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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Hello Adrian,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Have you considered using Wordpress.com to create the website?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>It is easy to hide the blog posts page and to stop the comments on the static pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>You can also leave the sidebars off for a standard looking web page.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Here is <a href="http://billspersonalwebsite.wordpress.com/">an example</a>. (http://billspersonalwebsite.wordpress.com/)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>So you wind up with a website that looks the same as a Dreamweaver site but with a fraction of the time spent on learning HTML and CSS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>There is a Wordpress.com sandpit that you can try out the different CSS elements. But they will be lost as soon as you log off the Wordpress.com website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>The alternative is to go to a Wordpress.org website that is hosted by your school or an online host such as Godaddy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>The setting up of student blogs can also help them to try another form of an online community. But you guys know that already!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Any questions or comments, please contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Bill Oldham (sessional teacher at RMIT for VCE and Foundation Studies)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adric Gardner<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 25 November 2011 12:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Web Authoring Software<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m considering a move away from Dreamweaver next year as I believe it is overly complicated for what they need to achieve.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m considering a move to something like <a href="http://www.yola.com">www.yola.com</a> which is an online drag and drop website creation tool.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What I wanted to know is whether other people see this as a ‘Web Authoring Tool’ for study design purposes like I do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";text-shadow:auto'>Adric Gardner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;text-shadow:auto'>Yellow House Leader</span></u><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=30 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCAB67.B40FB050" alt="1091_LOGO_S_COLOUR (1)"></span><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ashwood College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Vannam Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>ASHWOOD 3147<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Ph: (03) 9807 1333<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><b>Important - </b>This email and any attachments may be confidential. 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