Web Writing Hints:

Writing Your Web Page Using Frontpage:

They've made Frontpage so easy, that this is almost self-explanatory.

Steps for creating on Frontpage:

Create a document as you would on Word.
Save the homepage(s) and any relevant graphics to a disk.
FTP these disks to your account -- see directions at Professor Ellen Zimmer's page

Writing Your Web Page Using HTML:

This used to be my favorite way to write a page. Now, Frontpage is much easier. However, I still think it's worthwhile to know the HTML, the code that Frontpage is writing for you as you create your page. This way you can go into the edit HTML mode and fix things you don't like. If you don't know a little HTML, you're stuck with what Windows does for you.

Note: These directions make more sense on paper, than on the web page. Click here for a version on Word.

If you're using html on your vax account at Edinboro, at the dollar prompt, create your www directory and set the appropriate file protections (so others can see your page) using the following command:
$ @htbin:makedir

If you are editing your home page, type:
$ edit/edt [.www]home.html
If you are editing another page named "file", type:
$ edit/edt [.www]file.html
Then, to edit on the vax, type "c" and then hit enter.
Now, type what you want on your page.
For hints as to what to type, look at the document source of someone else's page. (Go to View, then Document Source).

If you want a paragraph, type the wording between a 'P' inside brackets and a '/P' inside brackets. (Note, I cannot put these brackets on my web page without causing a lot of problems with my code. The brackets I refer to continually are the ones above the comma and above the period on my keyboard).
If you want large type, it goes between a 'H1' in brackets and a '/H1' inside brackets. A title goes between 'TITLE' in brackets and '/TITLE' in brackets.
See View/ Document source for examples.

Include a link in your code:
Write 'A HREF="second.html"' in brackets, then 'Second Page', then '/A' in brackets.

Include:
'A HREF="http://www.nctm.org"' in brackets, then 'NCTM', then '/A' in brackets.

Pick a code for a color (see page on colors) or just name the color, and type:
'body bgcolor="#008ED5"' in brackets or 'body bgcolor="red"' in brackets at the beginning of the text and '/body' at the end of the text.
To use a background instead of a color, type:
'body background="image.jpg" in brackets at beginning. Make sure this image file is in your vax directory. (ftp it there).

Include: 'A HREF="mailto: youraddress@edinboro.edu' in brackets, then youraddress@ edinboro.edu', then '/A' in brackets.

First scan it onto a disk. Save it as, for example, "image.jpg" or "image.gif".
Ftp it to your account as follows:
- Go to ftp icon
- Type in username and password, as prompted.
- Type 'cd www'
- Type 'binary'. (Use this binary command only when doing images. Skip this if you are "ftp"ing webpages or text).
- Type 'put image.jpg'.
- Type 'quit'.
Then type something like the following into your html code:
'ing width=170 height=200 src="image.jpg"' in brackets.
It's a good idea to save your work. Either save it on a disk and ftp it to your vax account, or write it on your vax account and save it onto a disk by saving it while viewing it on Netscape.

Go to www.gifworld.com
Select the picture you like. Put the mouse on it. Click the right button on your mouse. Save it onto a disk. NOTE: YOU SHOULD OBSERVE COPYRIGHT LAWS. ONLY MAKE A COPY OF A PICTURE AND USE IT ON YOUR PAGE IF YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO BY THE OWNER.
ftp it to your vax account, as indicated above
insert the appropriate code into your html:
'img src="image.gif"' in brackets

Look at the document source on my pages (or anyone else's pages) to see how to make tables, pick background colors, use a picture as a background, insert images, make bulleted outlines, italicize, bold, or underline, etc.
I also have quite a few links on my page to send you to resources that help you pick colors, let you copy free animated gifs (pictures), etc.