Within Page Links:
 The Right Mouse Button             Drag and Drop                             Graphics                Link Continues When Typing
 First Page Won't Come Up         Linked File won't Come Up         Can't Find My Files
 

That good old right mouse button                       Back
The right mouse button is your friend. (If you have your mouse set up for lefties, then replace right mouse button with left) You can use the right mouse button as a shortcut for all kinds of thinks from selecting your "Page Properties" to editting your links, to specifying actions and properties within a table.

Going to the objext (link or table or picture or text ...) or on an empty space on you page, clicking the right mouse button will bring you up a number of options for editting (or creating).

The "drag and drop"                                           Back
You can move "drag" web URLs from the address bar in Netscape to your web page, an email or document.
Here's what I've found to be easiest....
- Have the page you are working on up in Composer
-  Go to the web page you want to link to
- Shrink the screen on this page (overlapping "screen" button at the top left of the window)
- Click to bring up  your Composer page, then click back on Netscape (you should be able to see the desired page on top and your page underneath)
- Click and hold down the mouse key on the little bookmark next to the URL and drag it to your page in Composer.
 

Oooh I like that background (or other grahic)        Back
You can dedicate some time searching the numerous websites (some of which are listed on the Resource page) looking for backgrounds, buttons, bars, and graphics that you like. There is some great stuff available for free, and clipart by the gazillions.

You can also keep an eye out during the course of your surfing find things by accident. If you find a background (for example) that looks good to you, you can click your right mouse button on it (here we go again) and save the graphic image of it to your computer. You can then incorporate it into your web page.

This procedure is also true at the free sites. If you don't want to download a whole "series" which is the usual option, you can select the one(s) you want in the same manner.

What about copyright you ask? Copyright is sometimes an issue with graphics, but my experience is that on those sites where that is the case they have protected the site so you can't save their graphics.

Why won't the first page of my web come up?        Back
Well, most likely it is because of the file name you have used. The surest way is to name that page index.html. Web software automaticall looks for this name as the front page of a site. Naming your first page something else means that everyone must put in the exact name of the file to access you site.

Why won't a page come up in my site?                   Back
While Windows and Mac file formats allow you to have spaces in file names, the web does not. If the file you are linking to has spaces in the file name, the odds are you will have trouble. Make sure that all files you "call" do not have spaces.
                            Wrong Example: Week 3 Assignments.html
                            Correct Example: week_3_assignments.html

I type and the underline for the link keeps going and going and going .....
Ok, so Netscape has a few oddities and this is one of them. When you type in the text to be displayed for the link, it takes exactly what you type. This means there is no "space" at the end of the displayed link. I know this sounds silly, but the way out of the problem is to copy a space and paste it at the end of the link.

I can't find a ******* thing on my computer        Back
I always recommend that you set up one main directory (or folder) in which you save you web stuff. You can make sub-folders off of this for topical or special files. Put (or save) all your webpages in this folder. This will dramatically simplify maintaining, finding, and uploading your work. It also makes it MUCH easier to backup you webpage and related documents. AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND KEEPING A BACKUP.
 

How do I load my web pages to the server?           Back
The easiest way is to use FTP or WS_FTP. This program is downloadable from the Help Desk site under Files for Download (this is on campus only). Here is the dirct link to the download page  Files available for Download

To set up WS_FTP use the following instructions:
1. Open WS_FTP
2. Under the "Profile Name" select the "New" button
3. Type in Spot for the profile name
4. under "Host name/address" type in spot.pcc.edu
5. Host type should be UNIX standard
6. Your user id and password are the ones you use to access your space on "spot"

When you actually connect to Spot, you will automatically be in your Spot directory. This displays on the right fram of the page.

On the left side is either your default or current directory on your computer. You can set the default to your web page folder -- which I recommend.

Simply click on the file(s) you want to upload and click the right arrow key. They will be moved to Spot (or if you select files on Spot use the left arrow key to move them to you computer.

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There is another way which works great for one file, but is cumbersome for multiple files. (Netsacpe Only)
Bring your web page up on the internet and select File/Edit page. This opens your file in Composer.

Make your changes, save your file and click the "Publish" button.
- Check the information at the top of the dialog box to make sure that it is the right file name.
- In the HTTP or FTP box enter the following:
        ftp://spot.pcc.edu/export/home0/?????????/public_html/
        (replace the question marks (????) with your user name.
- Click "OK"