May 9th Workshop

We will resume our exploration of WordPress - a blogging & website development tool & work on Earl G.'s site.

In addition we will explore the "SEO Book" toolbar that Ed Weinberg discussed during his presentation at the General Meeting. This toolbar for Firefox is a free Firefox extension which adds many search engine optimization data points used to evaluate a web site's ranking for search engines.

April 4th Workshop

Due to Spring Recess, we are scheduled for first week of the month.  This workshop we will cover several areas:

1. Resume work on Earl G.'s American Legion WordPress site. After the March workshop, we have renamed the site to make it easier for search engines.  The name change has brought the site up on the first page of search results when using keywords that Earl requested.
2. Demonstrate the proper way to set up a template website following Microsoft guidelines
1. a benefit of this demo will be an introduction to the CSS Properties Task pane which we have been seriously avoiding
3. Explore a website dedicated to the Expression Web package which is rich in reference material
4. Finish demonstrating the slide show which displays a series of images in an infinite loop

March 14 workshop

For this workshop we will cover several areas:

1. Check the progress on Earl G.'s American Legion WordPress site & see where we can offer assistance
2. Set up a slide show which displays a series of images in an infinite loop
3. Demonstrate the proper way to set up a template site following Microsoft guidelines
4. Explore a website dedicated to the Expression Web package which is rich in reference material.  

A musical interlude

Just to see if anybody's paying attention.

Be patient music starts at about 0:45

youtube music -- opens in new tab

enjoy

Feb. 1 Workshop

For this workshop we will build a WordPress blog for our fellow club member Earl G.  Although the blog will be built using WordPress, which is a blogging software package, we will make it look like a traditional website.  Also, WordPress makes it very easy to update content through its built-in dashboard.  This will make it easy for Earl & his group to send out notices about the activities of his group.

January 11 Workshop

There will be a PowerPoint presentation on the subject of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  Search Engine Optimization refers to a collection of techniques to improve a site's ranking when using search engines such a Google or Yahoo.

Also a demonstration of the Expression Web feature called SEO Checker. The SEO Checker analyzes a website using techniques similar to what a search engine would use. The SEO Checker also provides a detailed report which identifies problem areas for the site's designer to address so that a site's ranking can be improved.

December 7th Workshop

For this month's workshop we will continue building a website from scratch - not using templates.  We will demonstrate the following:

• Continue building the layout of the site from last month
• Build & style navigation buttons
• Validating the html code
• Creating a Dynamic Web Template which is used to automatically style other pages on this site