Frequently Asked Questions on publishing

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions on publishing both student project and student presentations If you have comments or suggestions, email me at rhiperez@utb1.utb.edu

NOTE:
If you want step by step information about using Frontpage 98, please refer to the Tutorials page.
Most of this FAQ is directed for students using the unix.utb.edu server and/or Netscape Composer.  

1. How do I save an image from the internet into my disk?
2. How to add images to my Web Page?
3. How to make changes to the downloaded images?
4. How to edit a page that already is published?
5. How to hyperlink text or graphic(Images) to other web pages?
6. How to send an e-mail?
7. When should I use an FTP or HTTP address?
8. How to edit a Power Point Presentation, frame by frame?
9. How to change my Password?

1. How do I save an image from the Internet into my disk?

1. Right click on the image you would like to save.
2. Select Save Image as... (or Save picture as... depending if you are using Netscape or Internet Explorer)
3. Select the location to save the file and click OK.

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2. How to add images to my Web Page?

1. In order to add an image to your web pages using Netscape communicator, you must first have that image saved on file, that is, either a floppy diskette or a zip disk, or simply on your hard drive.
2. Place the cursor anywhere on the web page where you want the image to appear.
3. From the menu bar, select Insert and Image....
4. A dialog box will appear, asking you where the image is located. Look for it and after selecting it, click OK.

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3. How to make changes to the downloaded images?

There are different ways to modify an image. You can open your image in programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft PhotoEditor or any other image editor. Depending on which program you use, it will give you different options to modify your images.

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4. How to edit a page that already is published?

To edit a page on Netscape Composer:

-  If you have your web page saved on your disk:
    Click on the Composer Icon found on the lower right hand side of your screen.
    Next, click on File  Open Page...
    Click on Choose File...
    On the right hand of the words Look in... click on its drop down menu (the one with an arrow pointing down).
Select the location where your web page is at. Select the name of your web page. Click on Open. Click on Open.

- If you are looking at your web page from Netscape Communicator:
   Click on File  Edit Page

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5. How to hyperlink text or graphic(Images) to other web pages?

Simply select the text by highlighting it (for an image, click on it once). From the menubar, select Insert  Hyperlink and type the name of the page where you want it to go.

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6. How to send an e-mail?

Different e-mail providers have their own way to send and read e-mail. I would advise to ask your e-mail provider for more information on this subject.

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7. When should I use an FTP or HTTP address?

Directory Structures FTP (File Transfer Protocol) When using the publish button in Composer      

ftp://unix.utb.edu/home/faculty/rhiperez/public_html/       HTTP (hypertext Transfer Protocol) When creating links within HTML documents  
     

http://unix.utb.edu/~rhiperez/3348/sample/presentation/  

FTP:

FTP is used only to TRANSFER (or PUBLISH) HTML pages to (or from) the Internet. If your Directory Structures get too complicated, write them down GRAPHICALLY as I have done above. That way, when you create a new directory to place new information into it, you can remember the FTP path (or address).

Example:

 A page was created to answer a question : How to send e-mail?
What is the FTP address going to be?

FIRST decide WHERE in your server space you want to place it. The best way to visualize is to go to WS-FTP and go through the directories. WRITE THEM DOWN! Of course the first one will be public_html. Write it down. Forward slash ( / ). The next directory will be FAQ. Write it down. Forward slash ( / ). If you want to create a new directory. Click on MkDir on your right side and name the directory. Lets say we named it email. Write it down. Forward slash ( / ). Click on the Publish button. that will open the dialogue box. Name the HTML file as: answer2.html ,so we can remember what it was. If you wrote the FTP path down correctly, it should look like this:

ftp://unix.utb.edu/home/faculty/rhiperez/public_html/faq/email/

Now if you did not want to make a new directory, then your filename will look like this:

ftp://unix.utb.edu/home/faculty/rhiperez/public_html/faq/

Finally, your question is how do I hyperlink it from my FAQ page. Highlight the text and/or image. Right click inside the highlighted. Choose create link using selected. That will open a dialogue box. Type:

http://unix.utb.edu/~rhiperez/faq/email/answer2.html

NOTICE two things:

1.  ~rhiperez is a symbolic link to home/faculty/rhiperez/public_html/ .
2.  We put the actual name of the HTML file at the end of the HTTP address because it was not named index.html.
 

In hypothetical thoughts we can assume that the HTML we just created was going to be the ONLY HTML document inside the email directory. We can then name the HTML document to index.html and write the link as follows:

http://unix.utb.edu/~rhiperez/faq/email/

WHY? Because index.html is the first (and only) HTML document inside the email directory.

The ONLY time you will write an HTTP address is when creating hyperlinks within Netscape Composer.
 

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8. How to edit a Power Point Presentation, frame by frame?

1.- Right click on frame window you want to edit.
2.- Select : Open frame in new window, from the open dialogue.
3.- Write down path and file name (URL address)
3.- File, Edit Page.Click
4.- Edit the frame text or image
5.- Publish. Write the file name in the FTP address
6.- Click Ok
7.- Select Navigator and
8.- Reload.

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