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Every page you create must have a link back to GeoCities, this is how to create the standard link and icon.
1. Type in the following text on your page:
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2. Highlight the line of text (keyboard: move to the line, then prss the keys, Home, Shift-End )
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3. Center the text using the menu item Format/Paragraph, set the Paragraph Property - Paragraph Alignment to Center (or use the tool bar).
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4. Make the text bold using the menu item Format/Font, set the Font Style to Bold (or use the tool bar).
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5. Highlight the words 'Free Home Page'
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6. Create a hyperlink using the menu item Insert/Hyperlink, when the Create Hyperlink notebook comes up, set the URL: to a single slash, eg. URL: /
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7. Move the cursor in between the words 'by' and 'Get'
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8. Insert the GeoCities Icon image by using the menu item Insert/Image, in the Image notebook, switch to the Other Location page, push the From Location radio button, and fill in /pictures/gc_icon.gif into the field.
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9. You will get the broken image icon, click your Right Mouse button on the broken image icon, and select Image Properties on the pop-up menu. In the Image Properties notebook, switch to the General Page, and fill in the following:
| Image Source | : | /pictures/gc_icon.gif | |
| Alternative Representations Text | : | GeoCities | |
| Default Hyperlink Location | : | / |
10. Place a space before the word Get (after the broken image icon).
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11. When you upload your page to GeoCities, the icon will be found and your link should look like this
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12. To put the GeoCities link on other pages, just highlight the line, then use the menu Edit/Copy, to copy it to the clipboard. Then open the page where you want to put the link, move your cursor to where you want the link, then use the menu Edit/Paste, to paste the link from the clipboard.
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JES - 03/29/98