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There are many things to consider when
presenting your information to the world. This section is broken up into two
smaller sections:
Important Conventions to Use
When creating your pages to be viewed on our server, there are certain
conventions that you must follow in order for the server to correctly
serve your pages.
- When someone wishes to access your pages
from our server, they will most likely type in your URL something like
this:
http://users.boernenet.com/~your-user-name
or
http://www.yourdomain.com/
- In order for the server software to pull
up your pages, there must be a page in your directory named "index.htm"
or "index.html". This is what the server looks for as a
default file to bring up as the first page in your set of pages. If one
is not there you will get a "Forbidden. You don't have permission
to access /" message.
- You must also remember that when you
reference your own pages from within your html documents, the files are CASE
SENSITIVE. For example, "mypage.html" is a different file
than "MyPage.html".
- Try not to incorporate spaces into any of
the names of your files or folders, as it will just be more complicated
for you, and anyone viewing your pages.
General HTML Do's and Don't's
Here are some tips to help the overall quality of your pages.
- DO - Sit down before you create
your pages, and brainstorm about what your goals are for your pages. Try
asking yourself some of these questions:
What information do I wish to convey, or have available?
What is my target audience?
What type of browsers do I wish to write for?
- DO - Take time to organize your
pages by drawing a storyboard of their progression. You will be much
happier if you take the time in the beginning.
- DON'T - Inundate your pages with
graphics that are too large. Graphics are an important element to many
sites, but if they are used in excess, they may make your readers leave.
Try using some utilities to make the graphics you scan or create
smaller.
- DON'T - Make your pages too large
in width or length. Not everyone has large monitors, and scrolling is
something that may turn off your readers.
- DO - Break up your pages into
logical sections to make it easier for your readers to find what they
are interested in.
- DO - Look at the source code of any
cool pages that you find to see how the author created them.
- DO - Obtain texts on the subject
for reference. HTML books are everywhere these days, so go to your local
bookstore and indulge yourself.
These are just some suggestions on creating
your Web pages. There are many publications on and off the Web about how to
create your pages.
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