Target Audience:This course is intended for people looking to add content to a website.Requirements:Participants should have a computer with Windows® and Internet Explorer 8 installed.

Description: Adding content and making changes to a website - the participants add their collected content and publish their sites.

Prerequisites:Visual Identity, Website Planning, Photoshop Elements or equivalent and knowledge of preparing photos for the web is helpful.

Adding Content

Computer Internet Explorer™8

What you’ll need:

You’ll also need an Internet connection.

Sign up for serviceLogin to your websiteStructure, colours, and fontsChoose website theme and coloursHEX Values:

Fonts used

Navigation setup Setup navigation for pages that you have content for Is the order of your navigation correct? Front pageList four main focused areas of the website that you wish to feature

Review Text Content Is content free of spelling and grammatical errors?CopyrightDo you need to request permission for any pieces of content?Adding ContentOnce content is added to each page begin adding links. Internal to other areas in your website or exter-nal moving viewers to another site. If external it should open in another window.Adding imagesAdd complementing images Are thumbnails between 10kb and 25kb? Are full-size images between 100kb - 150kb?

Image Alt Attributes Have concise Alt attributes been added to all images within your site?

Publishing Pages Has all of your content been added with links?

Publishing Blog Post Have you tagged your post?Tag with when, where, what, why, and how

Contact Us Do you want a contact form? Is the listed email address generic to reduce on personal email spam? Add a Google Maps map to your contact page Are your store hours added? Have you listed your phone number?

Test sitesTest your site before publishing it. Send a link to a number of your contacts and ask for feedback.

What are some of the comments? Does the site look consistent amongst all popular browsers? Microsoft Internet Explorer Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Mobile Browser

Maintenance ScheduleHow often are you going to update your website?

NewsletterWill you be sending out a newsletter?

Things to considerReview the following items to ensure your website is operating to the best of its ability Does chosen colours for background contrast with font colour? Can the demographic read your content with ease? Do all pages have a consistent layout? Does the navigation stay in a consistent order? Do all links work? Are all headings labeled properly with keywords? Contact information is clearly defined? Website validates in http://validator.w3.org? Have you checked for spelling and grammar?

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Vision of Green Hectares

Green Hectares Online

The Next Step to Bring One Farm to the World

The Green Hectares vision of “One Farm to the World” addresses the issues and the needs of the industry. The Green Hectares training and demonstration centre concept has three stages of development with each having distinct operations and facilities. Each stage of development will be designed to maximize opportunities by creating multiple use spaces. The flexibility of each space takes into account present day needs as well as the ability to shift into new program and service delivery as existing needs change and future needs emerge. The ultimate success of the centre will be realized when the three components of the Green Hectares vision are realized where there is sharing of fixed costs, economies of scale and the development of critical mass of participants. The three stages of development are;

- An Agriculture Enterprise and Conference Centre - A Demonstration Farm - Livestock and Competition Centre

Each stage of development will include an online component. Even in these preliminary days without the key elements of land and structures, Green Hectares has ignited the interest of young people in our industry. Green Hectares uses the social media tools of the day to engage youthful people wanting to advance agriculture as a way of life and that want to make a lifelong living in this industry. Green Hectares can become a unique centre that is instrumental in writing the next chapter in the agriculture revolution. Keeping true to the Green Hectares concept, the entire facility whether online or an experiential site will encompass the overarching themes of accessibility, community building and youth engagement.

With a strong business case completed, Green Hectares has begun rolling out programming in rural communities across Alberta. Bringing “One Farm to the World” is a grand vision that no doubt will require varied resources. We hope to find partners that can see the same vision at the project’s multiple stages of development. Green Hectares looks for partners that understand the need for education, dialogue and adoption of new ideas. It is essential that those that we work with have an understanding that community can include not only geography but interests and goals. Finding partners who understand that inclusiveness of all groups creates the best end results have been and will be the key for Green Hectares to unlock the potential of this growth industry.