WS - Using iWeb to Promote Yourself

Why not use the Web to sell yourself? In our technologically-driven world, a personal website provides the best way for potential employers to learn about you. And the easiest way for you to formulate an eye-catching website is by using the Mac application iWeb.

Your website doesn't have to be complex and comprehensive: simplicity and succinctness are all you need. For such sites, iWeb offers your most painless route:

1) Begin making your site by deciding on a template that will be used throughout all your webpages. I suggest placing your name at the top left corner of your page in large bold font - try Garamond in size 48pt. Then separate your name by placing one bold horizontal line both above and below it, that runs the length of your page.

2) Under your name, try inserting a nice, original picture - scenic shot of the ocean, landscape shot of mountains - that begins and ends consistent with the length of those bold lines you've set above and below your name.

3) Create another bold line that runs vertical from the left bottom corner of your picture to the bottom of your page. Against this line, you will then left-justify the contents (links) of your website. Your text should be a word or two about the content of the page to which it/they links.

4) The contents of your website will vary, depending on your interests. But let's say you are a journalist major. Your contents may look like this:

About Me (try Garamond bold 24pt. for headings)
Resume
Interests

Sample Articles
E.g. 1 (try Trebuchet MS bold italic 18pt. for subheadings)
E.g. 2
E.g. 3

Each of your subheadings will then link to another page. For instance, your "Resume" could link to another page with a compacted version of your resume, below which you provide a link to a PDF version of your full resume. Similarly, your "E.g. 1" could link to a page with 300 words of the article, below which you would again provide another link to the full PDF version of that article.

5) On each linked page, remember to insert a "Home" link to take viewers back to your beginning page. You could put this link right-justified, against the invisible edge that runs from the right side of your picture. (Also, on your Home page, right-justify your contact info against that edge). For the text that you have on these linked pages, try Arial 14pt. This text you could block justify in between your table of contents and that running invisible edge of your picture.

Though these suggestions may sound complicated, they're not (and I hope I wrote them clearly). All you have to do is use the "Inspector" on your iWeb: click "View" and the "Show Inspector." Mess around with the options - aligning text, hyperlinking your text, coloring your text, and so on. The hyperlinking tool is probably the best feature on iWeb. With it, you can easily use a drop-down menu to link your text to another internal page, external page, or file.

To then upload your website to the Web, first click "File" and select "Publish to a Folder...," to save your website. You can then use a program called Fugu (just Google search Columbia university fugu for a free download and tutorial) to upload your site to your school's server. Yes, that's right: just about every college offers its students and faculty a server on which they can post their websites.

And that's it! You're now on the web. In my author's description below, I've included a link to my website. Check it out, and feel free to use it as a guide in creating your own website.

Good luck,

Sean

Source: Ezine

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