How 2 Create a Webpage by Scott T.S. Trimble, 17 April 1996 ==================================== Creating a webpage is very easy -- you don't need any special software or hardware and you don't need to learn complicated programming. Some people like to use helper programs like "Web Editor" or "Hot Dog Pro", but I have found them to be cumbersome. All you really need is to use is Notepad (Windows) or SimpleText (Macintosh), but instead of naming your file *.TXT, though, use an *.HTM ending instead. Basically, you just type whatever it is you want to say and then when you want to have some text be centered or boldfaced, for example, you put markers around it. The starting marker is always in brackets < > and the ending one is the same, but it has a slash in front . At the bottom of this how-to file are some common markers that will get you started with a simple webpage. Remember, that you can always go to View / Document Source on the Netscape menu to see how other people did their webpages. You can then copy their programming and adapt it to your own information. I still have trouble with making tables and forms from scratch, so I just search around until I see others that I like. You can also copy graphics off other webpages by right-clicking on it (Windows) or holding down the mouse-button (Macintosh), and then following the instructions. Make the title of your main page INDEX.HTM and the subsequent pages can be whatever you want as long as they are no longer than 8 letters. On the Netscape menu, go to File / Open File and then search the directories to find your INDEX.HTM file -- you can then see how it looks before it's actually on the Internet. When everything is ready you can either turn your own computer into a server or put it on my server. Doing the first option will require leaving it on 24 hours a day so that the information is always accessible. The advantage is that it will be quicker and easier for you to update because you just have to make the changes and then save the file. I can provide you with the server software that you need -- it just runs in the background. If you want it on my server, you will need to ask me first and then e-mail the *.HTM files and graphics. Of course, you can also put it on free accounts like OCF and CSUA at U.C. Berkeley students, or places like www.geocities.com for the general public. If you have any questions or need any additional help, I can be reached at . STST. this is what appears in the top of Netscape's window and the title that is given when the link is bookmarked use this right beneath the title line at the top for making a wallpaper this is in case you want a solid color instead of a graphic background, for changing the color of the text, links, and visited links; all of these use a six-digit hexadecimal number (between 00 and FF, or 0-255) corresponding to RRGGBB. So, Red is FF0000 and Purple is FF00FF.

changes the size of the text -- H1 down to H5 centers whatever text is between the brackets boldface italics

must be at the end of each paragraph, skips a line
goes to the next line without skipping one

puts a line across the screen, to separate text STST the href points to the URL, and the text in between the two bracket sets is what the person clicks on; instead of an http:// address, you can also refer to another *.HTM file, a graphic, or whatever.

the graphic title is the src, it can be either JPG or GIF; if the picture is in a previous directory, then insert "../" in front

this will right-justify the picture; you can also center it just by putting around the whole line