September 5th Workshop

Hope everybody had a great summer & Labor Day.

Temporarily, we will put the Expression Web design tool aside & take up the study of WordPress which we will use as a Content Management System (CMS).  A CMS presents content on the web & can be thought of as a website. For the Sept. 5 workshop we will cover the following:

• Introduction to  WordPress
• Planning the site
• Examine the WordPress dashboard
• Using the text editor
• Styling paragraphs, lists
• Creating posts
• Adding a new page

You can also checkout the page (tab) - Labeled, "WordPress 24Hr. Trainer Book" for table of contents of the book we will be using. This tab is part of the top navigation bar starting with Home on the left.

or use this link:  Table of Contents page

Testing Incoming Links

Testing to see if this link will show up as incoming link on the martello blog.

http://martello44.wordpress.com  or

deglindesigns.com

June 6 Workshop

We will resume our exploration of WordPress and finish Earl G.'s site. 

Then we will explore the concept of cross-browser testing.  This is an integral part of website design since there are times when different browsers display a website differently - sometimes incorrectly.  We'll study this subject using the Expression Web feature called SuperPreview.

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 engine

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