HTML authoring - Can anyone help please ..... ?

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Can anyone help please ..... ?

the_constructor

2006-06-11, 4:13 am

I was asked this morning if I would be interested in helping to setup and
run a website for our local Methodist Chapel.

There will 3 of us involved but I am the only one with any experience of
writing WebPages (www.tuppencechange.co.uk).

One of the ideas for the opening page is to have 'WELCOME' etc and
underneath a picture of the Chapel and a caption somewhere advising to click
on the chapel door. When you click on the door, you are transported to
another page where there will be a picture of the insides of the actual
chapel and text links to the different functions that go on in the building.

My question is this: is it possible to do a welcome page like this and if
so, could someone please advise how to do it or point me in the right
direction.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and hopefully reply to my
request.

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the_constructor

Adrienne Boswell

2006-06-11, 4:13 am

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> I was asked this morning if I would be interested in helping to setup
> and run a website for our local Methodist Chapel.
>
> There will 3 of us involved but I am the only one with any experience
> of writing WebPages (www.tuppencechange.co.uk).
>
> One of the ideas for the opening page is to have 'WELCOME' etc and
> underneath a picture of the Chapel and a caption somewhere advising to
> click on the chapel door. When you click on the door, you are
> transported to another page where there will be a picture of the
> insides of the actual chapel and text links to the different functions
> that go on in the building.
>
> My question is this: is it possible to do a welcome page like this and
> if so, could someone please advise how to do it or point me in the
> right direction.
>
> Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and hopefully reply
> to my request.
>

A splash page is, in general, not a great idea. People will usually be
coming to the site for information, location, directory, service times,
etc. They just want to get what they came for, and go. This is
especially true of return visitors. A splash page is an impediment to
what they are seeking.

Having the insides of the chapel be the background of the pages is a good
idea, with appropriate text links, etc. Just make sure that information
parishoners want is readily available.

I just go through redoing my church's website,
<http://www.hfglendale.org/>, compared to the old website,
<http://www.hfglendale.org/index.htm>. There is still a lot to do on
that site, bringing the homilies on line (with discussion), archiving all
the old bulletins and making them searchable, donations on line. But,
maybe this might give you some more ideas. Please note that HF Glendale
has excellent SERPs, and that traffic has tripled each month since the
new version went live at Easter.

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Adrienne Boswell at Home
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