Web Page Assignment

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CIT15 Computer Concepts
Fresno City College
Joan Frese, Instructor

Web Page Assignment

Create the Text File (Note: The Instructor will give you a disk with images)

1. Open Notepad (Start Button/ Programs/Accessories/Notepad)

2. Type this:

<HTML>

<TITLE>Your name </TITLE>

<BODY BGCOLOR=Yellow TEXT=Green>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Your Name's Web Page

<P ALIGN=CENTER>

<IMG SRC ="boy.jpg"> (Or “girl”.jpg or any other on disk)

<BR><BR>

Here is one of my favorite things:

<BR>

<IMG SRC="popcorn.gif" > (You can insert any picture on disk)

</BODY>

</HTML>

3. Save the text file as: a:index.html (On the disk that the instructor has given you)

4. Open Windows Explorer (Right-click on Start button, and left click on Explore)

5. Open the A: folder

6. Double click on the file you just created (index.html) This will open the file and show it to you in the browser window the way it would look if it were on a web page

7. If it does not look right, proofread your code carefully, make corrections, save, and view again. Try changing colors, saving & viewing again. (Click on the “refresh” button in your browser window)

Print your Browser Screen

1. Have the browser window open, with your web page showing Choose File/Prin

Other colors to choose from:

Red, Blue, Green, Lime, Aqua, Silver, Fuchsia, Tan, Orange, Hotpink, Black, Yellow, etc.

To Publish your Web Page on the Internet

If you are not in geocities, first get in to your web site file manager by doing this:
Type: oocities.com (in your browser’s address line & press Enter)
Enter your Yahoo ID and password (Press Enter)
For this class we will always be using “File Manager” to go in and Upload files, Edit files, etc. for your web site. Yahoo/Geocities does have some tutorials to help you build a site, and other features which you can explore on your own.
Click on “File Manager”, and then click on “Open File Manager”
NOTE: The FIRST time you open your new website, Yahoo/Geocities will ask you for some information. They will ask you what type of data will be on your website. It doesn't matter what you choose. Make sure you ACCEPT their terms of using the website which is basically that you won't be using it illegally or putting pornography on the site, or using it for a business. This is a one time process only. The next time you go into geocities and type in your username and password you can go directly to the File Manager.
Once you get into the file manager, you will be in your geocities web account. There should be a file there named “index.html” or index.htm. The HOME PAGE of any site is named “index.html” or “index.htm” – ALL LOWER CASE. (Some servers use Default.htm as the home page).
You will DELETE the index page that geocities created for you. To delete it, check in the box to the left of the index file, then click on the “Delete” box. You will then be prompted “Are you sure you want to delete these files?” Click on the “Delete Files” button.
Click on the Upload Files button. There are a series of boxes and Browse buttons. You will need to upload your index.htm file and all other files that your index file refers to – any pictures you have included, and any other files that you link to.
Click on a Browse button. Find the file you want to upload and double click on it. Do this for all the files you want to upload, then click on Upload Files (For this first exercise you will upload the index.htm file and the me.jpg file) Then you will click on Upload Files.
You should get a message that the files have been uploaded successfully. Click on File Manager to go back to your file manager
Click on your web site URL to see if it is being displayed properly in the browser.
If something is not showing right, click on the Back button to go back to File Manager. From file manager, you can edit your index page by clicking on the icon of the pencil to the left of the index filename. You can proofread and make changes in your code. Be sure and click on the "save" button when you are finished. Then check it out in the browser again to see if it is working.
Note: Sometimes it may look right to you on your computer, but when I check your assignment it is not displaying right. That is because it may be reading files from your hard drive or RAM memory.

To make sure it is on the Internet correctly, after uploading any assignments to geocities, you will also want to close everything out and try going directly to your URL to see if it is working. Close all files that you have open, and then open Internet Explore and type your complete URL which will be something like:
http://www.oocities.org/marysmith