Website Tutorials
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language - Creates the structure of your web, header, footer, content, layouts.
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets - Creates the
"Style" or "Look" of your web. Sets colors, fonts, image placement, heading
tags, and more.
JavaScript - Creates browser behaviors. It is what makes a dropdown menu work, a slide show to "slide," a lightbox to show photos, and more.
The following topics may help you with creating a webpage; troubleshooting coding problems; uploading web pages to your website; and provide useful tips, tricks and tools.
What does all this Code Stuff Mean? Definitions and a bit more on this page
Editing Your Site - A list of links to tutorials [not on this site]
Creating Pages or Categories for your site - A list of sample pages & categories you might consider using on your site.
Styling Text - How to add a bit of pazazz to your site with heading tags and text styling
Styling Images - How to get your images lookin' good on the page!
DWT & Page Editing - How to work with DWTs [Used in Expression Web and Dreamweaver]
How to FTP your web - A short tutorial using Filezilla as an example.
Joining Google Groups - How to set-up and join a group
Processing Tombstone Photos - How to batch process tombstone picture, with slide show! Thanks, Tina.
Tips & Tricks - Helpful tools for coordinators
If you need help, contact Marsha. I can't do hours and hours of troubleshooting, but I may be able to help you.
Updated by AB July 2021
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