Going Beyond the Basic Web Page

Creating a “Web” of Pages

As your build your site, you will be connecting many individual pages together. This is how you link other pages to your index or original page.

• On your index page, make a text box and list the class(es) you teach.
• Save your page
• Open a new web page
• Create a text box at the top of the page and type the name of one of your classes. Underneath, list links you wish to provide for your students, such as “syllabus,” “expectations,” “assignments,” “references,” etc.
• Save the page and name it after the class
• Click on the “open” icon and open your index page once again.
• Highlight the course title that you just made a page for
• Click on the “Link” icon and select “My Page”
• Click on the “Choose” button and select the class page
• Now your index page is linked to your class page
• Save your index page and view it – click on the link you just made to ensure that it works.
• Before you close the internet explorer preview, copy the web URL of the class page. You will need this for the next step

Saving Word Documents to Your Web Page

To save yourself from having to retype syllabi, handouts, expectations, etc. that you wish to post on your webpage, you may simply link a word document already on your hard drive.

• Open the word document you wish to link
• At the top of the document, type “Back to previous page”
• Highlight this and then click “insert” and then “hyperlink”
• Copy and paste the web URL of the class web page in the dialogue box and high “OK”
• Go to “File” then “Save as a web page” (make sure the file name is simple and has no punctuation or spaces)
• Now you must download this document onto your web page
• In Geocities, go to “File” and then “Upload Files and Images”
• Click “Browse” and locate and select your word document from your hard drive
• Click “upload”
• Highlight the text on your web page you want to link the word document to
• Click “Link”
• Choose “My File” from the drop down box and then hit “Choose”
• Select the word document and click “OK”
• Your web page is now connected to your word document
• Save your page and view it. Click on the link to test it.

Fun Stuff

Under the Add-Ons icon you will find many different things you can use to spice up your web page. In addition to creating interesting backgrounds, here is a list of other features.

• Basics
• Background music
• Buttons – can be used as links to other pages or web sites
• Bullets – many different types to make lists “pretty”
• Horizontal and Vertical Lines – many variations that can be used as dividers or simply for design purposes
• Page Effects
• Page Transitions – much like those used in power point, these can be used to make smooth transitions from web page to web page
• Text Tail – write a message that will follow the pointer around the web page
• Image Tail – insert a picture that will follow the pointer around the web page
• Bouncing Pictures – these can add some fun to a sparse web page
• Random Apparitions – images that appear behind or in front of your text
• Edge-Locked Pictures – images that move when you scroll up and down the page
• Scurry – images that will run across the page at different intervals and at different places
• Border Patrol – images that move around the border of the page
• Flyby – images that run across the page at a specified place
• Instant Info
• Date and Time Stamp
• Yahoo! Search Box – for internet searching
• Geocities Search Box – for internet searching
• Counter – keep track of how many people visit your page
• Yahoo! Maps
• Yahoo! Directories
• Yahoo! Stock Quotes
• Yahoo! Weather
• Interactive
• Guestbook – visitors can sign this and let you know what they think of your page, or you can designate it for specific messages
• Headlines
• Provide you students with access to various news websites to keep them up on current events
• Yahooligans
• Direct links to game and trivia sites
• Forms and Scripts
• Most likely used for online surveys or to collect information from students

If you would like to refer to my web page for more ideas, you can visit it through the Villa web page or at http://www.oocities.org/suelly_kel/suellyscorner.html.

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