Microsoft FrontPage is a program that makes it easy to create and manage multi-page web sites. It presents you with an intuitive interface to drag and drop items to create the pages that make up a web site. As your design materializes for each page, FrontPage writes the HTML code that will produce that page on a web browser.

When you've finished designing your site, you can publish your pages to a live web site using another FrontPage feature. This two-day Frontpage training class will cover the essential aspects of using Microsoft FrontPage to create and manage multi-page web sites.

Course Topics in FrontPage

To make the most of FrontPage's features, it is important to have a clear understanding of general web concepts and HTML, the language that FrontPage writes to generate the web pages. To that end, we'll first examine topics such as where web pages are kept during development and how they are published to web browsers. We'll also learn basic HTML concepts such as tags and attributes -- and how they're used to incorporate images and links.

where web pages are kept
HTML tags ("elements")
attributes
text formatting tags -- bold, italics, etc.
inserting images
creating links

Following a discussion of HTML and web fundamentals, we'll cover the following FrontPage topics:

FrontPage Basics

understanding the FrontPage Screen: menus, toolbars, and hyperlinks
opening, closing, and saving web pages and sites
getting help on FrontPage and using the Office Assistant

Creating Web Pages and Web Sites

creating basic web pages
using the wizards
importing files, folders, and existing web sites
working with text
working with paragraphs and line breaks

Formatting Web Pages

Using Bold and Italics
changing font type, size, and colors
changing paragraph alignment and indentation
creating bulleted and numbered lists
setting background colors, applying themes, and working with the format painter

Manipulating Images

image file formats
inserting an image from a file or clipart
moving, resizing, and cropping images
hyperlinking from images
creating image maps ("hotspots")
image file formats
inserting photo galleries and flash movies
inserting link bars and changing their properties

Working with Tables

tables for data display
Tables for Page Layout
modifying table, row, and cell propertiese
merging and splitting cells
inserting images into tables
nesting tables

Creating Forms

Set Up a Form
Understanding named inputs
inserting text boxes, checkboxes and radio buttons
inserting pulldowns
accessing form results

Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

creating and applying a custom style
creating and linking to cascading style sheets
redefining HTML tags using styles

Publishing Web Pages

choosing a web hosting company
usernames and passwords
determining the URL of your web pages

Prerequisites:

Experience with Windows
Experience surfing the Web