The Wonderful World of Weebly

Contents What is a Weebly?

How to plan a Weebly

Site Goals

Task details

Access Link

Step by Step

Our approach

What is a Weebly? Weebly is a free website creation tool

It uses a similar concept to how you would create a PowerPoint presentation i.e.: there are a number of existing styles to choose from There are different formats of text you can use You can insert pictures, maps, graphs, multimedia You can choose different fonts, colours and sizes

Our approach

Project criteria• Create a Weebly website using the

student login details provided

• 5-6 pages only (you can do more if you feel its important)

• Title, Text and image on each page

• Min. 1 page should have multimedia embedded

• Min 1 page should have hyperlinks to an external site

• Information text should be relevant and interesting

• Images used should relate to the page title and information provided

• Appropriate language and images only should be used

• Good design criteria to be applied – see web links provided for further detail on this dot point

Ideas for your website• A friends business

• A site for your favourite band

• Good places to go for a holiday

• A topic you are really interested in such as cars, food, clothes

• Gaming

• Pets

• Favourite book

• Community activity e.g. church, fund raising

• How to create a cool website!!

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How to create good Site Goals

• Getting clear on why you are starting your site and what you want to accomplish is an important first step to starting your site.

• The number one reason why people don’t finish their site is because they don’t have a clear vision of what they want to create…

• Take a step back and think through your main site goals and write them down.

My Site Planner

I'm Starting a Site For... Examples: a dog walking service

My Site Goals... Win new dog walking business Provide info about services &

pricing Keep in touch with clients by

providing dog care tips

Information I Want To Include On My Site... Complete list of my services & pricing Information about me, why I started

the business What makes me different from other

dog walking services Photos of happy dogs and customers Dog care tips A way to contact me Links to my social media

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Getting Some Ideas on design What do you like on a website?

I prefer to see a menu bar across the top of the page, not down the sides

What do other websites do well that you like? Have a search facility for their website so I can easily find the information I want

What don’t you like to see on websites? I don’t like it when the information has to be scrolled down the page for pages and pages

Good and Bad website design The worlds worst web site ever – and they seem to be proud of it!

From all my faves website : the muse.com Giphy.com 5by.com

Have a look around the web On the worksheet “Design Do's and Don'ts” complete a list of style ideas

that are good for you to use on your website

Also make a list of those you don’t like as a reminder of what not to do

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Name Your websiteThink of a cool, easy to remember name ….

or

……..think of a completely cheesy one and people will remember it in spite of themselves like……

Study is my buddy

How many pages?• Start with 3-5 Core

Pages

• Begin with the most important pages first, you can always add more later

• 6 or less ensures your site is clean and easy to navigate.

Say what??!!!Make sure you call your pages something meaningful to

the customer or viewer

They are the main navigation menu for your site and should allow visitors to easily find what they are looking for. HomeContact UsAbout my product / service

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You Need Pictures….

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What to say next Keep it short

Keep it sweet

Keep it clean

Use dot points, not blocks of text

Write so that even a child could understand what you are saying

Spell it Properly

Write it as you would like it remembered!!!

And finally!!

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Common Questions About Using Weebly Is my site visible to the public?

Yes it is

Can you (the teacher) edit any of my information? Yes I can, but no I wont, unless its an emergency

Can I change my password? Yes you can, I recommend it. If you forget it, please contact me and I will reset it for

you

Can I work on this site from home? Yes you can. You can login from any PC or Mac using your login details

Lets Create a Website

Go tohttp://students.weebly.com

Logging In

Type in the name & password provided

Type your password

Selecting a theme

Change your theme

Change your background

Front page splash

Now you can start adding text and images and structure

Adding pagesNow you can start adding the pages that you outlined on your story board

To change the order of the pages drag and drop the tabs

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Check your links Always check your hyperlinks work in various browsers

Safari, IE ,Mozilla and Chrome all behave differently

Fonts can also look different in the different browsers depending on whether you are using a PC or a MAC

Ta Dah – Your Finished Website

And finally…. Every time you make a change to a web page – click publish.

This ensures: All changes are saved The changes are visible on your public website

Remember to use the refresh key on your Weebly website to make sure you can see the changes you have recently made