4 steps to building a website

1. Plan

2. Design

3. Build

4. Publish

Plan:

What is the overall purpose of your website?

Who will be the site visitors?

Design:

1. Create a site map

2. Choose a style

Home

Page

CIS110 CIS121 CIS143

Site Map

Style

The “look and feel”

of the website

includes both its

appearance and the

user interface.

Build:

Create a folder named

MyWebsite in a folder on your

USB.

We’re going to use NVU to create the

web pages.

Open NVU

Chose a color scheme

In the Format

menu, chose

Page colors and

Background.

Select use

custom colors.

Double-click a

color to edit.

Add text and images

Add hyperlinks

Save your site before you publish

You will first be prompted for a title:

Save the page in your MyWebpage folder.

Rename the file to index.html

Publish:

In the Site Manager pane on the left, click edit sites.

Fill in the following info:1. Site Name

2. HTTP address of your homepage

3. Publishing Address

4. User Name

5. Password

You may need to contact your ISP if you don’t know what the address would be.

Upload to the webserver

Click on the publish icon:

Finish

Close NVU

Click “Safely Remove Hardware” button(also on task bar)

Remove USB

Resources (found on faculty.elgin.edu/lmayer)

This PowerPoint presentation

Tim Kaar’s presentation (Spring 06)

Tim Kaar’s NVU overview

Tim Kaar’s faculty website handout

Tim Kaar’s Photofiltre handout

NVU User’s Guide

NVU website

Obviously, many thanks go to Tim Kaar for his research on flash drives and portable application devices.

Any Questions?