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Open FrontPage. On a Mac, always go in through the Explorer. If you have only one web it will automatically go there. Pick "folder view". Click on the page you want to change. (this takes you to the editor) Make your changes. Save your changes. Quit from the Editor first. It will remind you to save if you forgot. Quit from the Explorer next. (If you do the reverse, the Editor has no web to which to save)

The directions below are ONLY for a Macintosh computer.

Then comes the fun part. After you have Quit FrontPage, click on Fetch. You will have only 4 lines of information to fill in:

Line 1. 216.202.193.18

Line 2. tbromley (actually your own user name)

Line 3. ••••• (this is your e-mail password)

Line 4. tbromley (or the name of your web in the sky)

(I have tried to set permission for you. I'll get to you and show you where this is in Fetch for now don't worry about it. )

Then press Return and you will be connected to the server in the sky. You should be connected to the interior of your personal folder.

You want to PUT something on the server so click on the word PUT. A little box opens up showing your hard drive. Here's the hard part...unless you are lucky and it opened right to your web on your hard drive, you have to navigate to the place on your own hard drive where you keep your web...it should be in FrontPageWebs. Open your web. Click on the page, GIF or JPG you wish to PUT up on the server in the sky. Click Ok or Done or whatever it asks. It will then say, "do you want to replace the page that is already on the server?" Think first. Then click "OK" The little fetch doggy will then "fetch" your page from your computer and run it up to the server in the sky. It is a miracle of dog training. My dog, Honey, won't even bring me a stick!

There is much much more... If you want to add a great many things at a time, use the pull down menu.

Would you believe that half of Onekama's elementary teachers are now managing their own web site? I am incredulous! You are all so great.

Being a "webmaster" comes with a set of responsibilities. Check and find out what is allowed on line. We have chosen to use only first names of elementary students. I tend NOT to match photographs of children with their name.

And Welcome to any newcomers who have found Onekama School's "direction pages". Please let us know who you are and how you are doing. We would be happy to answer any questions.

It's a good idea to "Preview in Browser" after making changes. Save first. This option is found under "File". You won't have made changes on the server in the sky, but you will be able to see what it would look like when you do. Check links. Do they go where you want them to go? If not, fix now before you FTP it to the server.

When you make your table you may want to set the width of each column. You can see I set the first column of this page very small (6%) so I could use it as a title. (I set the other two columns at 47% each.) This is where knowledge of higher math comes in.

Also, you will want to go to "Cell Properties" under "Table" and set the vertical alignment. I usually set mine to "top", though there are times I need "middle" of "bottom". Set the alignment for each cell.

You can make each cell a different color in "cell properties". You can change the color of the text by highlighting the text and clicking on the color palette. On a Mac I usually choose from the crayon box rather than the color wheel. For the first column I used chalk and green (Go State!) If you plan to print on a color printer, be very cautious about using background color in your tables and cells. It prints and uses up a whole lot of printer stuff. This costs big bucks.

In "Format" you set your whole page background color as well as the color of your links. The default links are the ones generally accepted. You may need to change them so they can be seen over your background. Or you may, like me, dislike that purple color. Whatever. You do the deciding in "Format". Background colors chosen in "Format" generally don't print, or if they do, just for a short while. (When printing from the web, I use "print preview" first. This lets you decide whether to print the background--or at least it does on my Epson 740 & 850)

Be cautious about backgrounds. Some make it very hard to see text. Light colors are probably best. If you do like dark colors (like the green I used) be sure to use large light color text and check in your browser to see if it is readable. White text on dark background can be attractive.

Be cautious about adding too many animated gifs and other decorative things. Your page may take too long to load. Flashing gifs give me a headache and moving text stresses me and my trifocals out. But you are probably 10 to 50 years younger than me. It's your page. You decide.

Inserting TEXT files: Let's say that each of your students has written an "essay". They have all saved their essay to the file server. You want to gather all these essays and put them on your web page. Here's how I do it. (if you come up with a better way, let me know.) I go to the file server and pull from each student's folder the the essay they wrote. I put them into a folder. (I tell them in advance what to name their file so I can find it.) I am merely taking a copy. (I move it to the Macintosh HD to accomplish this.) The original is still in their folder. Next I pull all these files into one big file and save it as a text file--or if you have the option, save as html. Each word-processing program I've come across allows you to do this. Then I go to FrontPage and make a new page with two columns. I use the "insert" menu and choose "file". I choose that I want a text file, then I say I want "normal paragraphs". It comes in fairly well. You will lose formatting such as indents, font, bold, etc. You add these. Center titles, names, and pretty it up. Voila! A new page. That's how this page was made: Fifth grade band. I also take text directly from e-mail and put it in my web. It appears that e-mail is understood by FrontPage.

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