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WEB DEVELOPMENT. FOR PIANO TECHNICIANS Instr. Gary Van Dine VanDineDesign.com. Why You Need One…. 334,659,631 estimated population for Northern America in 2008 237,168,545 Internet users as of Dec.31/07 and 70.9% penetration rate 72,313,133 Broadband connections as of Sept.30/07, per IWS
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WEB DEVELOPMENT FOR PIANO TECHNICIANS Instr. Gary Van Dine VanDineDesign.com
Why You Need One… • 334,659,631 estimated population for Northern America in 2008 • 237,168,545 Internet users as of Dec.31/07 and 70.9% penetration rate • 72,313,133 Broadband connections as of Sept.30/07, per IWS • Internet Users Today: 1,319,872,109 Stats from: Internet World Stats http://www.internetworldstats.com/america.htm
What Makes it Worth Doing… • Contact information • Advertise your services • Business to Business • Google search
Now What? • Should YOU develop your own site? • Resources available • Software needed • Online help • Should you hire a web developer? • Things to consider • Why it might be a good idea • How much will it cost?
Now What? • Should YOU develop your own site? • Resources available • ISP help • Online tutorials • Computer Store Training • Software needed • Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium • http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/learning • http://www.coffeecup.com • Dreamweaver, MS Expression Web, GoLive • Online help • Wordpress.com • Web Monkey (webmonkey.com)
What Should You NOT Do? • Flashing text or sounds • Pages - Under Construction • Hide your contact info. • Plaster the pages with too much content • Huge graphics & animations • Ignore browser width & other issues
Qualities of a Well Designed Site • Ease of navigation • Information presentation • Contact information easy to find • Graphics used to enhance the site • White space • Page loads quickly
What You Should Do • Check your Pages frequently • Check for broken links • Update your content as needed • Do Google searches to see your page rank • Alt Tags for graphics • Check your key words – page titles
Building My Image Site name - URL Web site content Tone – informal or professional Text – graphics – logo Design idea – layout, navigation Number of pages Links (to what), button style
Defining My Image Buying your web site Which host should I choose? Does it need to be local? What is site propagation? Up to 3 days to propagate Connecting to your web site Uploading || Downloading Multiple computer considerations
Hosting Companies • BlueHost – www.bluehost.com • AITdomains – www.aitdomains.com • 1&1 – www.order.1and1.com • Inmotion hosting – www.inmotionhosting.com • WebHostingPad – www.webhostingpad.com
Page Layout Basic page layout Logo or picture Navigation bar Content Text links CSS Style Sheet
Web Page Code <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Your Page Title</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY>This area will contain everything that will be visible through a web browser, such as text and graphics. All of the information will be HTML coded.</BODY> </HTML>
Dreamweaver Features Overview Web Site Setup New Pages Adding Content Adding Graphics Navigation – Menu Options Posting Your Pages
Photoshop/Illustrator Quick Overview Getting Images Ready Image Size – Save for the Web Working with Text and Layers Buttons and design Logo Design – vector based
Web Design Professionals • Quantum Cloud – www.quantumcloud.com • Berry Web Designs – www.berrywebdesigns.com • Logo Care – www.logocare.com • And of course – Van Dine Design – www.VanDineDesign.com
Finishing Touches Check all your links - (Dreamweaver & live) Make sure the pages open properly Check your web site in other browsers Ask your friends to check it out and report Advertise, Advertise – List it on your stationary, business cards, your car.
Finishing Touches This course material is available on the web – go to: http://www.VanDineDesign.com/ptg/course.htm