This document provides instructions for creating a basic web page using templates in Microsoft Word or an online WYSIWYG platform. It discusses key principles of web page design like balance, proximity, focus, white space, unity and alignment. The document also defines WYSIWYG as "What You See Is What You Get", meaning the content and layout you create will be what viewers see. Students should be able to create a web page using Word, host a website, design a site online, and edit/insert elements for their website after completing this lesson.
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L8 Basic Webpage Creation - 1
This document provides instructions for creating a basic web page using templates in Microsoft Word or an online WYSIWYG platform. It discusses key principles of web page design like balance, proximity, focus, white space, unity and alignment. The document also defines WYSIWYG as "What You See Is What You Get", meaning the content and layout you create will be what viewers see. Students should be able to create a web page using Word, host a website, design a site online, and edit/insert elements for their website after completing this lesson.
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LESSON 8
Basic Web Page
Creation • Web page creation using templates • Web page design using an online WYSIWYG platform At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1. create a web page using Microsoft Word;
2. create your own website using a free host;
3. design a website using an online WYSIWYG
platform; and
4. edit and insert elements for their website.
A web page may contain text, graphics, and hyperlinks to other web pages and files. A web page provide information to viewers, including pictures or videos to help illustrate important topics. A web page may also be used as a method to sell products or services to viewers. WYSIWYG WYSIWYG is the acronym for What You See Is What You Get. This means that whatever you type, insert, draw, place, rearrange, and everything you do on a page is what the audience will see. Basic Web Page Principles Balance – symmetrical and asymmetrical arrangements of the text and objects of the web page. Proximity – proper arrangement of related elements would facilitate user interaction. Focus – a web page must have a focal point that you want the user to focus and remember. White Spaces – -literary blank spaces to allow readability of important texts and draw attention to images on the web site. Unity – it is achieve by using the same company logo, font color, font style, composition and other elements. Alignment – it is the proper arrangement and positioning of the elements of the web site. Creating a Website using Microsoft Word
1. Open Microsoft Word.
2. Type anything on the page like “Welcome to my Website.” 3. Click on File > Save As > Browse. 4. On the Save As dialog box, locate your activities folder and create a new folder named “Sample Webpage.” 5. Specify the filename “Sample Webpage.” 6. On the Save As type, select “Web Page (*.htm; *.html).” 7. Click the Change Title button.
8. Input the title
as seen below, then click OK then Save. 9. Check the files on your Sample WebPage folder. You will see a new folder generated including your htm/html file.
10. Open the Sample WebPage.htm file and you will
see that you just created a webpage using MS Word. The "html" tag informs the browser that this is an HTML type document. The "head" tag contains stuff that won't be displayed to the user but can contain all kinds of useful information for other uses. You should aways put something in the "title" section to identify the web page.
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