MINI-LESSONS—FRONT PAGE 2000

Create a web site on a diskette

• Create a folder on the diskette for your web site. Call it myweb
• Open FrontPage
• Choose File, New, Web from the menu bar.
• When the New dialog box opens, choose Empty Web.
• Use the drop down box on the right side of the dialog box to navigate to a:\myweb.

Note that there are already some folders in your web:

• private: a folder that contains files necessary to run the advanced features of FrontPage 2000
• images: the folder where you will place all of your images

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Open the homepage template and save it as your own document.
Note: you can also open the homepage template on the web, then save it to your diskette. The page is available at http://loudoun.nvcc.edu/home/templates/factemp4.htm

• In FrontPage, choose File, Open
• Navigate to the L drive (the Loudoun web server)
• Open the templates folder
• Choose factemp4
• When the file opens, choose File, Save As
• Change the page title to [yourname] Home Page
• Rename the file default and save it to your myweb folder on the a:\ drive

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Open the syllabus template and save it as your own document
Note: you can also open the syllabus template on the web and save it to your diskette. It is  available at http://loudoun.nvcc.edu/home/templates/syltemp.htm

• In FrontPage, choose File, Open
• Navigate to the L drive (the Loudoun web server)
• Open the templates folder
• Choose syltemp
• When the file opens, choose File, Save As
• Navigate to your a:\ drive and save the file in the myweb folder
• When you are returned to the page, choose File, Save As again.
• This time rename the file with the name of your course and year (e.g. mth151f01)
• Change the title of the file
• Save it to your myweb folder on the a:\ drive.

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Copy your syllabus to your syllabus web page

• Open your syllabus in Word
• Choose Edit, Select All to highlight the entire syllabus.
• Choose Edit, Copy to copy the entire syllabus to the clipboard.
• Return to your syllabus file in FrontPage
• Insert your cursor in the blank table cell.
• Choose Edit, Paste to paste your syllabus in the web page
• Save the page

HINT:  Scroll through your syllabus and reformat it as necessary.
To move a paragraph to a new line without double-spacing use Shift + Enter (soft carriage return).

 NOTE: You now have a syllabus page template that you can reuse as much as you want. Just remember to use the File, Save As command when you want to create a web page with a syllabus. 

 Edit your home page

• Return to the default file.  Replace the template information with your own information.
• Remember to save your file periodically

Create an absolute hyperlink

• Highlight the words NVCC Home Page on the navigation bar of your web page.
• Click on the globe with link icon on the toolbar
• Type the URL of the college web site:  www.nvcc.edu in the URL text box.
• Click on OK
• Repeat the process with the Loudoun Campus Home Page link

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Create a relative hyperlink

• On your home page, highlight the name of the course you placed in the syllabus template.
• Click on the globe with link icon on the toolbar
• Navigate to the myweb folder on your a:\ drive and choose the syllabus file you just created. Note that the file name rather than a complete URL appears in the URL text box
• Click on OK
• Return to your syllabus page and repeat the process with the link to your home page

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Create an email link in your address footer

·        Highlight the phrase in your address footer where you want your email to appear

·        Click on the globe with link icon on the toolbar

·        Click on the envelope icon next to the URL text box

·        Type in your email address

·        Rremember the new domain name:  [yourname]@nvcc.edu)

·        Click on OK

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Insert a date stamp in your address footer

·        Place your cursor next to the phrase Last revised in your address footer

·        Choose Insert, Date and Time from the main menu. The Date and Time Properties dialog box will appear.

·        Select Date this page was last edited

·        Choose a format for your date

·        Click on OK

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 Insert an image file

·        Place your cursor in the location where you want the image to appear

·        Choose Insert, Picture, From File on the menu bar

·        Navigate to the templates folder on the L drive

·        Open the images folder. Select newlogo

·        When the image appears on your screen, right click on the image. The Picture Properties box will appear.

·        Add a brief description of your image to the Text box.

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Save a file to your web

• It is good practice to use the Save As command when you save a file to your web.
• When you save a file with an image, the Save Embedded Files dialog box should appear
• Check to be sure that the images that appear on the page have been saved to the images file in your myweb folder.
• If they have not, click on Change Folder to navigate to the images folder.
• When you are returned to the Save As dialog box, click on OK
• Be sure that you have given your page the correct title

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