Have used the internet a lot?
Have built a webpage or website before?

WORKING IN PAIRS: 5 minutes
What do you really love and would like to tell the world about?
Football?
Elephants?
Make-Up?
A TV show?
Decide which overseas penfriend you are writing for :
Who are they: boy/girl, same age?
Which country?

Go to: http://www.google.co.uk
Search for sites on the subject that you love: you need to look for ideas for site sections and words to write (images later): what do you think your penfriend would find interesting ?

Produce a diagram for how your information is going to make a website
At least 5 pages , including:
“ Homepage”
“ About this site”

NOW: TO BUILD A SITE INDIVIDUALLY, WATCH ME … And follow step-by-step through the instructions…

http:// wordpress.com / (Sign Up)

Username/Password

Choose your website name

Check your email

You are now on WordPress! Make a note of your username and password

It will look something like…

http://wordpress.com (Log In)

WordPress: The Dashboard

Privacy Settings

Blog name, tagline, time…

My Dashboard: Pages: About

Kitchen Sink: Editing Bar:

WORKING TOGETHER: Add Content to the “About” page.
Add some “content” (words)
Who is this site for?
Who wrote it?
Add an email link
Divide your text with headings
Add a link to another webpage

Add a Link Write “This page was created on an AimHigher Day at the University of Winchester”, linking to http:// www.winchester.ac.uk

It now looks something like… Press “Update Page”

Adding some pictures
IMPORTANT: If you take pictures from Google, they belong to someone else!
DON’T use them on your website
http://www.mydesigna.ww2poster.co.uk/resources/visual/images.htm gives lots of links where you can get legal images .

http:// www.sxc.hu /

LOG-IN WITH:
Username
[email_address]
Password
winchester

WORKING ON YOUR OWN: 10 minutes
Choose 5 images to use on your site
Choose free images from the lower-half of the page (not the top paid-for images)
Click on the image
Open the image full-size
Right-click on the image
Save it in a folder where you can find it again

Insert an image
Once the image is on the page you can drag & drop it
Don’t forget where you saved the image!

Editing an Image
Click on
the image
Options to
“ Edit”
“ Delete”

Resize an image/Edit image title Decide where to place your image. Why do we need an image title?

Adding the HOMEPAGE, or any other page: Pages : Add New This is going to be your front page, so choose a good name!

Dashboard : Settings : Reading

Dashboard : Pages: “About” page Main (parent) Other (child)

Change the Page Order 0 = most important

It now looks something like…

Continuing editing…
Lots of choices.
Today we are using
“ My Dashboard”: Returns to the main menu
“ Edit Page”: Edits the page you are on
“ New Post”: Blog Entries

Widgets

Blogs
A reverse diary (most recent entry first)
“ Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries . A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic . The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

“ New Post”, and add content…

Comments

BUILD YOUR SITES You have until 15 minutes before the session ends to build your site. Your site must include 5 pages , including words and images . Think carefully about the words and the headings you are going to use. If you finish that… you can add a video .

Themes: Use with care…

Some theme examples…

http://www.youtube.com
Select ‘add video’
Go to ‘From URL’
Copy & paste the URL into the YouTube field

SWAP ACTIVITY: 10 minutes
SEE OTHER SITES:
Go around the room and look at 2 or 3 other websites.
Maximum of 2 people at any one computer.

LOG-OFF & CLEAR UP: 5 minutes THANK YOU! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.

Aim Higher, 1 April 2009 (2)

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