featured at the webmaster
Welcome to our newly remodeled site. The new layout is much simpler, both in the design that you can see and in the design that we see in the background.
For those of you who are new to the site, here are some of the tutorials, tips and ideas you'll find in each section. Much more stuff is in progress.
golive tips & tutorials
Adobe's GoLive is the site design and management program I use and recommend. This is a very small selection of the material in this section.
If you're new to the program, this is a good place to start. The tutorial is an adaptation of a three-hour workshop.
Cascading style sheets are a powerful site design and maintenance tool, but one which can be rather complicated. GoLive's CSS editor makes it much easier.
A growing collection of short tutorials on how to make managing your site using the program easier and faster.
getting started
If you're brand new to being a school webmaster, this section offers some basic information and lots of suggestions for the beginner.
Some Basic Suggestions for School Webmasters
The Top Ten Things Every Web Site Needs
Both titles say it all.
page and site design
Some tutorials and ideas for better design and management of your site.
Especially for those of you putting together and managing a school web site.
graphic design and image editing
Graphic design for the web can be a lot of fun and sometimes a little painful. The material in this section can help make it more of the former.
Extremely Basic Graphic Editing For The Web
If you've never used Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, this is a good introduction.
multimedia on the web
Making things sing and dance on your web site has gotten a lot easier in the past few years. The tutorials in this section will explain the basics.
It's easy to get carried away with animation but a good Flash movie can do a lot to enhance your site. This will get you started.
beyond HTML
CSS, java script, DHTML - there's a lot more technology that can be used to make your site more useful and interesting. This section is just the tip of the ice burg.
The online version of a three hour workshop on cascading style sheets.
Javascript for People Who Don't Want to Write Scripts
There are thousands of scripts in libraries on the web just waiting for you to add them to your pages. Here's how.