FREE ESSAY ON HOW TO BUILD A WEBPAGE

HOW TO BUILD A WEBPAGE

Motivator sentence: The development and design of a basic web page can be a fun yet
tricky task. 
Thesis sentence: Whether it's a large commercial web-site for business purposes, or a
small personal web page about your hobby or family; the process of development is the
same. 
Blueprint sentence: The three major steps leading to the development and design of a
basic web page include: information gathering, site layout and design and HTML (hyper
text markup language) conversion.
I.Topic sentence: (use transition) Naturally, the most important task is the gathering
of
information.
A. You first need to brain-storm about what you would like for The web page to 
consist of.
B. Collect everything that you will become part of the web page, from editorials 
and graphics to company information and history.
C. It may be a good ideal to get your hand on as much data as possible, then 
decide what is to be used in the web page. What material is not used may be 
discarded later.
D. All information previously gathered is categorized in a hierarchy form from 
the most important to the least important.
II. Topic sentence: Then, you are to develop the layout of the web page. 
A. Simple drawn sketches are to be hand drawn to display the basic "look and 
feel" of the web page.
B. The use of a specific theme or template should be used to maintain the same 
basic look throughout the web site.
C. Keep the reader of the web site in mind when designing the web site.
D. Most readers will not usually wait on large graphic files to load; especially on 
the start page.
E. Readers also dislike small and hard to read text. Remember that some older 
monitors and systems may not be able to view higher resolutions; furthermore, 
some web browsers may be unable to view certain types of newer text. 
III. Topic sentence: At last comes the conversion from plane text and graphics to 
HTML code.
A. All elements that make up the web pages are then to be combined graphics,
plain 
text, even tables. 
B. The combined elements are then converted from plane text into HTML code.
C. The easiest way to accomplish this daunting task if you have no prior 
experience of HTML programming is by using a computer program that is 
designed for the purpose of converting text, graphics, and other objects into 
HTML, such as Cute HTML, Trelix Web, or Netscape Composer.
D. Many of these programs can be found free of cost at web sites specializing in 
free downloads such as zd.com, softseek.com and freedownloads.com
Conclusion After testing your web page for flaws, broken links, misspelled words 
and other grammatical errors, it's ready to be uploaded to the domain name 
or web site hosting service using a free FTP (file transfer protocol) program such 
as Cute FTP.
Clincher With a little practice and much trial-and-error, you will be a web master
building all types of web pages for every occasion.
Jamison Danecker