Welcome To Morphy's Site

Home is where the heart is... and this is my home. This is the place to come to learn, play or hang out. My site is set up for the beginner and intermediate "Interneter." I set up my site without the vertical scroll bar and used an image map of Up, Top and Down arrows on the right side of your page. The closer your cursor is to the word up or down, the faster the scroll will move. Top takes you back to the top of the page.
Okay, so what's here? You will find the following types of info at Morphy's Site:

Table of Contents

You can also catch up on News Headlines. Try out Netword, a fairly new address selection technique on the internet. All you have to do is type in a word instead of an address. Btw this sites Netword is Morphys.

All in all... HOME!

This site is Netword enabled.

Check out the News Headlines...

Take a News Survey and see the answers...

Thanks to Jeff Rouyer for showing me what Javascript can do...see Links section

Beginning Web Page Development

Beginning Web Page Design was made for the beginner who wants to have a Web Page up and running in a short time without knowing much of anything. I will show Netscape browser users a very simple but effective Web Page Design. Internet Explorer users will have a little more to do but it will still be very simple. Then I will show you some free places to host your site, how to upload it (get it to them) and test it. You will find links for Guestbooks, Counters and even a Web Page Tester in the Links area. Ofcourse, all of this is free.

Netscape Browser Users
1. Go to Netscape Wizard Web Page
2. Follow directions on the page
3. Go to Hosting below
Internet Explorer Browser Users
1. Copy the following Template into Notepad or an HTML Editor
  1. Open notepad or open your Web Page Editor
  2. Select Template
  3. Copy the Template to Notepad or your Web Page Editor
  4. Save it as index.htm
2. Fill in info in the Template using the Info below
3. Open index.htm with your browser and check it out
4. Go to Hosting below

When working with the Template ensure you use Brackets around all HTML (the stuff in red)

HTML

HEAD

TITLETEMPLATE/TITLE

META name="description" content="This is a Template for a Web Page"

META name="keywords" content="Template, Web Page"

/HEAD

BODY BGCOLOR=FFFFFF TEXT=000000 LINK=0000FF VLINK=800080"

Info and

more Info

/BODY

/HTML

Info

TITLE should be the name of your Web Site
CONTENT for "description" should be a description of your site in plain words for some search engines
CONTENT for "keywords" should be certain keywords that describe your site with commas separating the words
BGCOLOR - Hexidecimal code (FFFFFF) for background color; TEXT - Code for the color of your text; LINK - Code for the color of your links on the page (to go to another page); VLINK AND OR ALINK - Code for links that have been selected already basically; BACKGROUND - any pattern you want for the background instead of just color (normally a .gif or .jpg file)
Check my Pallet for Hexidecimal codes in the above info
BODY is where you are now. Anything you want can go here. Some "quickie" help!
Remember use Brackets around the red HTML...
- H1 /H1: for Headings you want to make
- P for Paragraphs
- BR for Line Breaks
- IMG SRC="picture.gif" to get picture.gif on your web page
- HR to place a handy Horizontal Line for separations
- A HREF="http://www.myplace.com" or A HREF="myplace.html" My Place /A will give you a LINK to myplace
That's it, now to Hosting!

Hosting

For the rest of this set up Netscape Users and Internet Explorer users utilize the same path.
Normally your ISP (who you dialed to get on the internet) will provide space on the Internet for you. Go to their Home Page or call them first. They will help you get set up.
Otherwise... Pick a Host and then follow the last two steps.

Free Host

Geocities

Tripod

Fortune City

Upload
1. Follow directions from host
2. They usually have a program to upload your files
Test
1. Utilize my Web Tester by typing in your URL for you Web Site

Congratulations!

You should be up and running. I knew you could do it. If you would like a bit more on how to advance your page let me know and I will add an area for it here. Be sure to check the rest of my site including Games for a well earned break or the Links page for something else you can use.

Communication Breakdown

Communication Breakdown! Let's breakdown 2 of the best Communication Programs on the Internet today in my opinion. They have been on C/net's Weekly Most Downloaded programs for many weeks and they are FREE.

PowWow

PowWow® is a full-featured Internet community and communications software. It's designed specifically for creating, managing and hosting online PowWow Communities. More than three million users worldwide communicate with each other and participate in more than 4,000 Communities using Tribal Voice's PowWow® software.
Some of it's capabilities are:

You can talk to one or more people in real time (right now)
Transfer files to each other
Play wav sounds all can here
Play games with others
Surf the Web together at the same time
Talk to each other in voice

An absolutely great program! Get Pow Wow

ICQ

ICQ ("I Seek You") is a program that lets you find your friends and associates online in real time. This is the very best program you will find on the internet. I would be lost without this program and so would many, many people. Forbes.com says "ICQ, the Veg-a-matic of chat software, is threatening to take over the world by serving as the Internet's back fence. All you need to do is download the program, let it run its automatic install routine, pick a nickname and password, and supply a minimum of information about your Internet connection. Congratulations! You're an ICQ user--one of the staggering 30 to 40 million worldwide who have succumbed to the temptation so far."
Capabilities include:

Able to talk to 1 or more people in real time
See when someone comes on to the internet
Transfer files to each other
Play games with each other
Send messages to anyone on your list
Join Communities
Send URLs to each other

Absolutely have to have program! Get ICQ

What Time Is It Please?

Morphy's Time Piece is for everybody who has problems remembering when a holiday or special event is happening and how much longer is left before it happens.
Keep track of holidays, birthdays, move dates or anniversaries. Almost anything can be tracked for you.
Come back when the date gets close and surprise that special person with knowing how many days till that special day...
If you want me to keep track of a date for you on the internet then go to the Input area on the menu and send me a date with a name and I will put it on "Special Dates" for you to keep track of.
Ofcourse, no Time Piece would be complete without the One and Only Millennium. The Millennium is comming soon... Be sure not to miss it! Watch the countdown for the Millennium right here on Morphy's Time Piece.

Track This...

Just For Fun

Time To Go	It's Time	What Time Is It?
Time Waits For No Man	Father Time	Do You Have The Time?
Mark Time	Right Time	Times
Morning Time	Night Time	Dinner Time

Can you think of more ways "TIME" is used? I'm sure you can! Let's build this area up with all the ways we can think of together. Send me an Input (menu item) and I will keep adding on to this.... Just For Fun!

Wanna Play A Game?

Tis always time for a break and this is the place to take it. I have two games for you to choose from. For those of you who have a Java playing browser there is a Java program in which you fly a space ship shooting down other spaceships for high score. The program was very well written and shows what you can do with Java. The other game is a Video Slot machine. Who can get enough pulling that one arm bandit? This game is a gadget provided by Geocities.com and has supplied me with alot of fun.
Either one is fun and will take your mind off the world for awhile. So jump in and try them. You deserve a break today! Wait, that's the food button...

I Believe In Music

Music is a big part of the Internet. It comes in many forms with several different types of players or "all in one players." The newest rage of music on the internet is the MP3 files. They are large but worth the download usually. They are very clear and unlike a Midi file MP3 files have music and words with CD clarity. They even have MP3 Portable Players now. Ofcourse, the contraversy involves artist, recording companies and the public and the ole' copyright infringement. However you feel about all this, right now MP3's are all over the internet but I still like the wav files too. So sit back, pick one, download it and listen to it with your own player.

Wave Files

Deodedo - 105k
Bad To The Bone - 119k
Aladdin - 49k

Au Files

Explode - 32k
Passing - 8k
Targeted - 2k

MP3 Files

Celine - 4meg
Tutifru - 2meg

Midi Files

Hot Links

HTML

Graphics, buttons, lines and balls

Guest Books, Counters and Trackers

Communications

Millennium

Software Sites

Fun

Java (Where my Java came from)

Jeff Rouyer's "Curious Eye Tutorial"

To Guestbook Or Not To Guestbook

Sign Morphy's Guest Book

Signing Morphy's Guest Book is not too difficult and there are good reasons for taking the time to do so.

To advertise your site in the guest book
To meet people
And finally... To let Morphy know what you thought of his site

All great reasons for signing. As you can see it isn't just a plain Guest Book either. But you should see some of them out there. They are fantastic!

http://saturn.guestworld.tripod.lycos.com/

View Morphy's Guest Book

Morphy's Guest Book can be viewed if you don't want to sign it but why would you want to do that?
Reasons you might not want to sign my Guest Book:

You don't want anybody to know you
You don't have any comments
You have no idea what you are doing

All good reasons so, for the faint at heart, you can just view my Guest Book and see what has been said and where people are from who utilize this site. Maybe you will find another site your interested in, or even find another friend. Get ideas from other peoples guest books for building yours. Need more reason for viewing my Guest Book?

See what a Guest Book is
Find out what kind of people sign Guest Books
Your a voyeur

Input Your Thoughts

There are several ways to get to me. You can Email me. Some people don't like this procedure because it gives me your email address. Okay, you can fill out a form below and say what you want. I don't get much information from that except what you want me to see. And ofcourse, if you have already signed my Guestbook for me then this whole area really doesn't mean a thing to you.... smile. Ofcourse, another way to get to me is to track me down like a dog.

Here's why you might want to send me INPUT:

Tell me what you thought of my site
- Blow off steam if you didn't like it
- Compliment me if you did like my site
- Help make it a better site
Ask a question
- Is this for real
- Why did you do this
- How do I get the HTML Editor to make it's own web site
Point out incorrect information on my site
Exchange information on one of the Communication Programs
Get to know me

Please give me your opinion!

Please tell me your name: (Do not hit return)

1) Please provide your comments about my page
2) What Neighborhood do you think I should live in, based on my page content?

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