Opening Front Page Express and creating your work folders

  1. Double click the Front Page Express icon.
  2. Go to File >>> Open >>> (Your folder) >>> New Folder
  3. Click new folder and name the folder foodweb
  4. Within the new folder foodweb create another folder named pictures. To the top.

Saving a picture in your "pictures" folder

  1. Go to the Amazon Food Web site
  2. Use the following path to get to the Home Page template; The Process >>> Home Page template.
  3. Put your cursor over the "Picture Goes Here" picture
  4. Right click the mouse while the cursor is over the picture.
  5. Highlight "Save Picture As…" and left click
  6. In the "Save In" window direct the computer to your new folder "pictures",
    (your folder) >>> foodweb >>> pictures
  7. Save the picture in your pictures folder. Make sure the file name for this picture is actually "picture". You can rename other pictures you save but this one should be named picture.
  8. The steps above can be applied to many images on the Internet. You must get permission to use the images though. Without permision it is against the law to use copyrighted images, it is stealing. To the top.

Copying a template page

  1. Go to a template page.
  2. Right click on the yellow portion of the page.
  3. Highlight "View Source" and left click
  4. Go to Edit >>> "Select All" and left click
  5. Go to Edit (again) >>> "Copy" (or CTRL+C) and left click
  6. Now go to Front Page Express.
  7. Go to View >>> "HTML".
  8. Highlight all of the HTML code by left clicking the beginning of the code and dragging the cursor down past the end of the code.
  9. Once all of the code is highlighted hit the delete key.
  10. Then paste the new code from Mr. B's site by hitting the "CTRL" key and the "V" key at the same time.
  11. Click "OK".
  12. Save the page by going to File >>> "Save As".
  13. Change the Page Name and then click the "As File" button in lower right corner of the "Save As" Window.
  14. Next, click the Browse button and direct the computer to your "foodweb" folder. To the top.

Inserting a picture

  1. You first need to save the picture in your 'pictures' folder. See above for details.
  2. While in Front Page Express, place your cursor in the position you want your picture to be.
  3. Go to Insert >>> Image and left click.
  4. Click the "Browse" button and direct the computer to your "pictures" folder.
  5. Either double click the picture you want to insert or click the picture title once and then click the "Open" button.
  6. The picture is then instantly inserted. To the top.

Naming your page and saving it in your "foodweb" folder

  1. While working in Front Page Express, go to File >>> "Save As" and left click.
  2. Delete the word "Template" from the Page Title. You can also rename the page but don't!
  3. Left click the "As File" button and direct the computer to the "foodweb" folder within your folder. Once you are in your "foodweb" folder click "Save". Do not place this page in your "pictures" folder, the "pictures" folder is for pictures and not web pages. To the top.

Changing the look of your web page

  1. Text: Highlight words and then go to File >>> "Font" and change the font, color and size of the text.
  2. Background: Go to File >>> "Background" and change the color of the background. Make sure your background and text colors are adequate matches. Your viewers does not need to get a headache while looking at your web site! You can use a picture background if you want to and you know how. You can also change the color of your links, active links, and visited links from the background screen. To the top.

Making Links: Giving sites credit for the pictures you use

  1. When using a picture from another site, write the name of the site underneath the picture.
  2. Highlight the name of the site.
  3. Go to Insert >>> "Hyperlink".
  4. Write the site's entire web address in the URL window. You can use the CTRL+C to copy an address and CTRL+V to paste the address into the window. Cutting and pasting prevents incorrect addresses.
  5. Click "OK". To the top.

Saving your work as you work

  1. Do not lose any of your hard work. Save frequently to avoid those "crashes". If your computer crashes You will lose everything since the last time you saved the page.
    Go to File >>> "Save". Save frequently and always before you close out of Front Page Express. To the top.

Viewing your work

  1. Open Explorer (Memorial Middle School's Home Page).
  2. Go to File >>> "Open" and left click.
  3. Click the "Browse" button.
  4. Direct the computer to your "foodweb" folder.
  5. Either double click the page you want to view or click the page title once and click the "Open" button.
  6. If you make changes to your page and want to view those changes, save the page in Front Page Express and then click the "Refresh" button in Explorer. Your page will reload with the changes. To the top.