Creating Classroom and School Web Pages:
Parts of a Web Page

| Creating Classroom and School Web
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This may seem like a silly title but
it is important that each web page includes the following:
- Title: This lets the viewer of your page know what the
page is about and also gives the bookmark a meaningful name. The
title appears in the title bar of the browser. In composer the
file name becomes the name that appears in title bar to name the
window unless you specifically give the page a name through
Page Properties.
- Name or title that appears at the top of the body of
the web page. This name may associate the name with the rest of
your web site. On this web page the name appears above the
horizontal rainbow rule.
- Navigation: These are links from the current web page
to other pages in your web site. If there are several web pages in
your site, you should include a menu that allows visitors to move
from one page to another in a consistent manner. On this web page
the navigation takes the viewer back to the Home Page (Techology
Resources & Support), to the Technology Staff Development page
and finally back to the workshop titled, "Creating Classroom and
School Web Pages." Each page has the same navigation at the top of
the page to help the viewer know what to expect. You should avoid
dead end web pages.
- Links are frequently displayed in blue and underlined.
These hypertext links stand out so that the viewer's eye is
trained to recognize them.
- Organizational or Company Name: Visitors to your site
will not always enter from your home page. Therefore, it is
helpful to include the name of your organization (in this case
Durham Public Schools) somewhere on each web page in your site.
Turning the name of the organization into a link also helps your
viewer to learn more about your organization by visiting that site
also.
- A Mailto Feature: It is also recommended that you
include an e-mail address on each web page in your site. Visitors
can then e-mail you if they have questions.
- Last Updated Date: Visitors want to know when the
information in your web site was last updated. Including a last
updated date is a courtesy and helps viewers to evaluate the
usefulness of the information.
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