Creating a Web Page Résumé
Reading: Internet Literacy, chapter 18. Note: This is a review module that can be skipped by students who have already had a basic course in Web page authoring. If you plan to work through this module, on the other hand, you will need a copy of the Internet Literacy textbook described in the textbook section of this course outline.
Topics
Now that you know how HTML works, you are ready to put your new knowledge to work. This chapter takes you through all the steps needed to build your own online résumé with text, graphics, and links to other Web pages.
Creating a File Folder
Before you can create a Web page, you need a place to store it on your computer. That place is known as a file folder. Chapter 18 begins by showing you how to make a file folder called website in which you will create your pages in this course.
Running Your Web Page Creation Software
The first step in creating a new Web page is to get your Web page creation software running. In this course, you have your choice of using Dreamweaver or Nvu. Table 18-1 steps you through the process of getting started.
Starting a New Web Page
- To create a new Web page, follow the steps in Table 18-2.
- To give your Web page a title, follow the steps in Table 18-3.
- To write a heading on your page, follow the steps in Table 18-4.
- To save your page, follow the steps in Table 18-5. If this is your resume page, save it in your website folder and make its name be resume.htm.
Previewing a Web Page
While you are creating a new Web page, you will want to have a look at it with a Web browser from time to time so you can see how it's going to appear on the Web. To preview your new page with a Web browser, follow the steps in Table 18-6.
Paragraphs, Lists, and Horizontal Rules
- To start a new paragraph, follow the steps in Table 18-7.
- Bulleted lists help organize content on Web pages. To create a bulleted list, follow the steps in Table 18-8.
- Horizontal rules create neat-looking dividing lines between different parts of a Web page. To learn how to insert a horizontal rule after the bulleted table of contents in your résumé, follow the steps in Table 18-9.
Creating a Target
As you create the different sections in your résumé, it will grow too long to fit on the screen all at once. To make it easy for the user to find the different parts of your résumé, you can insert bookmarks known as named anchors into your document. Then you can link each item in your résumé's bulleted list of topics to its corresponding bookmark to make it quick and easy for the user to find that section. To learn how to create a named anchor bookmark, follow the steps in Table 18-10. To learn how to link to a named anchor bookmark, follow the steps in Table 18-11.
Creating a Return-to-Contents Link
Web pages often contain a return-to-contents link that helps the user navigate. To learn how to create a return-to-contents link in the Education section of your résumé, follow the steps in Table 18-12.
Linking to a URL
There are more than fifty million documents on the World Wide Web. You can link your résumé to any document for which you know the URL. To learn how to link to a URL, follow the steps in Table 18-13.
Creating a Mailto Link
It is customary for Web page owners to include a mailto link to their e-mail address to make it easy for you to contact them. When you click such a link, an E-mail dialog appears, automatically addressed to the Web page owner. To learn how to put a mailto link on your Web page, follow the steps in Table 18-14.
