Build Your Own Web Pages
Take a look at the code for this
page
In Netscape Navigator, select View menu, option Document
Source.
Relax!
You don't need to learn how the code works. A web editing
program can do all the coding for you. If you'd like to know more about
how it works, check out the section called Web Site, Make Your Own
on my Bookmarks for Library Patrons page.
Save a copy of this page
If you're using Netscape Navigator, select File menu,
option Save As. Specify a disk drive or directory, and accept the current
file name, yourpage.htm.
If your web browser is Netscape
Navigator 3.0 Gold
Select File menu, option Open File in Editor, and specify
yourpage.htm. Again select File menu, option Save As, and
specify a new file name for a page you'll create.
Or you may use another web editor
There are many programs which can produce web documents.
If you're using the latest version of any major word processor, it probably
has web page capability built in. Some programs, such as HotDog, are designed
exclusively as web editors.
Or you may use a plain text editor
My first pages were written in Notepad and similar text
editors, such as SuperPad. Now I use Netscape for much of my editing but
I still use SuperPad to examine the code.
Adjust the type style
In the Netscape Editor, highlight
one of the paragraph headings, then choose Properties menu, option Text,
tab Character, button Choose Color. Here you can also adjust type size
or select bold or italic styles. A shortcut to the Color only is to click
the Font Color icon on the Character Format Toolbar.
Grab this image
If you're using Netscape for Windows, right-click on the above image. In the pop-up menu choose Save Image As, and save the image to the same directory where you've saved yourpage.htm.
Find some more images
Grab your favorite images from sites you know. Or check
out some of the sites specializing in Free Graphics. Most of the graphics
you'll find on the net are freely available for non-commercial use. There
are also Graphic Manipulation Tools freely available on the web to help
you create animations, transparencies and morphed images. Some of these
graphics sites are included in the previously mentioned Web Site,
Make Your Own section on my Bookmarks for
Library Patrons page.
Edit your images or make new
ones
If you have access to a screen capture utility such as
WinCopy95 you can save anything on your screen as an image. If you have
a graphics editor such as PaintShop Pro, you can adjust color, add lines
and text to images. Or you can create new drawings. At http://www.shareware.com
you can find the latest shareware demos for these and other programs (search
for screen capture or graphics editor).
Insert an image into your page
In Netscape for Windows, choose Insert menu, option Image,
tab Image. Next to the first text box, marked Image File Name, click the
Browse button and select ind_hall.gif or one of the images
you've grabbed.
Add a link to somebody else's
page
Highlight an image or some text which you want to link,
then select Insert menu, option Link. Or click on the Make Link (chain)
icon on the Character Format toolbar. In the Link To box type a web page
address such as http://www.altavista.digital.com then click
OK.
Save your changes!
Every once in a while, you should save your file. You
can see how your page will appear to the viewer by selecting File menu,
option Browse Document (or by pressing the View in Browser button on the
File/Edit Toolbar.
Create another page and link
it to your first page
Save your page under a new name. Create a link (select
Insert menu, option Link) then press the Browse button on the Link tab.
Select your first page from the file list and click OK.
Now what??
So you've created a web page. What can you do with it?
You can view it from your disk (choose File menu, option Open File in Browser).
You can enclose it (as an Attachment) with an email message. Or, if you
have regular access to the internet (and preferably have your own email
account) you can get your own web space. GeoCities
offers 2MB of free web space and a free email account to anyone who agrees
to their very reasonable conditions.
Note to Logan Tech Team:
If you'd like for me to edit an image, or capture a screen,
for you, let me know. If you have additions or changes to suggest for these
pages, please send them to me at this address: mister_dave@hotmail.com
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