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This page explains everything that is needed for anyone wanting to create their own web page.
Below this paragraph is the table of contents. Click on any of the content subjects and it will take
you to that section of the guide. To return to the table of contents at any time, click the "Return
to Index" link in the frame on the side of the page. I hope this guide is helpful.

• Getting Started
o Title
• Text
o Headings
o Paragraphs
o Lists
o Forced Line Breaks
o Horizontal Rules
o Character Formatting
• Linking
o URLs
o Links to Specific Sections
o Mailto
• Graphics
o Putting Images on a page
o Alternate Text for Images
o Animated Graphics
o Background, text, and link Color
o Background Graphics
o Linking with graphics
o Image Maps
 • Fill-out Forms
o Getting Started
o Form Method/Action
o Single or multiple fields
o Larger Fields
o Checkboxes
o Radio Buttons
o Pull-Down Lists
o Scroll-Down Lists
o Reset Form
o Submit Entry
• Frames
o What are Frames?
• Java
o What is Java?
o Programming in Java
• Troubleshooting
• For More Information
o Other Pages

Getting Started
There are basically two ways to make a web page. The first way is to create the page(s) offline
and then upload them to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) via FTP. The second way is to
create your web page(s) online using a Telnet program by accessing your UNIX account, if you
have one.

If you are creating your web page(s) offline, do so in any text editing or word processing
document. Make sure that when you save your document, you save it as a "text", "plain text" or
"text only" document. Otherwise it will not be read properly by a web browser. Once you have
created your page(s), you will need to contact your ISP about how to go about uploading them to
your server.

If you have a UNIX account, you can create your web page(s) online. You first need to get a
program that can access your UNIX account. I recommend Telnet for the Mac or Ewan for
Windows 95/98.

Once you can access your account, you need to make a new directory called "public_html". You
can do this by typing:

mkdir public_html

After this, change your directory to this new directory called "public_html".
cd public_html

If you want to, you can make other directories, one for all the web pages that you make, and one
for all of the graphics that you have. Follow the same steps as above to do this.

Next, you need to think of a filename for your page (this is not a title, but what will be in the
URL). A common filename for a main web page, is "index". Once you've decided on this, add
".html" to the end of it. Then type (i.e.)

pico index.html

Of course, use your page's filename, instead of this one. Next, you need to gain some knowledge
of the many HTML commands. Lucky for you, I've already gotten some of the basic commands
for you. Follow the index below, to decide what to put on your page, and how to do it. Once
you've gotten started, exit your page. You can do this by pressing control-x. Then you need to
type:

chmod 744 index.html

Only do this with the filename of your page. You only need to do this the very first time that you
leave your web page. This command will make sure that nobody else can delete your page. You
will need to do this to any other pages that you make in the future. Then, look at your page on
the WWW. Lets say that your server is "www.domain.com", your username is "username", and
the name of your page is "index.html". The URL would normally be:

http://www.domain.com/~username/index.html

However, you will need to contact your ISP for your URL.

If you have made separate directories for pages and graphics, then you need to include that in the
URL also. Lets say that you made a directory for all of your web pages, called "Pages". The new
URL would be: http://www.domain.com/~username/Pages/index.html

Title

The first thing to put on your web page, is a title. The title is what will show up in the very top of
the window. Let's say that your title is going to be "John Doe's Web Page", you would type:

<title>John Doe's Web Page</title>

In HTML, every command is surrounded by <'s, and >'s. And in most commands, you need to
tell the web browser when to end this command. You do this by putting a back slash (/) in front
of the ending command, as in above. Since HTML isn't case sensitive, <title> is the same as
<TITLE>, which is the same as <TiTLe>. Next, you need to decide what you want to put on
your page. Text, links, graphics, and text fields, are just a few ideas. Follow the table of contents
above to decide how, and what to put on your page.
Text

Headings

HTML has six levels of headings, numbered 1 through 6, with 1 being the largest. Headings are
displayed in larger, or smaller fonts, and usually bolder. If you wanted to type "Hello", this is
what you would type for each heading, and what the outcome is:

<h1>Hello</h1>

Hello
<h2>Hello</h2>

Hello

<h3>Hello</h3>

Hello

<h4>Hello</h4>

Hello

<h5>Hello</h5>

Hello

<h6>Hello</h6>
Hello

Paragraphs
Whenever you have more than a sentence of writing, you should have paragraphs. Personally, I
don't see what the difference is, but I do it anyway, because then I can find a certain spot better
when programing. To Make a paragraph of "This is a web page. How do you like what I've
done? Please e-mail me with any suggestions at a@a.com", type:

<P>This is a web page. How do you like what I've done? Please e-mail me with any
suggestions at a@a.com</P>

The outcome is:

This is a web page. How do you like what I've done? Please e-mail me with any suggestions at
a@a.com

Lists

There are two types of lists that you can make in HTML, dotted, and numbered. To make a
dotted list of: red, orange, green, blue, purple, black, and brown, type:

<UL>
<LI> red
<LI> orange
<LI> green
<LI> blue
<LI> purple
<LI> black
<LI> brown
</UL>

The result is:

• red
• orange
• green
• blue
• purple
• black
• brown

To make a numbered list of: red, orange, green, blue, purple, black, and brown, type:

<OL>
<LI> red
<LI> orange
<LI> green
<LI> blue
<LI> purple
<LI> black
<LI> brown
</OL>

The result looks like:

1. red
2. orange
3. green
4. blue
5. purple
6. black
7. brown

Forced Line Breaks

There are many cases in which you want to end typing on one line, and start on the next. To do
this, you can use a simple HTML command. This is one of the few commands that you don't
have to put an ending command on. Let's say that you wanted to say "Hello, how are you?", but
with each word on a separate line. All you have to type is:

Hello,<BR>how<BR>are<BR>you?

The outcome is:

Hello,
how
are
you?

Horizontal Rules

Every now and then, you might want to have a horizontal rule, or line in your page. Horizontal
rules can be many different sizes and lengths. You can also have the line be solid black, by
typing NOSHADE. Here are several examples of sizes and widths, and what the outcome is:

<HR SIZE=1 WIDTH=100%>

<HR SIZE=5 WIDTH=50%>

<HR SIZE=25 WIDTH=75%>
<HR SIZE=3 WIDTH=100%>
<HR NOSHADE SIZE=1 WIDTH=100%>
<HR NOSHADE SIZE=3 WIDTH=100%>
<HR NOSHADE SIZE=10 WIDTH=20%>

Character Formatting

You may want to format some of your text differently than others using text styles. There are
several types of styles of text that you can use: bold, italic, underline, strikeout, superscript, subscript,
teletype, and blinking text are examples. To do these styles, surround your text with the
following commands:

<b>, </b> for bold

<i>, </i> for italic

<u>, </u> for underlined

<strike>, <strike> for strikeout

^, for superscript

_, for subscript

<tt>, </tt> for teletype

<blink>, </blink> for blinking text (very annoying)

You can also mix styles together like this!

Linking

URLs

When you make a link, you are making colored text or even a graphic (talked about later). When
somebody clicks on this text, it will take them to another web page, or possibly a certain section
of a web page. Let's say that you wanted to make a link from your web page, to Yahoo!. The
URL of Yahoo! is:
http://www.yahoo.com
To do this, you would type:
<A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com">What ever text that you want to be colored goes
here</A>

The result would be:

What ever text that you want to be colored goes here

You can go ahead and try it if you want to.

Links to Specific Sections

Sometimes, you might want to have a link that will take you further down a page, or to a certain
section of another page. An example of this is the index to this web page. You click on the
colored text, and it takes you to that section. To do this, you need to do two things. The first, is to
make the link, and the second, is to make where the link will lead to. NOTE: You cannot make
links to specific sections within a different document unless either you have write permission to
the coded source of that document or that document already contains in-document named links.
1) To make the actual link, think of a name for the certain spot. Let's say you are going to call it
"spot". If this certain spot is on the same page that the link is, you would type:

<A HREF="#spot">Colored Text

Otherwise, you would add "#spot" to the end of the URL.

2) Now, you need to make where the link will take you. Go to the spot where you want the link
to take you, and type:

<A NAME = "spot">

Mailto Links

Most people like to have a link on their web page that automatically sends e-mail to an address.
If you want to do this, and your name is Dan, and your e-mail address is a@a.com, type:

<A HREF="mailto:a@a.com">Dan</a>

Here is the result of typing this:

Dan

Graphics
Putting Images On A Page

On almost EVERY web page on the net, there is some kind of graphic. I would HIGHLY
RECOMMEND that you have AT LEAST one picture on your page. There are mainly two kinds
of ways to have graphics on your web page. The first, is to use a graphic that is on another web
page somewhere on the web. The second, is to upload the graphic to your own account.
Personally, I prefer to use the upload method. If you are using the other way, there is always a
chance that the person who made that page will decide to delete that graphic. Then a symbol with
a circle, square, and triangle will appear where the graphic was supposed to be, sometimes it will
look like it has been torn through the middle:

1)
To display a graphic on some one else's page, you need to find the URL. To do this, I
recommend that you have Netscape Navigator. Right click or click and hold down on the
graphic, until a menu comes up. Choose "View this Image". Then , copy the URL that appears at
the top of the screen, in the "location" box. Let's say that the URL was:
http://www.infhost.com/members/web/Images/pic.gif You would type:

<IMG SRC="http://www.infhost.com/members/web/Images/pic.gif">

The result is:

2)
To display a graphic that is in your account, all you have to do is type in the filename. If you
didn't make separate directories for graphics and pages, then you just need to type the graphic's
name.(i.e. <IMG SRC="pic.gif">

Alternate Text for Images

Some World Wide Web browsers cannot display images. Some users turn off image loading
even if their software can display images (especially if they are using a modem or have a slow
connection). HTML provides a command to tell readers what they are missing on your pages.
The "ALT" attribute lets you specify text to be displayed instead of an image. For example:
<IMG SRC="pic.gif" ALT="How to make a web page">

In this example, "pic.gif" is the picture of a sign. With graphics-capable viewers that have image-
loading turned on, you see the graphic. With a non-graphic browser or if image-loading is turned
off, the words "How to make a web page" is shown in your window. You should try to include
alternate text for each image you use in your document, as it is a courtesy for your readers.

Animated Graphics

Some people like to put animation on their web pages. It actually is not that hard. Here is some
background history. Most GIFs over the years have only one image per file. According to
"technical specifications from 1987", a GIF could have had more than one image per file, making
it like a slide show presentation and not a single image. However, most programs that work with
GIF are designed around the idea of one image per file. So the multi-image aspect of GIFs was
forgotten. In 1989, they added timing and various other abilities to the GIF format, including
transparency. Nobody used these new additions either. Then the Web took off. Transparency and
interlacing became features people wanted to use and software companies began supporting
those features. In order to have animation on your web page, you need to download a program
that was made to fit more that one GIF in a file. I recommend GifBuilder for the Mac. Windows