Three easy steps to create a web page out of
your fact sheet. Step 1: Start the web page with Netscape Composer from a template:
- Download the web page template by opening it in
Netscape Navigator (yes, you do need to use Netscape Navigator instead of Microsoft
Explorer as a web browser). Load this file in Netscape then click here
to open template.
- Once you have the template open, start editing by
clicking "File, Edit" on the drop-down menu (this will open Netscape Composer).
- Then, save the file by clicking on "File,
Save" on the drop-down menu.
- Save file on you computer/disk as "one or two
words" that describe your project. For example,
"moose_sedge.html" or "sheep_weed.html"
When creating web pages is it
important not to have font codes in the text so please follow the these direction
carefully. This step will also help us create a very uniform look for our web pages
Step 2: Convert you Fact Sheet to a Text File to make
it ready for your web page:
- Open your fact
sheet in your word processor (MS Word or Word Perfect).
- Save File As a text file (File, Save
as, Text only, on drop-down menu in MS word) or (File, Save as, ASCII
DOS, on drop-down menu in Word Perfect) and remember where you saved the file and what
name you gave it.
- Open your new
text file by going to the directory where you saved it and double clicking on it.
This should open the file with the Notepad Program (notepad.exe) if you use windows. (I am
not sure what will happen if you are using a Mac). Let me know if you have trouble
(885-4394). This step will remove all the text formatting in your document
Step 3: Cut and Paste information into the web
page. Now, you are ready to enter information from your "fact sheet" text
document into your new web page.
- Make sure you have your text
document open (in notepad or similar program) and the web page opened in
"Netscape Composer."
- Enter your title into the web page
- Enter your name where it requested in the web page
- Enter the title of the first section of your page (for example
"Introduction")
- Now, Cut the paragraphs in your first section from the notepad
(text file) and Paste the section to the web page editor.
- Keep cutting and pasting section by section until you
have complete all sections. If you don't use all the sections outlined in the
template, just go to the section you want to delete, then Right click, Table
delete, Cell. If you need to add a section just go to the last section and
then Right click, Table insert, Cell.
- If you are having trouble getting the right number of lines between
paragraphs, try using the "shift+return" key instead of just the
"return" key.
- You can also make links to relevant web pages, with the
"links" feature in the editor.
- Please don't change the font size or color; this way we can maintain
a common look.
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