1.) Open Mozilla Composer
Open Mozilla the webpage brower,
look along the top menu bar,
under WINDOW open COMPOSER.
2 .)
If you would like to change background color
of page:
Along top menu bar, under Page Colors
and Backgrounds
click Use custom colors, select background
color, choose from menu that pops up.click
OK.
3.)
Click inside your page, and type YOUR
NAME and ART 003, Images for the Web
highlight your text and choose the
center text option (similiar to how you center
text in Word)
Change text styles under top menu bar FORMAT
fonts, text styles, size colors can be changes
there.
Note: if you return space it will be a double
space,
if you return while holding shift the key
it is a single space
4.)
It is good practice to Save frequently incase
the application quits.
**ALSO ALWAYS BE SURE TO SAVE YOUR
WEBPAGE BEFORE YOU IMPORT ANY IMAGES!
click Save, save page as
"art003", it should automatically
add ".html" to the the title so
that it will read:
"art003.html" **MAKE SURE
YOU SAVE IT IN YOUR ART003 FOLDER!!!
NOT INSIDE A FOLDER IN YOUR ART003 FOLDER
BUT RIGHT THERE IN YOUR ART003 FOLDER.
5.)Create
links to your furture assignments:
Create a Table: Across the
top menu bar choose Table:
a menu bar appears where you can change rows
and columns and border size,
Create a table with 4 columns and 1 row.
(you can change the properties of your tables
or cells later by clicking on your table till
you see the little sqares in the corners,
and double clicking tilla menu bar appears,
you can choose table or cell and make changes,
as needed) a border of zero means nolines
will appear on your webpage, but while you
are working onthe page, in Mozilla, a (red)
dotted line will be visable, so you can see
your tables.
Type the names of your assignments in each
box, such
as:
Assignment 3, Assignment 4, Assignment 6,
Assignment 6.
Even though we have not created the future
assignment .html pages we can make the links
to each assignment by highliting the text
in each box and typing the name of each future
page in the LINK BOX. (along the top menu
bar is is LINK box)
Highlight the assignment 3 text. In the link
box type in "assignment3.html"
Highlight the assignment 4 text. In the link
box type in "assignment4.html"
Highlight the assignment 5 text. In the link
box type in "assignment5.html"
Highlight the assignment 6 text. In the link
box type in "assignment6.html"
IN ORDER FOR LINKS TO WORK YOU MUST
SAVE THE PAGE
exactly the same way you typed it in the LINK
box, no CAPS OR spaces. no strange characters.
6.)
Save -- **ALWAYS BE SURE TO SAVE YOUR
WEBPAGE BEFORE YOU IMPORT ANY IMAGES!
7.) TO INSERT AN IMAGE:
click on INSERT, Choose
IMAGE, browse in your art003 folder
until you find the picture that you created
for assignment 1. You can type in words to
indicate the picture in the alternate text
box. BE SURE THE IMAGE YOU IMPORT
HAS BEEN PROPERLY SIZED (no larger than 9",
72 pixels) AND THAT you IMPORTED IT FROM YOUR
ART003 folder, NOT from inside a
folder in your art003 folder, but right there,
but you picture and you page are on the same
layer, in the same folder, in your art003
folder!
8.) Reminder: So you don't lose your work
so far: SAVE
9.)
Once you have done this and become more confident
please feel free to make your pages fancier
and more interesting.You can select and highlight
boxes.
Change sizes by dragging squares.
Change colors by highlighting inside boxes
and clicking on the little boxes near the
menu with 2 squares, to the right of where
it says body text.
When you finish be sure to Save this page
in
your art003 folder!
BECAUSE
ALL .HTMLS AND .JPGS MUST BE IN THE SAME FOLDER
Once
your pages are saved, see:
How to Post Webpages on Your PSU Webspace