using publisher to create a web site mr. sandford’s u. s. history class
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Using Publisher to Create a Web Site
Mr. Sandford’s
U. S. History Class
Most Important! Create Your Folder First
• In your U:drive, create a Folder labeled with your last name, first name that will hold your web page and resources, such as pictures.
• In this folder create another new folder called pictures. It is here that you will save all of your pictures.
Do not copy and paste pictures—you must save pictures as files to
be inserted later.
Insert > Picture> From File >your name folder >Picture folder
Name your main folder—you can create it on the desktop, be sure to move it to your U:drive
Picture folder inside of main folder
Click Web Sites on the Publisher Menu and Select a Template
Use the Wizard to Select Colors
Customize Your Web Page and Click Next
Navigation Bars
Sound??
Background Features?
Select Area for Change—Use Web Site Wizard for Features
To Temporarily Save Your Work• If you are not finished with creating your web
page and want to come back to it at a later date, select File > Save As
• Locate your main folder with your name in your U:drive, open it and save this file in it.
• You must supply a name for this file. Use one word and lower case. My example is “test”
CAUTION: ONLY USE “SAVE AS A WEB PAGE”
WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE CHANGES TO
MAKE!
ONCE YOU USE THIS FEATURE, YOU CAN NO
LONGER EDIT YOUR SITE.
Making Changes to Your Site
• Open the Publisher document (test) in your main folder.
• You can continue to add or delete information to your site.
• Remember, use Save As if you are not ready to convert your work to html.
Ready to Convert to html
Are you finished making changes? If so, let’s transform your Publisher file
to a web or html file.
To Save, Select “Save As Web Page”
Publisher Supplies the Name of the Folder and the Pathway—
Click OK
Your Web Folder—What You Just Did and What You Still
Need To Do
• You have automatically saved your web page to a folder named “Publish”.
• It went to “My Documents” on the “C” drive.• Windows ’98 users: When you log off you will
lose your work if you are on a (white computer) due to Deep Freeze. You MUST Copy and Paste the folder “Publish” to your main (your name) folder in your U: drive so your work will not be lost.
To Do This
• Right Click on the Folder “Publish” or Select Edit
• Select “Copy”• Open your U:drive and select your main
(your name) folder.• Select Paste• Be sure the folder and its contents are
pasted into your U: drive.
Last Step—Copy Folder to Mr. Sandford’s Public Folder
• When you are ready to transfer your website to Mr. Sandford for publishing onto his web page
• Right click on your main folder (your name)• Select Copy• At Start button > Select Run > type
\\hsfp1\public > Open Mr. Sandford’s folder > Paste