How to Create Your Own Free Web Page
Terrylynne Marshall
terrylynnemarshall@yahoo.com
You will
probably need an e-mail address. If you do not have one, do a search on
the Internet for e-mail free and choose one that does not charge for the
service. Most browsers have free e-mail on their main home page.
This step is getting easier and easier.
Examples: usanet.com
yahoo.com
netscape.com/sitecentral
or hotmail.com
and so on.
Free Web Pages
Find free web pages on the browser home pages too or by doing a
search on the Internet for web page free. Only sign up for the services
that are free. Examples are:
http://geocities.yahoo.com
tripod.com
angelfire
homestead
hometownAOL (must be a member of AOL)
xoom
netscape.com/sitecentral/
CAUTION
When asked for personal information make up something if you wish but they
will need a real zip code so use the school address: 1201 Bishop Farms Parkway,
Watkinsville, GA 30677. When the web page offers products click no to keep
it simple, otherwise you will get tons of e-mail junk mail or spam. You
can always go back later and change your options.
Some of the steps change, as the months and years progress but most of the
following information is true. Select a community and homepage
number/address, etc. You will create a user name to call your web page
write it down because you will need it after they send you e-mail confirming
that you have your free web page. In this e-mail they will have given you
a password or you will have selected one for yourself, write it down and don't
lose it.
Always remember your user name and password you must have them to get into
your web page.
NEVER NEVER !!!! give out your social security
number, mother's maiden name, credit card number, or other information that can
be used for criminal activity unless a web site has topnotch security.
Honest Internet advertisers will have a section explaining their security and
how they encrypt or scramble your personal information, be sure to read it
before giving out important information.
Everything you send on the Internet can be intercepted and read by other
people. Do not send messages via e-mail or information that you do not
want made public. For example: Would you want everyone in our class to
know everything that you write to your friend on the computer?
geocities.yahoo.com DIRECTIONS
Our class has used geocities.yahoo.com the most. They have
an automatic e-mail service that will send you confirmation for your web page as
soon as you sign up.
Go to geocities.yahoo.com/home/ and type in your user name and password,
sign-in, the next page will have two sections: Build Web Pages and Advanced
Tools. If you know nothing about HTML click under Build Web Pages on
either Yahoo, Page Wizards or Yahoo, Page Builder and follow instructions.
I do not know the exact steps for PageWizards or PageBuilders but they should
have easy to follow directions. If you have questions we will try to solve
them together. (changed 4-00)
The following information is for Advanced HTML Students and all of you will
be advanced after a month or two of practice.
Under Advanced Tools you can click File Manager or Upload Files then on the
next page click the yellow box with Open File Manager. In the File Manager
you will be given a menu with: New, Copy, Rename, Edit, Delete, Move. To
work on your main page check the box beside index.html (or home.html in some
cases) and you will enter your page with the html code at the bottom. If
you click on Preview the next page will show the way your page will be seen with
the html code also located at the bottom for editing.
TO
REVIEW:
1. Get an e-mail address.
2. Go to one of the free web page providers
http://geocities.yahoo.com
netscape.com/sitecentral (see list above).
3. Fill in their information but don't give out ss#, credit card#, or other
personal info. They need a real zip so use 1201 Bishop Farms Parkway,
Watkinsville, GA 30677.
Type in your user name and password, sign-in, the next page will usually have
two sections: Beginners and Advanced. If you know nothing about HTML click
on the beginners page builder section and follow the easy instructions.
Advanced students will launch the File Manager and use the edit menu to Copy,
Rename, Edit, Delete, Move, etc. To work on your page check the box beside
index.html (or home.html) and you will enter your page. If you click
Preview you can see the way your page looks with the html code at the
bottom.
With geocities
a. Go to http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/
b. type your user name and password, sign-in
c. select Build Web Pages and follow directions for beginners or
Advanced Tools
d. Advanced Tools open File
Manager box
e. Use the menu: New, Copy, Rename, Edit, Delete, Move. Check the box beside
index.html (or home.html) and click Edit to enter your page and Preview to see
how your page looks
f. save your work and enter the index.html again and again
till your page looks great
g.
You must maintain your web page by editing it once each week or at least
every two weeks. If you do not change your page and use it often enough the web
page police will kick you out of the system.
Have fun!
Tips on Using HTML
The following information contains basic commands for using html
or hyper text markup language. The easiest way to build pages is to use
the page builders provided by the web sites. Yahoo/Geocities has Page
Builder and Page Wizard, Netscape has Composer in the Communicator menu.
You can also go Cnet.com and learn lots of information. It takes time to
use the computer and learn the details of page building but if you have the time
you get credit in Ms Marshall's course and have fun too.
VIEWING HTML
SOURCE When you view web pages on the Internet, the html code is always
available to review. In the browser menu go to View and click on Source
and a window will appear with the html symbols.
1. HEAD and TITLE All commands are contained within the
smaller than < and the greater than > arrows. The arrows can be shown on the web
page but for now we will see the commands between parenthesis, so when you see
the parenthesis know that there should be a smaller than or greater than arrow
in its place.
2. BODY The word body between the arrows comes next
and this is where your web page information is placed. The end of the body
with the backslash to end the sequence is the last part of your page.
Within the body many commands allow the user to make interesting web pages.
3. TEXT ALIGNMENT examples CENTER The default
alignment is usually to the left side of the page. To center a title or
paragraph you must use the word center between the arrows. End centering
with (/center) as usual.
4. FONT SIZE is determined by numbers. The command
between the smaller than arrows is: (font size=+1), +1 is the font size of the
majority of this page. The size +4 is a very large text size, similar to size
36, for example 36 and could be used for the label or name
of your project or report. Remember to end the font size with the smaller
than arrow, the slash and word /font followed by the larger than arrow marker so
that all your words are not large. A good size font for the body of your report
is font size=+1, used here and is similar to 12 on a word processor. Play
with the font sizes to see which you like. The type style used on this page is
Times New Roman (FONT face="Times New Roman,Times,Times NewRoman")
5. PARAGRAPHS (P) and LINE BREAKS (br) To begin and end a paragraph or
heading, use the letter P or p between the arrows. The p puts two line spaces
between the text lines. If you only want to drop the next line of text
down one line use BR or br between the arrows. The backslash is not always
necessary to end these two functions.
6. BOLD To create bold type, put the letter B or b between the arrows, type
the phrase you want in bold then end with (/B) to close the sequence.
7. LINKS to web pages Type the following sequence
8. IMAGES Save the images on a disk or on the hard drive. Open your web
page through the file manager. After you are in the editing program follow
the directions to upload the image. Use the browser to find your image and
follow the directions for uploading. When using html use this
sequence: (img src="name-of-image.gif") or .jpg, or other image
identifier. The text then defaults to the bottom right corner of the image
untill you change it.
To Review:
Note: Miss Marshall will be adding more information. (Tell me what you have
learned and I will add it for the rest of the class to use.)
The beginning of the web page starts with (html) between the
arrows, next comes the word (head) then the word (title). Here the actual
title of your page is typed as it will appear to the reader in the blue line at
the top of the web page, then the sequence of words is reversed and you close
with (/title) and (/head) between arrows with a backslash to end the
sequence. The title appears at the top of the browser and is used to
identify your page if it is bookmarked.
(a href="http://the-web-address-here")Phrase that explains the web
link. (/a) and br between the arrows for a line break if needed. Be sure
to put the complete web address between the parenthesis without spaces.
Remember all the parenthesis are really
smaller than and greater than arrows.
( = <
and
) = >
(html)
(head)
(title)
(center) (b)Your Title Here will be seen in the blue bar at the top of the web
page(/b)(/center)(/title)
(/head)
(body)
Type your text here and use
(br) to go down one line and (p) to go down two lines, (b) is bold, (center) is
to center text and (align=left) is what it says, always turn the commands off
with the backslash and the command word between the smaller than and greater
than arrows.
(/body)
(/html)