"One Hour Page" Uploading Files:

3 Methods To Move In:

1) use EZ Upload

You can use the EZ Upload buttons to upload HTML files you have created on your computer. Be sure the page you want to be *the first page seen* is named "index.html" (minus the quote marks) just like that! All lower case, .html, NOT .htm! Everyone's FIRST PAGE at GeoCities MUST be named "index.html". You can also upload graphics to your files. Images can be in the form of pictures, icons, buttons, and backgrounds. There are many free graphics places on the Internet, just get them, save them to your computer, and upload them to your files at Geo. Instructions on how to save graphics to your computer: Right click (PC) or Click + Hold (Mac) over the image you want, and choose
"save graphic as ..." to a file folder on your computer. There is a more detailed tutorial on downloading from the Internet in my Tutorials section.

Note on putting graphics or HTML files in your files at GeoCities:

The graphics don't all have to be gifs, you can use jpg's, too, and you're safe with those two. Bitmaps need to be converted to .jpg files because only approx 50% of browsers being used now can "see" bitmaps. So, if you use them, know that you should include text links somewhere on that page for those that can't see/use bitmaps.

When you save graphics to your computer, you can upload them via EZ Upload in the File Manager.

          To Use EZ Upload:
By default, it usually shows 5 upload boxes. You can use the dropdown menu there to change that to whatever number of files you want to upload at one time (up to 20). What you do, is click on the browse button(# 1),
      -- You MUST use the browse button, not type in the names of files --
it will open a window that will let you search your computer's files for the stuff you want to upload. It (by default) shows only HTML files, but you can use the drop down menu arrow on that box (# 4) to choose "all files" and then you will see the graphic files listed also.

You can do test ones, just to try uploading a graphic or two, and then if you want to delete them out of your files, you would click on - to check - the little white box to the left of the file name, scroll down, and choose "delete file" button. That will bring you to a screen that shows your files you selected and asks you "are you sure?" (just in case) and you click yes. The files are gone. If you look at the "Inside File Manager" page, you will see what those files and boxes next to them look like.

2) FTP your graphic and HTML files to GeoCities.

If you are unable to upload graphics as explained above, or create a page on GeoCities Editors, your other alternative is to FTP your graphic and HTML files (that you have created on whatever editor you use) to GeoCities. WS_FTPLE95^© is explained in my Tutorials section -- including photos of the set-up screens for the program. You can also FTP files by many editors now, for instructions, see above and/or Geo's page at: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/geo/

Front Page^© has some special problems in the way it operates vs. the way your files would be at GeoCities. I have also heard that Front Page^© requires an addition plugin module to successfully publish pages/files to a non-frontpage supporting website (Geo does not support Front Page at this time). If that module is not installed, frontpage will error out on the attempt. Some websites, that explain thoroughly, the workings of Front Page^© and web hosts (like Geocities) are:

• '97 http://www.oocities.org/SouthBeach/Sands/1492/frmain.htm
• '98 http://www.oocities.org/SouthBeach/Sands/1492/rpmain.htm
• http://www.oocities.org/answerpoint/wpw/