Intro to Web Process
Choice of Web Software

Helpful Info:

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Useful Web Links  

Why we to use this software-

We chose to use Microsoft Expression Web instead of the other leading top website brands and builders because it is the most universal, it is the most updated software on the market, and is one of the only software's permitted to be used on the Tulsa Public Schools computers and budget. This software dynamically centers the webpage, so that photos are not stretched to where they are distorted. It is very versatile, and students are able to download a 60 day free trial before purchasing the product.

Other software competitors include Microsoft FrontPage and Dream Weaver.  Microsoft FrontPage was not the best possible software for our school to use because the software was old, and was not the newest published software by Microsoft. Although it lets you have a free trial, it stretches the screen, so that if you have a wide screen monitor, it stretches everything to fit the screen. That is a mistake on the designer’s part. Our chapter did not decide to use Dream Weaver because you do not get a free trial to see if you would like it. Dream Weaver was also not going to fit our budget, and we wanted something efficient and inexpensive.

Planning of webpage-

Our chapter planned the webpage so that the key elements would stay static, and that just the text frame would change with the menu choices, or hyperlinks. This helped for easy navigation. It makes a better look and feel. We also used the website to promote our Technology Education program by adding helpful tools like the calculator and flashcards. Also, we incorporated the TSA colors into our website design.

Basic Elements- Basic elements are things that make the website possible. Without them your website would have no navigation or understanding

Header- the introduction to the website, tells a little bit what the site is about, tells the place that the website was launched from, and shows who or whom made it

Sidebar- a series of links to different areas or WebPages of the site, a minor list of major things that you will be able to visit from the site, our chapter decided to make the sidebar buttoned for a clearer, more professional looking website

Footer- shows all links and the copyrights, almost like a sidebar, the main menu

Background- our chapter chose TSA colors and a shade of gray so that the website would somewhat look like the national TSA website, it helps show the style of the website, It helps stand out against the black backsplashes

Hyperlinks- the hyperlinks help to organize the site, so that you do not cram information all on one text frame, they can also help organize java scripts so it does not take so long to load one single text frame

Style Sheets- Style sheets propose a large breakthrough for Web page designers, which expands our ability to enhance the appearance of our pages. While the intentions have been great , the techniques for doing so have had negative side effects. These style sheets work sometimes, but not all the time, and can result drastically. Style sheets can do certain things including use HTML extensions, etc, Style sheets make it easy to discover the HTML code, but have numerous faults.