I would like to creat a website for my third grade classroom. I'm interested in posting information for parents for homework/project help, post pictures, post my weekly newsletter, etc. What program would be best for a newbie like me? We have a copy of Frontpage 2000, is that a good one or is a newer version of 2003? I know I will check out the book Frontpage for Dummies to walk me through it (I was looking at it tonight at Books A Million). Any other suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
For learning, FrontPage is fine. Most people recommend Dreamweaver to create webpages, but since you already have FrontPage, I wouldn't buy another program.
Just plug away at it while learning from the books and tutorials.
You'll need to find a webhost to post your site. Anything that's free has banner ads on them (or pop up ads) ... so, if you want a site that has no ads and also has your own domain name, they cost about $100 per year.
Your webhost will also need to support FrontPage Extensions ... that's the special code that Microsoft requires with FrontPage generated sites. That's another reason most people use Dreamweaver over FrontPage.
But, learn it, and also learn basic HTML commands. It's important to know how to tweak the web pages if you need to.
Donna, do you know who is going to host the site? Some ISPs give their customers free webpages and an online webpage builder is often included in the mix. Those are usually easy to use and you don't have to deal with FTP settings and so forth.
If you are going to use one of those free teacher page websites, most already have online builders and certain restrictions regarding pictures and so forth. Some won't let you upload Frontpage files, so don't pay money for a program you won't be needing.
Please let us know more so we can advise you.
On 7/16/05, Donna C wrote: > I would like to creat a website for my third grade > classroom. I'm interested in posting information for > parents for homework/project help, post pictures, post my > weekly newsletter, etc. What program would be best for a > newbie like me? We have a copy of Frontpage 2000, is that > a good one or is a newer version of 2003? I know I will > check out the book Frontpage for Dummies to walk me > through it (I was looking at it tonight at Books A > Million). Any other suggestions? Any help would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Donna C
Hi. I have my webpage built on Frontpage. I want to attach a Word Document to one of the pages. When I publish to my site, the document is not there. Can someone give me directions to get this to work? Thanks!
I've been building a website for 4 years, gradually adding to it and trying to make it more professional and less like a Frontpage template without actually knowing anything about html.... That said, I want to figure out how to make the pages resize themselves to fit the screen that they're being displayed on. Does anyone know how to do that?
I read an article on techlearning about using blogs in science class (or any class for that matter). [link removed]
Has anyone used blogs in their classes? Do you have posted/published rules that the students follow regarding the content and format of their posts? Do you require students to post comments on the blog?
I set up a test blog at [link removed]
I want to use it with my classes to solicit their opinions on science class activities, topics and content. I also want to support writing skills, technology skills and foster some critical thinking.
On 7/26/05, Stacy wrote: > Thank you Raven. I've visited your site. It's awesome - very > comprehensive and easy to get around. > > I am thinking of downloading the program that you posted > previously for the discussion board. I just haven't yet! > Thanks for the advice on going to the computer lab for practice.
On 7/26/05, No problem! -nfm wrote: > On 7/26/05, Stacy wrote: >> Thank you Raven. I've visited your site. It's awesome - very >> comprehensive and easy to get around.
Some people have been wanting to actually view my discussion board. I created a temporary login since no students are active at this time to let you look around.
Raven made a good point about being careful about using layers. On a 9.2.2 Mac OS system, your site looks perfect in IE. However in system X, using Safari, there is some overlapping at the bottom and the tickertape script doesn't work at all. In system X, using IE, the whole thing is mixed up. There is no white background under the words, and the "welcome to my website" paragraph is way down at the bottom of the page and the text at the very end overlaps onto one of the logos. It's really quite a mess.
I haven't checked it out on a PC yet.
You need to test the script on different operating systems as well as in different browsers. If you can't find a way to make the layers compatible with them all, you may want to put a little warning on the page as to which browser works correctly.
On 7/28/05, naneb wrote: > Pogo, > You don't need to use a table if you use layers. You can make the layer > the size you want and then type in your data. The advantage of layers is > that they can overlap each other. I did the dreamweaver tutorial at > macromedia to learn about layers. It is really easy and makes your site > very easy to put together. The best thing is that you have much more > control over how everything looks. You do not have to worry about cell > padding or trying to get text to stay put. The layer handles all of that. > Nan
On 7/29/05, Jean Bullock wrote: > If you can't find a way to make the layers compatible with them all, you may want to put a little warning on the page as to which browser works correctly.
Agreed, and be aware that 1/2 your students/parents won't be able to access it. It's better to know HTML and CSS so that you can do what you need without built-in Dreamweaver or FrontPage code which is only viewable on 20% of the browsers/comptuers out there.
I've been updating my site. I'm using a forwarding service to make it easier to remember and type in my site address. I'm interested in knowing about any problems, readability/usability issues, and/or annoyances you encountered. Basically if you think there's something that would make the site look or work better, I'd like to hear your opinion. BE BRUTAL. :-)
I love the site. It was easy to get around and full of good info like the search/question link boxes on the main page.
About the size of the page - the width was fine for my monitor, but the length was a little longer than what would fit on the screen. That doesn't bother me. But I do like pages that fit width-wise. Mine doesn't and I wonder if there's a way to get the page to resize itself depending on the screen or do you have to set the page size to a certain size. What size do you use?
Thanks for the suggestions; I'll be doing some tweaking to make it better.
Diane
P.S. to Stacy: I am using tables for formatting. I specified a width of 800 pixels so that the content would fit within the screen width of most monitors of users I expect to access my site.
On 7/29/05, Stacy wrote: > About the size of the page - the width was fine for my monitor, > but the length was a little longer than what would fit on the > screen. That doesn't bother me. But I do like pages that fit > width-wise. Mine doesn't and I wonder if there's a way to get > the page to resize itself depending on the screen or do you have > to set the page size to a certain size. What size do you use?
On 7/29/05, Stacy wrote: > Reading everyone's posts I never realized the variation in > how pages look on different systems. > > Please check my site out and let me know if it's messed up > and what computer and browser you're using. > > If you have suggestions on how to fix it, I'd love that too! > > Thank You!!!!
My php discussion board is not going as smoothly as I'd hoped. I got the info from my web host about enabling php and what my dns is and forged ahead. I got to the test forum screen and the admin panel but the left side contained warning messages about line 86 and 88 containing null info. I read all of this as "blah, blah, blah, sciencetoybox.com, blah, blah...." :-(
Does anyone with a php board (Raven, I know you know I'm talking to you!! hee hee) know what I should do? I emailed my isp with the error messages and posted on the phpbb support site. I thought I'd try here too.
Here's the message on the left side of the Admin Panel, in case that helps.
Warning: ksort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in F:\users\sciencetoybox\phpBB2\admin\index.php on line 86
Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in F:\users\sciencetoybox\phpBB2\admin\index.php on line 88
On 7/29/05, Stacy wrote: Warning: ksort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given > in F:\users\sciencetoybox\phpBB2\admin\index.php on line 86 > > Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object > in F:\users\sciencetoybox\phpBB2\admin\index.php on line 88
Looks like when it tried to pass information to the page, it couldn't because something on that page was wrong. It could be that your permissions are set up wrong on the server, or if could be that something didn't install correctly.
The phpBB people on the support forum--seeing how most of them write the program--will know more specifically what is wrong more than I will. You can also try going to google and typing in your error message. See what comes up about it.
I'd wait for a response from your webhost or phpBB. I can tell what the error message says but without having been there during install or without seeing your install, setup, and server, I can't tell you why.
I've been using CSS forever but still run into IE bugs. I've got the basic structure of this subdomain set up for my calendar program, and it looks great in Mozilla.
But as usual, the IE bug has popped up. IE is putting that annoying 3-5px space in between the image and the bottom borders.
Normally, in a vertical links list, I'd make them display: block and then set the vertical-align: baseline to get around the IE bug. I could also make their margins -3 or so, but then that messes up Mozilla.
Since these links are horizontal though, that work-around won't work. Any body know of another work around?
On 7/31/05, megan wrote: > PS - if you only want to use css, then you may want to ditch > the graphics all together and use one of the horizontal css > menus demoed over at listomatic (see clickable link below) - > they have a chart that shows browser compatibility for each > one
I'm picky. I like writing and using my own code. Then when it breaks I know it's me or IE, not someone's bad code.
I did find the problem. I had code (minus spaces) typed like this:
IE was interpretting my programming formating (which is good practice stupid browser!) as me wanting SPACES. I had to edit my code to look like:
No space. :) IE is so stupid. Microsoft can't write a decent program so they put in even more bugs so that people have to write bad code design just to get it to work. Grr... Just because their programmers are idiots doesn't mean the rest of us are. Good code design is spaced for readability and to ensure all levels are completed. Stupid IE.
> > > > > IE was interpretting my programming formating (which is good > practice stupid browser!) as me wanting SPACES. I had to edit my > code to look like: > > >
I've been using CSS forever but still run into IE bugs. I've got the basic structure of this subdomain set up for my calendar program, and it looks great in Mozilla.
But as usual, the IE bug has popped up. IE is putting that annoying 3-5px space in between the image and the bottom borders.
Normally, in a vertical links list, I'd make them display: block and then set the vertical-align: baseline to get around the IE bug. I could also make their margins -3 or so, but then that messes up Mozilla.
Since these links are horizontal though, that work-around won't work. Any body know of another work around?
On 7/31/05, Max wrote: > I just don't see any differences ... > > Give us a link to the "exact" page that's showing your > problem.
There were differences until I just fixed it yesterday! Apparently, in using tabs in NOTEPAD to type my code and format it for readability (a la good programming 101), IE interprets any spaces in the code as white space. So now my code looks nasty, but works.
For learning, FrontPage is fine. Most people recommend
Dreamweaver to create webpages, but since you already have
FrontPage, I wouldn't buy another program.
Just plug away at it while learning from the books and
tutorials.
You'll need to find a webhost to post your site. Anything
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