How To Design Your Own Webpage

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How To Design Your Own Webpage

• Created Especially For You By
• Amanda E. Stricklin

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Where to Begin

• Choose a free Web Building site.
• Examples of free Web Building Sites Angelfire,
  Geocites, Tripod, Lycos, College Club, etc.

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Step 1 Signing Up

• Become a MemberYou must be a member to use
  Angelfire. To get started, just click the "Sign
  Up" button on the Angelfire homepage and fill out
  the required fields
• Come On In...Once you have a membership, just
  click the Log In button, type your member name in
  the directory field, and enter your password.

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Step 2 Planning

• Think about the components of your site, such as
  the layout, text, images, and overall feel.
• Some things that you may want to include on you
  webpage

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Step 3 Getting Started

• Log in to your Angelfire account
• Type your Lycos Network member name in the Member
  Name field, and your password in the Password
  field, and click Log In.
• Enter the Web Shell

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Step 4 Files vs. Directories

• A directory is like a "cabinet" where your files
  are stored. A directory can contain many files.
• A file is like a "piece of paper" that could be a
  page of HTML, or could be an image, or some other
  item
• Example

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Step 5 Index.html

• The index.html file is the first page people will
  see when they type in your URL.
• When you type in www.angelfire.com/film/name
  the browser looks for
  www.angelfire.com/film/name/index.html

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Step 6 Beginning With Basic Editor

• Highlight the index.html file, and click the Edit
  button on the Web Shell toolbar.
• You'll be given several choices as to the layout
  and content of your page, using our Basic Editor
  Standard template.
• Once your choices have been selected, click the
  Save button. This is where the fun begins!

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Step 6 Contd

• Example
• If you're going to use any images on your site,
  you'll need to put them in your Angelfire
  directory.
• The Web Shell's convenient uploading feature can
  be used for this.

                                                  

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Step 7 Uploading Images

• Most decide to store their images in the images
  directory that Angelfire provides.
• Once the directory is opened, you can use our
  Uploader to copy your images into this directory
  in your Angelfire account
• Once you've selected all of your images, click
  the Upload button, and the files will be copied
  into your images directory.

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Step 8 Adding Pages

• To create a new file, type the new file name into
  the Name field (don't forget the .html
  extension!), and click the Create button.
• Select your choices and hit the Submit button.
  You can then use the Basic Editor to customize
  your new page.

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Step 9 Links

• For visitors to navigate your site, you'll need
  to link all of your files together.
• If you wish to add links, you'll need to type the
  URLs, or web addresses, for the links in the text
  boxes.

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Step 10 Saving

• Save as often as possible!
• Just click the Save button at the top or bottom
  of the editor screen. Once you click it, you will
  be brought back to the main Web Shell screen.
• Once information is erased, there is no way for
  Angelfire to retrieve it.

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Step 11 Updating

• Updating your site is no different than the first
  time you worked on the files.
• Log in with your username and password, then just
  highlight the file you wish to work on and click
  the Edit button.
• Don't forget to save your work.

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Step 12 Getting Help

• When questions arise, please feel free to contact
  the Angelfire (or other Web Builder) customer
  service department.

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Enjoy Creating Your Webpage!