How do I begin?

Start with a template:

Web Page Templates for academic use - course outlines, publishing student work, curriculum vitae

Netscape Web Page Templates - personal, business uses

What information should I have on a Web page?

• Dates - when it was first created, when it was updated
• Contact information - who you are, your credentials, institutional affiliation, etc.

How do I make it look pretty?

Backgrounds & Images

Web Tools: Art and Images (compiled by Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian)

NOTE: Remember to include alternative text to describe images for people with disabilities.

Netscape Backgrounds
 

How do I enter and format text?

Cut & paste text from other sources (word processing files, other Web pages)

• Saving Your Word Processing Documents to HTML
• What Happens when You Save a Word Document as a Web Page?

• Font characteristics
• Horizontal lines
• Tables

What do I do with my page once it's finished?

Give your page a name - Page Properties

Save (give your page a file name)

Upload to the campus server

• The url after it's uploaded (for personal pages) will be:
 
• http://www.elmhurst.edu/~(email account)/(file name)

Other Sources for Web Page Design

Web Tools: Design - compiled by Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian; includes links about:

• how NOT to design a Web page
• making Web pages accessible to people with disabilities
• HTML guides