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Basic Web site

To create a basic Web site	Click these topics to display onscreen Help or tutorial lessons
1. Plan a site.	Help Designing the structure of your Web site Deciding what to include in your Web pages Tutorial Lesson 1: Planning and defining your Web site
2. Define a site to hold all the pages and files it contains.	Help Setting up the site Using site assistants Using the Site Editor Tutorial Lesson 1: Planning and defining your Web site
3. Make pages for the site.	Help Creating a Web page Working in a Claris Home Page document Tutorial Lesson 2: Creating and formatting the home page
4. Add text to pages and format it.	Help Entering text Opening a text file from another application Applying styles to text Creating a list Changing the color of text Tutorial Lesson 2: Creating and formatting the home page
5. Choose background colors or patterns for pages.	Help Setting the color and background of your Web page Changing the color and background of a table
6. Use tables in pages to list information or design page layout.	Help Inserting a table Adding elements to the table Using the Table Object Editor Resizing a table or parts of a table Changing the alignment of elements in a table Tutorial Lesson 3: Creating tables
7. Use horizontal rules to separate information on pages.	Help Using horizontal rules to separate text
8. Add pictures to pages.	Help Inserting an image Using the Image Object Editor Setting the image size Cutting, copying, and pasting Using a library Tutorial Lesson 4: Adding images to a page Lesson 7: Creating a library to store images
9. Check your spelling on each page.	Help Checking your spelling
10. Set links in pages.	Help Linking to pages within your Web site Linking to an anchor in your page Linking to external Web pages and resources Tutorial Lesson 6: Creating links and anchors
11. Preview and test your pages.	Help Previewing your work Testing at different resolutions Testing with different Web browsers Testing the links Using the Statistics window Troubleshooting and problem solving
12. Upload your pages to a Web server.	Help Preparing to upload the site Uploading to the Web server Tutorial Lesson 10: Getting ready to upload

Advanced Web site

To create an advanced Web site	Click these topics to display onscreen Help or tutorial lessons
1. Create libraries to store images, media, boilerplate text, and so on.	Help Creating a library Tutorial Lesson 7: Creating a library to store images
2. Save your pages as templates that you can reuse.	Help Saving a page as a template
3. Modify tables and images for a professional look.	Help Using the Table Object Editor Changing the color and background of a table Using the Image Object Editor Making images interactive Creating an interlaced image Adding transparency to an image
4. Customize link color, create links on image maps, and create links to pages outside your site.	Help Changing the color of links Creating an image map
5. Create a page that uses frames to display other pages in your site.	Help Creating a page that uses frames Adding frames to your page Creating frames within frames Using the frame object editors Creating a navigational frame layoutt Modifying the frame explanatory message Tutorial Lesson 8: Creating a page that uses frames
6. Add multimedia to your Web site.	Help Adding multimedia that rely on browser plug-ins Adding a QuickTime movie to your Web page Adding a Java applet to your Web page
7. Create a page that contains forms for site-visitor input.	Help Inserting a form area Specifying the form's CGI script Adding elements to the form Tutorial Lesson 5: Creating a form for customer input
8. Connect a form in your site to a FileMaker Pro database.	Help Preparing the FileMaker Pro database Using the FileMaker Connection Assistant Editing FileMaker Pro form pages Using the FileMaker Connection Libraries
9. Add additional HTML to enhance your pages.	Help Adding extra HTML to your page Codes for special characters Tutorial Lesson 9: Viewing the HTML source
10. Learn mouse and keyboard shortcuts to make using Claris Home Page more efficient.	Help Shortcuts for using Claris Home Page
11. Use site maintenance features.	Help Using the Site Editor Consolidating media files Verifying links and references Uploading only files that have changed Downloading files from the Web Deleting files from the Web server
12. Test your site on a Web server.	Help Uploading to the Web server Testing on the Web server Testing your forms Testing the database in your site Testing the QuickTime movie