Creating Basic Web Pages by Mark Thompson Publishing your own web page(s) is as easy as creating a common word processing document. This page will guide you through the steps of making a basic web page.  First, launch the First Class program on your computer (you must use the stand-alone program rather than the web browser access). From the First Class desktop, open your "Web Publishing" folder. A new window opens to show you the contents of your public folder, which should be empty right now.Next, create a web page by clicking on the "File" menu and selecting New > New Document Special > Personal Web Page. A document window opens (however, you'll need to expand the window to full size by dragging the window's lower-right corner). Now, enter a name for your web page. Hint: the web address for your page will be simpler if you avoid using spaces in the name. Leave the other fields blank; they're for search engine access and not really important for now. Next you'll insert the code that creates our site menus at the top of the page. Copy the following text (including the two lines in red) and paste it in at the top of your new page: <! TEACHERS: THE FOLLOWING CODE CREATES THE ACHS MENUS. DO NOT DELETE THESE LINES... --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.sequoits.com/ACHSstyles.css" type="text/css"> <a href="http://www.sequoits.com"><img src="http://www.sequoits.com/MainImages/ACHSinsidebanner.jpg" alt="Click here for the Antioch Community High School home page" title="Click here for the Antioch Community High School home page" width="900"
height="78" border="0" align="bottom" /></a> <!-- OK, NOW ENTER YOUR PAGE CONTENT STARTING WITH THE NEXT LINE --> Then, format the text so the browser can decode it. Highlight the text and then from the "Format" menu select "Style" > "Literal HTML." Finally, enter the content for your web page in the main section of the page window. Format the text just as you would in a program like Microsoft Word – what you see is what you'll get. To include photos or other graphics, use the "Insert" command on the menu bar (or just drag and drop the image onto the page window). Images can be positioned on the page using the alignment menu located just above the ruler. Page Content can be copied and pasted from documents you already have typed and saved, or you can do all your page creation in the Discover program. Images can be copied and pasted as well, or you can insert them from files you have created and saved on your computer. Links are created by highlighting the image or text that will become the link, then clicking the "Edit" menu and selecting "Make Link…" Enter the complete web address for the link (or the name of another of your web pages). Save the web page by selecting "Save" from the "File" menu. The page is then available on the internet. Viewing your web page in a web browser is done by entering the address for the page: discover.d117.org/~your_name/filename (Example: discover.d117.org/~mark_thompson/webpages) That’s it for basic web pages. See the list below for other web publishing options: |