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Chapter Headings 1. Who is Waller 2. Website Creation 3. Website Evaluation 4. What is the Internet 5. Managing your PCs 6. Email and Forums 7. Website design 8. Website Features 9. Choosing an ISP 10. Promoting the Website 11. HTML 12. Java, JavaScript, SSI, CGI 13. Business Advice

Helper Index 090 Premium Calls Abbreviations Acronyms AccessKey Accessibility Rules ADSL and ISDN Advertising Affiliates Advice to website authors AIDA Design Principles Animation Anytime/Surftime from BT Applets Arrows and Buttons Associates Authoring Tools Background Background Samples 10 Bad objectives Bad practice Banner Ads Bars Bar Problems Become computer literate Blink (in Netscape) BMI Body Mass Index Brighton Marina Broadband ADSL Browser Compatibility Business Advice Buttons and Arrows Buying a PC Digital Cameras Cascading Menus CGI Introduction CGI Countdown CGI Response Forms Client List Colours, 16 named Coloured lines Common PC Quick-Keys Compatibility Computer literate Confidentiality Control Keys Cookie Demo Copyright Statement Copyright in real lfe Corporate Image Counting Hits Creating Usable websites Creating your first Creation Service Credit Cards Customers come first Digital Cameras Domain Names Domain Name Moving Drop-Down Menus E/Commerce Tools Email Guidelines Email Junk Mail Delete Email unread Email Scams Email is not Secure Entrance Tunnel Explorer quick-keys Evaluation Service Evaluation Usability Feedback Buttons Firewall Flash Entrance Tunnel Flexible Working Fonts, choice of Forms Forums / Groups Frames Free webspace (UK) Frontpage Create good websites Guidelines for In-house IT Hit Counters Homepage design Homesite quick-keys Hot Hints HT Access to divert HTML Key commands Image you project Image Maps Image Thumbnails In-House IT Interaction Internet Statistics Introduction to surfing Introduction Workshop ISDN and ADSL ISPs and IAPs JavaScript JS Examples JS Links JS Email encrypt JS Short Message JS Status Line JS Second Window JS Idiot Applet JS Calculation (BMI) JS Checklist Counter JS Scrolling Image Junk Mail Keyboard Shortcuts Lines in 16 colours Lines in pretty gifs Link, how to Links for Resources Long Documents Maintenance Marquee Scrolling (in IE) Menu, Drop-Down META statements Music Demo Navigation Netscape quick-keys The No-No List Objectives 10 Bad objectives Partners PC buying PC Common Quick-Keys PC Skills Permission Marketing Permission Mktg Experience Phone Scam Picture Thumbnails Ping and Trace Route Pop-Up Menus Portable Phones WAP Premium Rate Calls Privacy Privacy Policy Promoting Websites Promotion Checklist Property Page Quizlet customer survey Quick-Keys for PCs Good Resolutions Resources for websites Response Forms Right Click on Mouse Sales Pitch Scrolling Text (in IE) Search Engines Search Tools Security Server Side Includes Service Providers (ISP) Short Messages Skills for PCs Slideshow Standard Features Scams on Email Spam SSI Standards Manual Starting to Create Standard Template Statistics on the Web Stripes Surf Faster Surftime/Anytime from BT Swan Applet Tables TabIndex Thumbnails Trace Route and Ping Training on Internet Tutorial Introduction Usable websites Virus Wallpaper Background WAP Wireless App Protocol Warranty Website Resolutions Web Statistics Website Usability Weight and BMI Who is Waller Waller Coat of Arms Word 6 quick-keys Working from home WYSIWYG good or bad

The Waller Helper Pages 1. Who is Waller Who I am and what I do TRUST Group of IT Professionals The group with whom I work and who help me with specialist tasks The Client List Our Creations - Sites we are proud of The Sales Pitch The Waller website creation brochure is now on line. AIDA Design Principles Attention + Interest + Desire + Action = Good design Confidentiality, Privacy, Copyright, Warranty The legal stuff which they ask us to quote. Copyright in real life How to prevent theft of your source code!   2. Website Creation Website Creation Service An Appropriate Image Permission Marketing Objectives of a website 10 Bad objectives Promote Your Website On-going Maintenance Domain Names to get a better URL UK Access Providers - How to Choose   3. Website Evaluation Website rating and evaluation We have wide ranging experience in evaluation and rating websites     Business Usability Check     Seven Point Usability Checklist     Usability Checklist Detail     The No-No List of website features Usability rules for good websites   4. What is the Internet Tutorial Basic Introduction to surfing the Internet Introduction Workshop A two-hour introduction workshop One-Day Training on the Internet A one-day training course as an introduction to the Internet   5. Managing your PCs Become computer literate These core skills should be part of the skill portfolio of everyone in business. How well do you score? Buying a PC Some standard hints about buying a PC, particularly when it is your first purchase. Hot Hints for better surfing A collection of little tips which may help Quick-Keys for PCs A short list of keyboard shortcuts to avoid having to fiddle with the mouse The Most Common Quick-Keys Quick-Keys for Word 6 Quick-Keys for Netscape Quick-Keys for Internet Explorer Quick-Keys for Homesite HTML Key commands WYSIWYG good or bad What You See Is What You Get is the way several of the packages let you build websites. But there are problems. Horses for Courses. Guidelines for In-House IT Eight things a consultant would tell you, which you could easily do for yourself Flexible Working Some thoughts on home-working. What kit do you need? Surf Faster A checklist of things you could do to make your surfing less frustrating. Ping, Trace Route, Telnet and Whois DOS commands for the Internet. Ping is to see if an Internet website is still working; Tracert is to see how long it takes to get there; Telnet is a completely different language; Whois is a command within Telnet to find who a URL belongs to. Surftime/Anytime from BT 24/7 connection, or for less cost: evenings and weekends. A best buy for heavy users. Digital Cameras Do you need a digital camera? Get your pics up on the web before teatime.   6. Email and Forums E/Mail Guidelines list of hints and tips is addressed to all who start to use E/Mail Privacy - How to keep your secrets For those that do not want to put their lives in the public domain Email is not Secure Watch your language or you or your company may get sued Forums and Discussion Groups If you have a problem, ask in an appropriate forum. You will get a dozen good replies within 24 hours. Abbreviations and Acronyms Some of the abbreviations and acronyms that you may meet in the forums and in Email messages. Help stamp out Junk Mail One of the biggest curses of the Internet is the amount of junk mail, yet sometimes each of us contributes. Goodtimes Virus and other nonsenses. (most viruses are myths) FTC'S dirty dozen Email scams Unsolicited email is spam. Scammers solicit by sending spam. Delete your Email unread 10 reasons for deleting your Email messages unread     7. Website Design Do you have an Objective? What is the objective of your website, and how will you know whether you have been successful? Corporate Image Who are you trying to reach? Who would you like to visit your website? Why should they visit you? Will they come back? It is all to do with the image that you project! Fixed-Price 5-Point Website Creation Service An easy way to get your first website up and running quickly, so you can take it over in working order, or let us develop it into a major sales advertisement. Starting to Create your own DIY Website There is no need to employ people to create a Website. You can do it yourself - with my help if necessary. Usability rules for good websites Some rules quoted from Ask Jeeves, and from Jakob Nielson and a 16-Point Checklist Accessibility Making your website accessible to those with disabilities Website Resolutions Eight things we all ought to do when building web pages. Links to Resources Tools and things for building websites Choice of Fonts There are probably six fonts that you can choose for your website, plus larger or smaller sizes, and bold or italic. What shall you choose. Homepage design Design of a homepage is becoming an art form of its own. There are a number of conflicting requirements. Draft Standards Manual Some notes you may want to consider before embarking on a website development project. Standard Template This template contains a stack of standard features that you can use or delate as you wish. Snapcheck for users in a hurry   8. Website Features Applets - a small program to create special effects or do cunning things. Cascading Menus - a.k.a Drop-Down or Pop-Up menus Flash - a decorative display before the homepage Cookie Demo - Place a cooky on your visitor's hard drive Standard Features - illustrates the standard HTML features How to Link - shows 10 ways to link your pages Long Documents - making long pages interesting to look at and easy to read Image Maps - Southern England, with some fairly scurrilous text about each area Tables - the basic tool of all good webpage designers Forms - shown here using a package CGI script. Feedback Buttons - standard HTML feature but not actually recommended Quizlet customer survey - sounds like a good idea, but slow to load and not used much Background - loved by some, but if you use it please keep it simple Background Samples we have these backgrounds in stock. Netscape Blinking - hated by most people, and does not work with Explorer Explorer Marquee Scrolling - provided by Explorer, but done better using JavaScript Entrance Tunnel - A welcome page on a website before getting to the real thing, and in the leatest fashion would be a Flash movie. Also useful if you have changed a URL and want an automatic way to link people to the new address. Frames - words of wisdom if you want to use frames. Rolling Slideshow - the classic falling chimney sequence but also excellent for an exhibition slideshow. Coloured Stripes - a stripe down the side, including the one on this page. Animation - a small selection of fun things. Search Tools - helping visitors to find stuff on your own website.

9. Choosing an ISP UK Internet Service Providers How to choose the ISP to host your website. Surftime/Anytime from BTInternet Is the UK 24/7 Surftime/Anytime package worthwhile. Free webspace in the UK You can get webspace, email, even Internet access free, but there are one or two snags. Of course   10. Promoting the Website Promoting your Website Get your website noticed. You must advertise yourself. Here's how. Domain Names Should you have a proper domain name? Domain Name Moving If you have a domain name, here is how to move to a new ISP if this becomes necessary. Hit Counters There are lies, damn lies, and hit counters Search Engines and how to Search, how to submit META statements to help search engines find you and reference you correctly. On Going Maintenance The importance of on-going maintenance of a website cannot be overstated. Otherwise it soon looks tired, and out-o-date, and wrong. E/Commerce Tools What do you need to collect money by Credit Card Affiliates / Partners / Associates Income from ads and adding credibility to your content Permission Marketing How to capture new prospects, and turn them into a customers and then into a repeat customers, how to interact with the surfers. Permission Marketing Experience Three Months experiment of a free offer.   11. HTML HTML Key commands The 20 basic HTML commands that you need to get you started Quick-Keys for Homesite I recommend the Homesite authoring tool Coloured Bars - a library of the coloured bars that add colour to a page Bar Problems - Browser incompatibilities can mean problems using Width="100%" Arrows and Buttons - a library of buttons and arrows Lines in several Colours - single pixel GIFs for squares, lines, and spaces 16 Named HTML Colors - Named colors and a link to an easy-to-use Color Chart Compatibility across browsers HTML Features that may fail to work if your visitors are using a different browser.   12. Java, JavaScript, SSI, CGI CGI Common Gateway Interface A reliable way for handling interaction with your visitors CGI Response Form CGI Countdown JavaScript Introduction - A lot of good stuff here, but it is not a very reliable tool JavaScript Examples JavaScript Links Scrolling Status Line Scrolling Image Open Second Window Idiot Applet Body Mass Index Server Side Includes What is SSI and what can it do for you   13. Business Advice Advice before setting up in business Words from the horses mouth on the satisfactions and perils in setting up as a web design business. The Customer is always right We would be alright if it wasn't for the blasted customers...

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