Follow these steps to creating your web page.
| 1. Open your Netscape Communicator |
| 2. Click File (upper left corner) |
| 3. Point to "New" |
| 4. Click "Blank Page" A blank page
will open for you to start creating. |
| 5. Click on "Format" |
| 6. Click on "Page Colors & Properties" |
| 7. Choose colors of Normal Text, Link Text,
Active Link Text, Followed Link Text and Background. |
| 8. Click Apply then Close. |
| I use tables to better align my page and as an aid in
spacing paragraphs etc. See the blinking cursor in the upper left
of your page. Make sure it is at the very top by hitting your backspace
until it is at the top of the page. To start a table that is invisible
to your viewers (like used on this page) follow the steps below.
If you would like to see how this page looks in Composer, click on File/Edit
Page. This page will open with the dotted lines of the table visible
to you. |
| 9. Click the Table button. |
10. Enter the following settings:
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# of rows = 1 or 1 row for each paragraph etc. You
can add rows by positioning your cursor in the last row of your table and
pressing "Tab" on your keyboard.
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# of columns = 1
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Place a dot in "center"
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Border width = 0
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Cell spacing = 10
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Cell padding = 10
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Table width - 95 % of window
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Click apply then close
I used the 5th button from the right in the line above this page to create
this tabbed list. Click the list button then type a line and hit
enter. It places a dot before each line. To end the list hit
enter and then hit the list button again and the next line you type will
not be dotted. |
11. Now you are ready to start creating the content
of your page. Remember that blinking bar. That is where you
will type. Position this cursor in the top row of your table.
This will start your text at the left edge of your table. To change
the alignment click on the last button in the line above the page. 
Click the alignment of your choice. |
| 12. I save the very top row for my geoguide.
By placing this geoguide on your page prevents the pop-up advertising from
distracting your viewers. GO
HERE to read about the geoguide. If you have questions or problems
configuring your geoguide contact your Community Leader. |
To add the geoguide to your page:
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1. Position the cursor in the top row and align center
as described above.
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2. Click "Insert"
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3. Click "HTML Tag"
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4. Type in this code exactly as it is here:
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5. Click OK A yellow tag will appear on your
page. This will be read when browsed.
(I used the 4th button from the right for this numbered list in the same
manner as stated above) |
| 13. You are now ready to start typing you text.
Add your heading in the 2nd row. |
| 14. Add each paragraph in a separate row. |
| 15. When you get a couple of paragraphs created
it is time to save this file to your web page folder. This only saves
it on your hard drive. It will not appear on the net until it is
uploaded. Follow these steps to save your work: |
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Click File
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Click Save As...
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Name your page. If this is the first page of your site
it must be named index.html. Additional pages can be named anything
you like. Example: page2.html It is recommended you title
all your pages with .html instead of htm. If you do not type the
.html after your title it will name it htm.....so type in the .html also.
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A second dialog box then opens. This is to title the
page as your visitors will see it in their bookmarks and at the top of
the page when they are viewing it. Example: this page is wysiwyg.html
but it appears as "Creating Web Pages with Netscape Communicator" when
bookmarked and at the top of this page.
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Be sure to save this to your web page folder so you can find
it again. All images used on a page will be saved with the page.
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After you have titled your page you should click the "Save"
button every couple of paragraphs. This will insure that your hard
work is not lost. Always save before previewing or closing the page.
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16. To create a link on your page, follow these
steps:
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Highlight the words or image you wish to make as a link.
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Click the "Link" button
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Type in the complete exact URL of the site you want to link
to.
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Click apply then close
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To create an e-mail link, type this instead of a URL:
mailto:(your exact e-mail address)
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| If you want to add graphics to your page, check out my
other Tutorials.
If your have problems or questions, contact you Community Leader or E-mail
Me |
When your page is complete and the way you like it, you
are ready to upload your files to the Geocities server.
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Enter your file manager with your user name and password
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Scroll down to EZ Upload
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Click Browse
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Find the file you want and click it and open it to your file
manager.
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Repeat this with every file on the page including all images,
sound and background (If an image is used for your background)
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Click Upload Files
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Go to your Geoguide manager and activate the geoguide.
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View your page. If you made changes to the page after
it was uploaded, remember to reload the page as not to view your cache
copy. You do want to see the newest page.
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