Today you start a site of your own.
First you decide what it is about and how many pages it needs. Then you build the shape: a banner on the home page, a second page, a menu so both pages are reachable, and a box on each page ready for what goes in later.
You are not filling the pages with lots of writing yet. You are making the frame a visitor will move around.
Before you touch a block, decide two things:
Stuck for an idea? Try Home + My Dog, Home + Training Days, or Home + Favourite Books.
On your scrap of paper, draw two rough boxes side by side. Write the page name at the top of each box. Under each name, jot one word for what will go there later.
You have about two minutes. Stick figures and scribbles are fine. This is a plan, not a poster.
When you build, follow this plan. Do not invent a different site on the screen.
Open the interactive activity. You already have one page on the canvas.
From Page, click the page block (the big block your other blocks sit inside).
Change the page name to match Page 1 on your sketch. Type the name carefully.
Pick a background colour and a text colour you can read easily. Light background with dark text works well.
Look at the Your web page tab. You should see your empty page with the name you chose.
A banner is a coloured strip across the top of a page. It tells a visitor the name of the site in one glance.
From Layout, drag a banner block onto your first page. Drop it inside the page block, near the top.
Type the title of your whole site into the banner (not just the page name). Pick a colour that stands out from the page background.
Check the Your web page tab. The banner should sit across the top of the home page only. You do not need a banner on page 2.
A site with one page is just a poster. Yours needs two pages so a visitor can move around.
From Page, drag a page block onto the workspace. Place it beside or below your first page, not inside it.
Click the new page block. Change its name to match Page 2 on your sketch.
Pick colours for this page too. They can match the first page or be a little different, as long as the text is easy to read.
If something looks wrong: you should see two separate page blocks side by side (or one above the other). If the new page vanished inside the first one, drag it back out so it sits on its own.
You now have two pages. A visitor still cannot jump between them yet. That is next.
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