Aim Higher, 1 April 2009 (2)

WELCOME TO “BUILDING A WEBSITE”

AimHigher, 1st April 2009Bex.Lewis@winchester.ac.uk

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?

WORKING IN PAIRS: 10 minutes

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?

WORKING IN PAIRS: 10 minutes

Produce a diagram for how your information is going to make a websiteAt 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)

It will look something like…

WordPress: The Dashboard

Privacy Settings

Blog name, tagline, time…

My Dashboard: Pages: About

It will look something like…

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.c

o.uk/resources/visual/images.htm gives lots of links where you can get legal images.

http://www.sxc.hu/

LOG-IN WITH:

UsernameBex.Lewis@winchester.ac.uk

Passwordwinchester

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 imageOptions to•“Edit”•“Delete”

Resize an image/Edit image titleDecide where to place your image.

Why dowe 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.