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1. Create the Web Pages

  • Click on FileNew File
    Name the File: index.htm
    This file must be saved inside the local root folder
  • Repeat to add the rest of the pages in your site

Remember file naming conventions:
»
all lower case
» no_spaces

 

create new page

2. Build Your Home Page
  • Open the file index.htm

3. Insert a table.

  • Click on Insert and select Table.
  • Make sure it has 3 rows, 3 columns, width at 85% and border is 1
  • Click OK

Note: Even though Cell Padding (internal cell margins) and Cell Spacing (the space between the cells) are empty, the default is one pixel. If you want it to be zero pixels, you must type a 0.

insert table

Cell Spacing = the space between the cells
Cell Padding = the internal margins inside the cells
Border = the table border
The Width of the table can be in percent or in Pixels.

Note: These settings apply to the entire table and are all or none. You can nest tables to apply different settings

4. Merge cells in the table

  • Click in a cell in the first row of the table you just inserted and click on the <tr> tag to select that row

select table row

  • Click on the merge button on the property inspector.

table property inspector

 

Row or Cell Properties

Notice the Property inspector displays the properties for the selected cells or row in the table.

1- Horizontal position of text [left, center or right]
2- Vertical Position of text [top, center or bottom]
3- Merge Cells
4- Split cell
5- Bg-Change the background color
6- Brdr-Change the border color
7- Add a background image
8- W-Enter in pixels or percent the width of the selected cells
9- H-Enter in pixels or percent the height of the selected cells

5. Modify the table--

  • Click on the <table> tag on the tag bar. Notice the property inspector displays the "properties" of the table.

table property inpector

Table Properties

Table properties affect the entire table. You can't just change a row or a cell.

Rows-type number of rows in the table
Cols-type in the number of columns in the table
W-enter in pixels or percent, the width of the table
H-enter in pixels or percent, the height of the table
Cell Pad refers to the internal margins of cells in a table
CellSpace refers to the distance in pixels between cells
Align refers to the alignment of the table content
Border lets you enter the width of the border in pixels
Bg Color refers to the Background Color of the table
Brdr Color refers to the Border Color of the table
Bg Image lets you add a background image to the table.

6. Insert an image such as a logo.

  • Click in the first row of your table
  • Click on Insert Image
Another way to insert an image is to click on the image button image button on the Common Tool bar

7. Change the text with the property inspector.

  • Select the text

change text with property inspector

1. Default font allows you to change the font to one of the default fonts. It is important to stick with one of the six defaul font groups to ensure that viewers see the correct content.
2. Size allows you to change font size
4. the box next to size allows you to change the font.
5. B-Bold
6. I- Italics
7. Left, Center or Right justify
8. Link the text by selecting text and typing the URL in the Link field

8. Add a navigation table.

  • Insert a table
  • Click in the first cell of the second row
  • Click on Insert and select Table.
  • Make sure it has:
    • one row for each page in your site that you will link to from your home page. [For example, Home [index.htm], etc.]
    • only one column, width at 100% and border is 1
  • Click OK
Another way to insert a table is to click on the insert table button insert table button on the Common Toolbar

9. Link the pages.

  • Add the names of your pages to the navigation table
  • Select the text [For example, Home which is normally
    linked to the index.htm page.]
  • Type the name of the file in the link field of the property inspector
 Learn about linking documents, files, creating internal links.
 
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