Your Brand New Website

BASIC RULES:

1. Save, save, backup, save...
2. All files in one folder.
3. No spaces, no diacritics in filenames.

THINK BEFORE CLICKING!
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LESSON SUMMARY:
You should be able to:

• create and format a html file in NVU
• choose the appropriate structure of the page, and suitable graphics
• insert links and images into your webpage
• start a website at webzdarma.cz

Hot tips:

Draw the visual structure of the webpage before editing.

Insert the texts and images before formatting.

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HOMEWORK:
Choose a topic and a target level for your HotPot exercises.
Insert this information into the comment to this blog entry.

Format:
Your Name
Topic (in detail)
Level + age

Example:
Novakova
Winter clothes
6th grade - elementary
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Task 1:
Create a folder named PCSkills on your pen drive.
Create the index.html file in NVU. Save it into the PCSkills folder.

Check the credit requirements and prepare the structure of your web site (use pen and paper first). Start writing the texts, creating more html file you will need, consider the graphics... Be creative!

Insert your pre-prepared texts into the file index.html.

Experiment with formatting, colours, consider the role of images and graphics. Check the links below for ideas:

Inspiration:

http://www.colorpicker.com/

http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Simple-Webpage-Using-Notepad

Psychologie barev
ColorSchemes
Colors for web - Theory 
WebcolorsWiki

Insert a link into your page (you may use the link to this blog, or any other page - just make sure you know how to do it).
Save a picture (max.size 1 MB)  into your Web folder. Then open the index.html file, insert the picture into a chosen place.
Save, and view the file index.html in the web browser..



Task 2:
Upload your index.html and the image into your webzdarma.cz
Bask in glory, admiring your first hand-made web page!

Create your pesonal speaking avatar at http://www.voki.com/. Experiment with the variations, insert a speaking text. Then save (no paid account needed!) and copy the full link to your index page.
Upload and refresh  (Ctrl+F5) to check!


Task 3

Hotkeys
Download the file Hotkeys_Task.doc from http://prekladani.capsa.cz/, folder PCSkills.
(Log: student, psw: ujep)
Do the task.