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Plan It

•     Planning a Web Site

  •             Writing a Mission Statement

  •             Identify Your Audience

  •             Setting Milestones

  •             Planning Site Content and Organization

•     Domain Names

  •             Domain Names

  •             Choosing a Domain Name

  •             Registering a Domain

•     Web Hosting

  •             Choosing a Web Host

  •             What to Shop For

  •             Other Considerations

  •             Help, My Server is Overloaded

•     Hiring a Designer or Developer

  •             Knowing When You Need to Outsource

  •             Writing an RFP or Specification

  •             Finding Contractors

  •             Legal Nuts and Bolts

  •             Managing an Outsourced Project

•     News Site in a Box

  •             News Site in a Box

  •             Choosing a full-powered, open-source CMS for your news site

  •             Use a blog system like Wordpress to power your news site

  •             Enhance your site with advanced features

  •             How to build a simple website using free services

  •             Quick, easy and powerful Web publishing

Build It

•     Buying Hardware and Software

  •             What You Need in a Computer System (Mac or PC)

  •             Can You Upgrade or Do You Need a New Machine?

  •             Digital Cameras

  •             Software Solutions

  •             Backing Up

  •             Audio Recording Equipment

•     HTML

  •             Basic HTML

  •             Creating Forms

  •             CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

•     Page Layout and Design

  •             Web Standards for Publishing Ventures

  •             Choosing Colors

  •             Logos

•     Web Pages

  •             Using Adobe Dreamweaver

  •             Creating an HTML page

  •             Advanced Dreamweaver Techniques

  •             Behaviors

•     File Management

  •             Keeping Track of Files

  •             Slugs

  •             Making Backups

•     Databases

  •             Introducing Databases

  •             Planning Your Database Tables

  •             Database Applications

  •             Database Workers

Present It

•     Photography and Graphics

  •             How to Take Pictures for Online Use

  •             Getting Familiar with Web Graphics

  •             Preparing Images and Photos for the Web

  •             Checking and Changing Resolution

  •             Getting Familiar with Photoshop

  •             Getting Familiar with Photoshop, Part II

  •             Working with Layers

  •             Creating Web-formatted Images

  •             Creating Transparent Images

  •             Editing Photographs

  •             Creating Animated GIFS with Image Ready

  •             Using Photoshop Slices

  •             Creating photo galleries and slideshows

•     Audio

  •             How to Record Audio for the Web

  •             Digitizing Audio

  •             Editing Audio

  •             Delivering Audio Online

•     Video

  •             How to Shoot Video for the Web

  •             Using Adobe Premiere

  •             Digitizing Video

  •             Editing Video

  •             Adding and Editing Audio

  •             Adding Titles and Other Graphics

  •             Delivering Video Online

•     Animation

  •             Getting Familiar with SWiSHmax

  •             Creating a Basic SWiSHmax Animation

  •             Applying Effects in SWiSHmax

  •             Creating Buttons with SWiSHmax

  •             Saving an SWF using SWiSHmax

  •             Creating a Simple Slide Show with SWiSHmax

  •             Getting More Help with SWiSHmax

•     Reporting Community Data

  •             Forums and Feedback

  •             Polls and E-mail Surveys

  •             Searchable Databases

  •             Visualizing Data

•     Blogs

  •             Understanding Blogs

  •             Writing and Editing a Blog

  •             Choosing Blog Software

  •             Managing Blog Comments

  •             Quick overview: Wordpress and Blogger

Promote It

•     Advertising and Marketing

  •             Advertising Your Site

  •             Viral Marketing

  •             RSS Feeds

  •             Getting and Giving Links

  •             Using Twitter for promotion and community

•     Sales, Fundraising and E-commerce

  •             Putting Ads on Your Site

  •             Identifying Revenue and Sales Opportunities

  •             Selling Advertising

  •             Sponsorships

  •             Maintaining Ethics and Standards

•     Tracking Your Users

  •             Why Traffic Matters

  •             Understanding Traffic

  •             Traffic Software

  •             Tracking Services

  •             Surveys

•     Law and Ethics

  •             Deep Linking

  •             Copyright and Attribution

  •             Online Libel Issues

  •             Legal Issues for Online Publishers

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