• Designing the structure of your Web site
  • Planning the purpose and content of the site
  • Outlining the structure of the site
• Deciding what to include in your Web pages
  • Using common elements to create a theme
  • Including text and images in your pages
  • Using tables or frames for page layout
  • Including forms or a database on your site
  • Including movies, sound, or animation
  • Including applets (small applications)
  • Including your own additional HTML
• Setting up the site
  • Defining a new site
  • Setting up the media folder
• Previewing and testing your site
  • Testing at different resolutions
  • Testing with different Web browsers
  • Testing on the Web server

Note You can visit the Claris Web site for the latest information on Claris Home Page, at http://www.claris.com/.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a language used to display documents on the World Wide Web so they can be viewed from any platform (such as UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh). You don't need to know HTML in order to author Web pages because Claris Home Page provides the HTML tags for you. On the other hand, Claris Home Page provides you a way to work directly in the HTML source and add your own HTML tags if you want.

Spend some time planning your Web site so that the organization and visual presentation of your Web pages communicate your intent effectively. When you are ready to build your site, you can use the Claris Home Page Site Editor to view and edit your site's organization. In the Site Editor, you can also perform other tasks, such as creating pages, checking the download time of your site, and uploading your files to the Web.