Web Page Directions
 

Opening your web page:

To begin your web page, open the My Learning Style template.  Once the template is open in Internet Explorer, find the FrontPage icon on the toolbar.  (It is a box with a gray arrow inside)  Click on the icon and the template will be opened in FrontPage.  This template can also be found in your folder on the H drive. You will now be allowed to make changes. 
 

Inserting a picture. 

You may search the web for a picture (with your teacher's permission).  In order to insert the picture, click in the box where you would like the picture inserted.  On the tool bar, click on "Insert."   Scroll down to picture.  You have a choice to insert a picture from clip art or a file.  For instructions on how to find and insert pictures from the web, click here.  Once you have your picture inserted, you may change the size by clicking on one of the boxes in the corners of the picture and clicking and dragging until it is the right size.  Other options for this space could include a quote, etc. 

Changing colors in your web page

You will be allowed to change some of the colors of your webpage.  You can change the color of the book mark section of the webpage, the title color and heading colors (bookmarks), and the background.  The rest of your information should stay black, and size 10 Arial font.  This is so it is easily readable.  As much as you would like to spice up your website, keeping it simple is the best policy when creating web pages.  Too much is not necessarily good in this case. 

View some examples of backgrounds, font colors, and color combinations.

To change the font color: 

Highlight the font you would like to change.  Click on "format" on your toolbar and click on "font."  A box will come up that allows you to change the font, color, etc. Remember, you are keeping the font size 10, Arial.  Click on the down arrow next to color. This allows you to change the font to whatever you would like.  These changes can be applied to the bookmark section, and any titles and headings on your page. 

To change the background:

Click on "Format" on your toolbar and click on "background."  Under colors, click on the arrow next to the background box and select the color you would like.  Remember, light colors show up best. 

To change the color of the bookmark section:

Right click anywhere in the table.  Click on "cell properties." Under background, click on the arrow next to color.  You can select any color you would like, but remember, you must be able to read the text. 

Copying text into your page

Open the word document in which you are copying the text from.  Highlight the text you would like to copy and right click on the text.  Click "copy."  Go back into your web page and click where you would like the text inserted.  Right click and click "paste."  The text will be inserted, but you may need to change the font and size. 

Inserting hyperlinks and bookmarks into your page.

In order to insert your essay into your web page, you will need to insert a hyperlink.  In order to do so, first you will need to type something that directs your viewers to the hyperlink. 

Example:  Click here to view the rest of my essay.

Highlight the actual wording you would like to have as the bookmark or hyperlink.  It can be the whole sentence, or just a word in the sentence. 

Making a bookmark (link within the page)

  • Highlight the text where you want the bookmark to be

  • Select "insert" and scroll down to "bookmark"

  • Give the bookmark a name you will remember, you may want to leave it as it is already written

  • Select OK--you will know it is a bookmark when the text has a dashed line underneath

Making a hyperlink to a bookmark

  • Highlight the text you want to make a link

  • Select "insert" and scroll down to "hyperlink"

  • On the menu that pops up, select "Place in this document"

  • Select the bookmark you want to link to

  • Select OK--you will know it is hyperlinked when the text is underlined

Making a hyperlink to another webpage

  • Highlight the text you want to make a link

  • Select "insert" and scroll down to "hyperlink"

  • On the menu that pops up, select "Existing File or Webpage"

Now you have several choices:

  1. if the page is on your website, you can select "current folder."  This will allow you to link to other pages you may have created in your server folder (H drive)

  2. If the page is something you recently browsed on the Internet, you can select "browsed pages" and it remembers your history.  You can scroll through the list, click on the title of the page you viewed, and the correct web address

  3. If you know the web address, go down to the open box and type in the URL address.

  • Before you click OK, you can decide to have this link open in a new window for the viewer.  Click on "target frame" and select "new window."

  • Click OK--you will know it is hyperlinked when the text is underlined