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Web Page Design for Beginners &
Resources for Community Web Builders

As part of the Web Page Design for Beginners Classes that are held in East Renfrewshire Libraries, the following resources are provided to help you after the class has ended.

The following tutorials can be used to get you started. They can also be used as a reference guide.

Tutorials:

Title: Contents:  
1) Web Crawlers - Intro to the Web (level - beginners) 1. How the web works
2. Using a web browser
3. Practical Exercises

Download Link (pdf, 1.21mb) > >
2) HTML Lesson (level - beginners) 1. What is HTML
2. Tags
3. Designing a web page
Download Link (pdf, 117k) > >
3) Javascript (level - intermediate) 1. What is Javascript?
2. Things you can do with it
3. How to write Javascript

Download Link (pdf, 138k) > >
4) Building Community Web Sites that Work! coming shortly coming shortly


FREE SOFTWARE:

If your going to build a web site, then you'll need the tools to make it happen.
There are some extremely good products on the market for making web pages, designing graphics
and running your home office. What even better, is that most of them are free!

Title: Description: Where can I get it from?
1) HTML-Kit Fanstastic free program for making web pages. Macromedia Dreamweaver style interface with lots of free plugins to extend its functionality.
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
2) GIMP Photoshop like Image Manipulation Program that just goes from strength to strength. Can do just about everything! www.gimp.org
3) Open Office If you can't afford MS Office (Lets face it, who can these days?) then you might want to try this free Office suite. It has just about everything Word has and it can also open and save Word documents! Inlcudes Word processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Drawing and Data Base.
www.openoffice.org
4) Blender Ever wanted to make you own 3D models, animations or even games? Blender can do it all. Easy to pick up, difficult to master. It can even export your work to Flash movies. Simply the best free modelling software money can't buy. www.blender.org

Others to follow...



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