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Creating HTML Pages
There are many things to consider when presenting your information to
the world. This section is broken up into two smaller sections:
Important Conventions to Use
When creating your pages to be viewed on our server, there are certain conventions that
you must follow in order for the server to correctly serve your pages.
- When someone wishes to access your pages from our server, they will most
likely type in your URL something like this:
http://www.wyenet.com/youraccount
or
http://yourdomain.com/
- In order for the server software to pull up your pages, there must be a
page in your directory named "index.htm" or "index.html".
This is what the server looks for as a default file to bring up as the first page in your
set of pages. If one is not there you will get a "Forbidden. You don't have
permission to access /" message.
- You must also remember that when you reference your own pages from within
your html documents, the files are CASE SENSITIVE. For example,
"mypage.html" is a different file than "MyPage.html".
- Try not to incorporate spaces into any of the names of your files or
folders, as it will just be more complicated for you, and anyone viewing your pages.
General HTML Do's and Don't's
Here are some tips to help the overall quality of your pages.
- DO - Sit down before you create your pages, and brainstorm about
what your goals are for your pages. Try asking yourself some of these questions:
What information do I wish to convey, or have available?
What is my target audience?
What type of browsers do I wish to write for?
- DO - Take time to organize your pages by drawing a storyboard of
their progression. You will be much happier if you take the time in the beginning.
- DON'T - Inundate your pages with graphics that are too large.
Graphics are an important element to many sites, but if they are used in excess, they may
make your readers leave. Try using some utilities to make the graphics you scan or create
smaller.
- DON'T - Make your pages too large in width or length. Not everyone
has large monitors, and scrolling is something that may turn off your readers.
- DO - Break up your pages into logical sections to make it easier
for your readers to find what they are interested in.
- DO - Look at the source code of any cool pages that you find to
see how the author created them.
- DO - Obtain texts on the subject for reference. HTML books are
everywhere these days, so go to your local bookstore and indulge yourself.
These are just some suggestions on creating your Web pages. There are
many publications on and off the Web about how to create your pages.
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