Directions for creating a webpage:

First step: Collect all resources into a folder created on the desktop. 
1) Use the File>New Folder command to create the folder on the desktop.  Label the folder [secnumber][lastname]web.
For your professional webpage, you will need to collect the following files:

These files should be copied (using the option key) from your zip into the new folder [secnumber][lastname]web that is on your desktop.  The files in this folder should only be worked on from the desktop!!!!  Never from your zip!!!!

2) Check the files names of all files and folders (including graphic and html fles) to be sure you have no spaces in the names, no capital letters, and no more than 12 letters plus the extension letters in the name. For further information, see Naming your files for the web.

Second step: Create an .html document file from scratch by opening a new document in Netscape Composer (NOT Internet Explorer or Word). Use the following steps to set up your .html document that will become your linklist, Treasure Hunt, or Scavenger Hunt.
1.  Open the new document: Use Window>Composer command to open a new document.
2.  Set up the page properties.
3.  Add text and format text.  (For a linklist, you will add the names of five webpages and a brief annotation for each.  For a Scavenger or Treasure Hunt, type out the five questions students will be answering plus directions for the type of answer you expect students to create.)
4.  Add graphics as inline graphics. (You should have an inline graphic for each annotation or question.  Be sure to place the graphic file in your desktop folder before inserting links. You may find that you prefer the look of pasting the graphics into one column of a table and the annotation or question into the other side of the column. Simply use the Insert>Table>Table command from the menubar.)
5. Activate links to other webpages. (Select the text that will serve as the link and then use the Insert>Link command).
6.  Add a horizontal ruler (Use Insert>Horizontal Line command) below the last question.
7. Type in: Created by [add your name here] on [placetoday'sdate].  Then, select your name and add an email address link that will send email to your account.

Third step: Practice "whacking" an .html file from the Internet using Netscape Composer.
1. Access the webpage that you would like to "whack" in Netscape Navigator (NOT Internet Explorer!!!).
2. Use File>Edit Page command from the menubar and the page will open in Netscape Composer.
3. You are now ready to make page property changes, alter and add text, add graphics, activate links (both to other websites, files in your folder, and email links).