How can you use the World Wide Web to promote your library/information
service? Discover how in:
Creating pages for the World Wide Web
12 April, Birmingham
Learn how to design an interesting, attractive and easy to use site that
will encourage people to read and discover how your service can help them.
How will this event help you?
It will:
* help you get to grips with the issues and practicalities of being an
information provider on the World Wide Web (WWW)
* tell you all you need to know about creating Web pages - using Hyper
Text Mark-up Language (HTML), Hypertext Links, Word Processing Add-ons
* raise your awareness of what we mean by a well designed Web page -
from layout, use of colour fonts and much more
* help you manage information on your page
Who will benefit from attending?
This one day workshop is for those who are familiar with the Internet and
have probably been using it for some time and want to discover how to
harness the potential of the World Wide Web for promoting their services.
Features
The day includes practical hands-on exercises with an up to date Web
Publishing package, including how to upload and activate pages on a Web
site.
Throughout the day there will be illustrations of Web pages to illustrate
points being made.
Programme
9:30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Introduction, agenda and objectives
10:05 Background. The Web page and Web page editors
10:30 Creating a Web page
Introducing, Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) with
illustrations; Word Processing Add-Ons, (illustration); Web publishing
packages (demonstration of WYSWYG page creation)
11:30 Coffee
11:45 Design issues, with illustrations from the Web
Layout & proportion of text
images. Styling (colours, fonts etc.). Performance vs high
design. New features (frames and animation)
12:05 Maintaining a web site
Uploading pages and page updates - common methods, including
file transfer
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Practical session
A reminder of WYSWYG Web page creation. Hands-on exercise
using a specialised Web Editor: choosing a style, designing a multi page
site, creating several pages linking them together, show and tell reviews
(Tea at 3:00pm)
4:00 Close
Workshop leaders:
Andy Ewers and Nick Lewis, RAE Associates.
Places are limited to: 24
Fees
LA Personal members £150 plus VAT (£26.25) £176.25
LA Institutional members £181 plus VAT (£31.67) £212.67
Non members £210 plus VAT (£36.75) £246.75
Student/Unwaged members £25 plus VAT (£4.37) £29.37
How to book
To book your place please call Professional Development on 020 7255 0560,
textphone 020 7255 0505, or email [log in to unmask]
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