Adobe Pagemill Tutorial - Introduction

Using PageMill to Create Web Pages

PageMill Description

Goals

Create First Page

Create Second Page/Links Lesson

Graphics

Tables

Uploading Files toWeb

Link to HTML Code Reference on Web

Link to Adobe's PageMill 2.0 Readme Files

Have you been wondering what all the fuss is about with Web sites and Home Pages?Well, this class is designed as a gentle introduction to help you get started making a web page which can be viewed by anyone in the world who has access to the Internet.

Up until recently, in order to have a web page you had to deal with HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). This was a series of tags which looked like this:

This code <H1>Linda Hemenway <H1>

produces Linda Hemenway

this code "<a href="http://www.santarosa.edu/cis/"> Online Home Page</a>

creates a link like this
CIS Online Home Page

All the stuff inside<>are HTML tags which for many folks can be a
confusing code to learn. Using PageMill you no longer need to memorize the
code; you can just use the buttons and menu items in PageMill to write the
HTML for you.

Here is what PageMill has to say about its product:

• The easiest way to create pages for the World Wide Web.
  In the past, you practically had to be a programmer to create pages for the
  World Wide Web. But now, whether you're a small-business or home user,
  graphic designer, manager or Web-master, with Adobe PageMill software you
  can do it yourself, quickly and easily! That's because PageMill makes building
  Web pages simple and fun.
• You don't have to know a thing about HTML (Hypertext Markup
  Language), tags, URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), or any of the other
  Internet protocols that have made composing Web pages so daunting. Now,
  creating colorful, dynamic pages is as easy as using your favorite graphics
  application or word processor!
• Feel right at home. With PageMill software, you build your home pages in a
  completely familiar, drag-and-drop environment. First, type in your text or
  import it from standard office applications. Then, bring in images from your
  favorite graphics programs - or from any other source, for that matter. PageMill
  automatically converts PICT files to GIF and JPEG, the image formats of the
  Web.
• Next, resize your images easily, and align your text any way you want,
  including flowing it around the images. Want to make a sentence italic?
  Bold? Larger or smaller? Click - it's that simple Of course, you can also add
  rules(lines), background images, colors and more, just as easily.
• To create a link to another page, you simply select the text or image you want
  to link, and then drag the icon for the destination page back onto the
  selection. They link instantly! You'll also find familiar features such as a
  spelling checker and a Find-and-Replace tool that works not only for text, but
  for image files, links and HTML sources as well.
• Add richness to your pages. PageMill software even gives you elegant and
  powerful support to extend HTML> You can quickly add a table, laying it out
  with the WYSIWG editor. You can even cut and paste a table directly
  from your spreadsheet!

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Goals:

By the end of the class, you will have:

1. Created an index.html (Home page) which will be the opening screen of your web site; created at least one other page which deals with specific information about you, your hobbies, family or interests.
2. Created links within your home page, to the other web page you created, and to sites on the World Wide Web.
3. Added 2-3 graphics; add a graphic that is interlaced and transparent
4. Added a background color and text color
5. Created a table
6. Created a mailto:
7. See a demonstration of how to load your files onto the Internet

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This tutorial designed by Chris Graham ,whose other life can be seen on A Better Mousepad page.