Basic Computing for Historians--Workshop II--Creating Websites and Digital Images

by Newton Key and Michael Kroell

Workshop June 6, 2000

1. Review

• Managing your computer (uh-oh: files and directories) (from September 11, 1998)
• Cut-and-paste (from September 11, 1998)
  • Note ctrl-x (cut), ctrl-c (copy), ctrl-v (paste) are just shortcuts to the following:
    • highlight text, then pull down edit, cut; OR, right-click cut
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• highlight text, then pull down edit, copy; OR, right-click copy
• once you have either done a copy or a cut, place cursor where you want text to go, click once, then pull down edit, paste; OR, right-click paste

• Creating folders/directories, using:
  • My Computer
    • double click "My Computer" icon
    • double click C: drive, and again in folders and subfolders, say "My Documents," until level desired reached (in which you want to place a further subfolder, say, "website")
    • either: click and pull down file, new, folder; OR, right-click in white space and go to new, folder
    • either: highlight new folder and pull down file, rename; OR, highlight new folder, pause, and click for second time on new folder (both allow you to rename new folder to something you want).
  • Windows Explorer
    • go to start, programs, windows explorer (or create shortcut for same on desktop)
    • double click on folder and subfolder desired (in which you want to place a further subfolder, say, "website")
    • either: click and pull down file, new, folder; OR, right-click in white space and go to new, folder
    • either: highlight new folder and pull down file, rename; OR, highlight new folder, pause, and click for second time on new folder (both allow you to rename new folder to something you want).
  • FrontPage Express; OR, Netscape Composer
    • pull down file, save as, and click "as file" (FrontPage); OR, file, save as (Composer)
    • right-click in white space and go to new, folder
    • either: highlight new folder and pull down file, rename; OR, highlight new folder, pause, and click for second time on new folder (both allow you to rename new folder to something you want).
  • WS_FTP95 LE
    • go to start, communication, WS_FTP95, ver. 4.50
    • on left side double click the "up arrow . ." until just C: listed at top
    • double click on folder and subfolder desired (in which you want to place a further subfolder, say, "website")
    • click "MkDir"
    • enter new name (say "website")
    • (note: while WS_FTP is the clunkiest choice; it is the easiest choice when it comes to establishing folders [now called directories in Unix world] on the server [the right-hand boxes] and so is important)

2. Web basics

• URLs
  • absolute and relative
  • simple, frames, java
  • .pdf, .jpg, .gif
  • mailto:
• Code
  • <material in brackets> (see "View, HTML.." in FrontPage Express)
• FTP
• Conventions
  • .htm or .html
  • index.htm, welcome.htm

3. Microsoft IE and FrontPage Express

• Creating a new page
• Modifying an existing page
  • Bailey Young http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfbky or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/young/youngpic.htm
  • Debra Reid http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfdar2 or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/reid/reid2.htm
  • Anita Shelton http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfas or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/shelton/sheltpic.htm
  • Charles Titus http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfct or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/titus/tituspic.htm
  • Mark Voss-Hubbard http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfmv or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/vosshubb-m/vosshub-m2.htm
  • Rob Desrochers http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfred or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/desrochers/desroch.htm
  • Carla Gerona http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfcg or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/gerona/gerona2.htm
  • Lynne Curry http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cflc2/
  • Roger Beck http://ux1.eiu.edu/~cfrbb or http://www.eiu.edu/~history/faculty/beck/beck.htm
• Publishing a page to your website

4. WS_FTP Creating and modifying folders/directories on your website (server)

5. Word and Wordperfect

• Publishing/converting word processed documents to html
• Publishing/converting word processed documents to pdf

6. Scanning