Contents
Getting Started
Backgrounds
Bordered Backgrounds
Text
Graphics
Hyper links
Table
Target
Sound
Chat Rooms
JAVA
Java Script Samples
Animated Banner
PowerPoint Banners
FTP
Saving Your Work
Free Web Space
Web Page Creation
Web Tools
Backgrounds
Before creating your background
you must decide whether you plan to use a solid color
background or a background image. Background images are located on
the Internet. It is best to locate the image
first and download it before going to the next step.
1. Place the mouse anywhere
on the white screen and press the right mouse button. In
the dialog box click Page Properties.
2. Click the tab Colors
and Backgrounds. You will decide here to use a solid colorbackground
(click Color Scheme) or use a background image.
To use a background image:
Check inside Use
Image and click Choose File...
Click location
of background you downloaded from the Internet.
3. You will also need
to decide the color of your links (active and visited). Consider
the color of your
background when you do
so.
4. Click OK.
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Text
1. Type the text as you
would in any word processing program. Text changes
are made by highlighting the passage you desire to change.
2. You can change font
style by clicking the arrow beside the text Variable Width.
3. To change the size
click the next arrow.
4. Font color can be changed
by clicking the arrow beside the black box .
5. Font can be made bold,
italicized, and underlined by first highlighting it and then clicking
the appropriate buttons on the tool bar.
6. There are also three
buttons on the tool bar to control text alignment once the text hasbeen
highlighted.
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Before you insert images (pictures,
icons or bars) you should first download and save them
on diskette from the Internet. Some images on the Internet are very
large and can be resized using an image editing program
to change the pixel size.
To save an image from the Internet:
1. Place the mouse over
the image and press the right mouse button.
2. Click save image
as...
To insert a graphic on your
page:
1. To insert a graphic
click Insert, Image. Choose File...
2. To insert a graphic
from another file on your computer's hard drive click Browse andlocate
the file and image.
5. If you click on the
image you can also edit it on screen. Once an image is highlightedit
can be aligned on the page by using the alignment buttons. The image can
be resized or moved on screen using the mouse.
6. You can also insert
a bar by clicking the H.Line button on the tool bar. There are avariety
of lines that can be downloaded from the Internet.
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New
Page
1. First create
and name the new page. Click new and go through the previousGetting
Started steps.
2. To hyper link
to this new page highlight the text you wish to link and click thelink
button on the top tool bar.
2. Click Choose
File and find the name of your new page and click OK.
URL Site Hyper links
1. To hyper link
to a URL site, highlight the text you wish to link, and click thelink button.
2. Beside link source
type http: and the entire address (for example: type http://www.cnn.com
to hyper link to CNN Online).
3. Click OK.
Email Hyper links
1. To hyper link
to an email address, highlight the text you wish to link, and clickthe
link button.
2. Under hyper link
type type mailto: and the entire email address
(for example: type
mailto:campbelc@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us)
and click OK.
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Table
1. To insert a table click
Table on the tool bar.
2. Choose the number of
rows and columns you want in your table.
3. You can also add color
to your table by clicking Use Color and clicking the large button beside
those words. Then click the desired color.
4. Type information in
the table by clicking inside the cell. Information in tables can
be hyper linked. Text style and size can also be changed or realigned.
5. To change the table
size you created click inside the table.
6. At the top of the screen
click Insert, Table and decide whether you wish to change the number
of rows or columns.
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Bordered
Backgrounds
To create a table to use with
a bordered background:
1. Click Table on the
toolbar.
2. Choose 1 row and 1
column.
3. In the Table Alignment
section select Right.
4. In the Border Line
Width, Cell Spacing, and Cell Padding, select 0.
5. The width of the table
will depend on the width of the border. In the Table Width section try
80 percent. Click OK. If the table is still covering your border
or isn't large enough, right click the mouse inside the table, and left
click Table Properties. Then change the Table Width percentage.
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Target
Target words can be created
on a page.
1. Highlight the word
you wish to target and click target button on the tool bar. Aname
will be assigned to your target word. You can change the name if
you wish.
2. Highlight the word
you want to link to the target word and click the link button on the tool
bar.
3. In the dialog box click
the target name.
4. Click OK.
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Sound
To insert sound file
1. Locate sound file.
If on the Internet, right click sound file, select Save image as...
Be sure the sound file ends
with the three letter extensions .wav or .mid before saving.
Save file to the folder that
contains your web site.
2. In Composer, click
Insert...HTML tag...
3. A dialog box will appear.
In the box type the following text. Replace the ---with the
name of your sound file.
Change the .wav extension to .mid if your sound file is a midi
file.
<embed src=“---.wav” autostart=“true” loop=“false” width=“0” height=”0”>
There
are spaces after
embed
.wav”
“true”
“false”
width=“0”
If you would like to add audio
controls to your page along with sound, type the following
text instead. The controls
will appear wherever you have the insertion point.
<center><embed src“---.wav”
autostart=“true” loop=“false” width=“95” height=
“33”></center>
There are spaces after
embed
.wav”
“true”
“false”
width=“95”
1. Click Tools, Check
Spelling... to check your page for errors. After errors are corrected
continue to the next step.
2. Click File, Save
as...
3. When the name and location
of your file appears click OK.
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1. CyQuest
http://cqws.com/
2.
Yahoo Free Web Space
http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Internet_Services/We
b_Services/Free_Web_Pages/
3. Buffalo
Free New
http://freenet.buffalo.edu/
4.
Community Ware
http://www.communityware.com/
5.
Howdy Neighbor
http://www.communityware.com/
6. Spider
City
http://www.spidercity.com/
7.
Phrantic Web
http://phrantic.com/
8.
Free Web Space
http://www.showoffs.com/freewsp.html
9. Free
Web Space for Public Schools
http://www.cuacs.ncsu.edu/wis/wisk12.htm
10. Free
Space for Your Pages
http://www.dsenter.com/faqs/free.html
12.
Planet Tripod
http://www.tripod.com/planet/
13.
Geocities
http://www.geocities.com/
To upload to Geocities:
1. Go
to File Manager
http://www.geocities.com/homestead/file_manager.html
2. Scroll down
to supply your member name and password, click
submit
3. Scroll down
to EZ File Upload. If you have several files
to upload you may wish to change the number of files to upload. The
site defaults to 5 files, but can go as high as 20. After you change
this number, click View.
4. Automatically
convert filenames to lowercase if your html and graphics
are saved in lowercase.
5. Click on Browse...locate
you file, then press Upload File. You can only upload one file
at a time. It is easiest to begin with the htm or html files.
6. To upload graphics
click on Browse...and select all files. Locate
your files again, but this time you will be viewing you gif and jpg files
also. Again you can only upload one at a time. Click the graphic
file and press Upload File.
Note: Be sure to click
Browse...all files each time you upload a graphic.
After your files are uploaded
you may preview them by locating the htm or html file in your list and
clicking view. This method will also give you the exact URL for your
file.