To get started, the first thing you'll need to do is decide on a web site you like. You can use the Preview Pages to locate a Web Site you like.
Take note of the number for the web site you'd like to use.
The next step is to copy the web site you your hard drive. It's very important that you copy the folder to you hard drive first and that you use copied file for editing. Some HTML editors will let you edit files from the CD-ROM, but since your cannot write the files back to the CD-ROM you will not be able to save the files!
Copying your web site requires knowledge of your Operating System's file management capabilities. Here is a quick overview, but you'll need to consult your Operating System manual for the details on copying files.
On Windows:
- Locate the My Computer icon on your desktop. (Usually upper-left corner.)
- Double-Click it to open it's directory window.
- You'll see a listing of disks and drives on your machine.
- Right-Click on your CD-ROM drive with the disc label "Wpp2".
- Select "Explore" from the drop down menu.
- Open the folder called "Templates".
- Find the numbered folder corresponding to the template you want, and Right-Click on it.
- Select "Copy" from the menu.
- Open your hard drive, or the folder on your hard drive where you want to work with the files.
- Right-Click in the folder you want to use and select "Paste".
The files you want are now copied on your hard drive in the directory you specified. Before you work with the files however, you will need to remove their "Read-Only" settings. This will allow you to modify the files.
- Open the copy of the template folder you just made on your hard drive.
- From the "Edit" menu, click on "Select All".
- Right-Click on one of the highlighted files, and select "Properties".
- Un-check the box that says "Read-Only" and press the "OK" button.
Once you've copied the files up, you might want to take a look in the folder you copied to see exactly what files are in there.
Both the Dynamic and Plain version of each Web Site are in that folder. If you decide to you the Plain version (without the JavaScript) then you can throw away the folder called "dynamic." If you want to use the dynamic version of the Web Site, then the only two folder you'll need are "pics" and "dynamic." Everything else in the folder can go.
It's very important that you do not move any files within this folder. They are all linked together and the only way those links can change is if your HTML Editor knows where they've been moved. A good HTML Editor can easily re-link files if it can't locate them. For instance, the Dynamic versions of the web sites expect to find the images (the "pics" folder) in it's parent folder, whereas the Plain versions expect to find them in it's own folder.
Now open the site you copied to your hard drive in your HTML Editor. Be very sure that you don't accidently try to open a Web Site from the CD-ROM! Always copy the Web Site to your hard drive first!
From here you'll need to consult the documentation of your HTML Editor on how to edit the site. All HTML Editors work differently.
Once you've got the site looking the way you want it, and you've saved it back to your hard drive, you're ready to move on to the next section: Copying your Site up to the Web.