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

Newton Key

Workshop
 
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
    • 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)

6. Attachments

• --emailing attachments and reading received attachments,
• --printing

7. Saving

• --Save As..., for transferring files between Word and Wordperfect.

8. HTML

• --[elementary web construction; throwing syllabus on web--this may be reserved for a later workshop]