Directions for Editing a Web Site with Netscape Composer


Directions for Creating a Web Site with Netscape Composer 1. Open Netscape. 2. Open Netscape Composer by clicking on Communicator and then Composer. A blank page will open. Netscape Composer is very much like a word processor. You may type in text just as you would in word processing software. 3. To change the size of your font highlight the font and then click on Format then Size and choose the size font that you want to appear on your page. 4. To change the color of your font, highlight the text you want to change and then click on Format then Color and choose the color that you want your text to appear as on your page. 5. To change the background color of your page, choose Format then Page Colors and Properties. Click on the Colors and Background tab. In the menu, choose the Background button. A color menu will appear. Choose the color you want for your background. Click OK and the background should appear on your page. 6. Save your files by clicking on the Save icon in the tool bar. Save it onto your a:/ drive. Directions for Editing a Web Site with Netscape Composer 1. Open Netscape. 2. Open Netscape Composer by clicking on Communicator and then Composer. A blank page will open. 3. Open a file you wish to edit but clicking on the Open icon at the top of the page. The Open window will appear on the screen. 4. Double click on the file you wish to edit. It will open into the Netscape Composer editor window. 5. Make the desired changes as you would in a word processing program. If you wish to create a link, see Creating a Link in Netscape Composer in the next section. 6. Click on Save to save the changes. 7. When all of the changes are made, you are ready to upload your files by using an FTP program. Creating a Link in Netscape Composer 1. Type the text you wish to appear on the page for your link. 2. Highlight the text you wish to make a link. 3. Click on the Link icon located in the tool bar at the top of the page. A Character Properties window will open. 4. Type in the complete URL into the Link to a page location or local file dialogue box. (ex. http://www.unr.edu) 5. Click OK. Your link is complete. Uploading Your Changes onto the Fallon Server Using FTP 1. Make sure WW_FTP software is on your computer. If it is not, you may obtain it from here: http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm . 2. Open FTP by clicking on Start then Programs then WS_FTP LE then WS_FTP LE. WS_FTP will open with the Sessions Properties window in the foreground. Fill in the following dialogue boxes with the indicated information: Profile Name: Fallon Host Name/Address: fallon.scs.unr.edu Host Type: Automatic Detect User ID: YOUR USER NAME (The first part of your Fallon email address before the @) Password: YOUR FALLON PASSWORD And then click on OK. You are now in FTP land! On the left half of the FTP window is a directory entitled Local System that corresponds to your own PC and on the other half of the FTP window is a directory entitled Remote System that corresponds to your account on the Equinox server. The goal is to transfer files back and forth between your PC and Fallon. 3. Locate the drive on which the file you wish to upload is located. More than likely, you saved it on the A:/ drive. This can be located on the left portion of the FTP window that corresponds to your PC. The A:/ drive is located at the bottom of the file listing menu. You may need to scroll to the bottom to locate the A:/ drive and it will be listed as [-a-]. When you find [-a-], click on it and the file you wish to upload will be listed in the menu. 4. You will now need to locate the appropriate place to put your file onto the Fallon server. When you first log onto Fallon through FTP, you will open into a directory named /home0/16/YOUR USER NAME. Do not place your file in this directory! Instead, create a new folder by clicking on Mk Dir on the remote site window. Name the directory “public_html”. This will create a folder named public_html. Files that you place into this folder will be posted on the Web. 5. Click on this folder, public_html, to open it. 6. Highlight the file you wish to transfer from your A:/ drive. 8. Click on the arrow button that points to the right that is located between the Local System and Remote Site directory boxes. This will transfer your file into your Equinox Web site account and all changes will be posted to your site.