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CREATING A WEB PAGE: PART FIVE

Making the Frame and Completing the Web Page

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1. Double-click the FrontPage Editor icon. If the editor does not come up right away, click on tools and then View FrontPage editor.  Now you are on a new page.

Before entering information about the interviewee change the page background color to white. (Do this even if the screen is white already.) In order to change the background color go to File select Page Properties, the background tab and then under the background option select White and click OK for the change to occur. Click OK.

 
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2. Use the table button on the tool bar to create a two cell table (see below).

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3. If you have trouble with the table icon, click on Table, and then Insert Table. Set the row to 1 and the column to 2. Click OK.

Use the right button on the mouse, right click inside your table. Choose Table Properties from the menu.
Change the width to 640 pixels. Then change the border size to zero. Click OK.

Right click in the left-hand cell of the table. Select Cell Properties. Under Layout change the horizontal alignment to left and vertical to Top for the left cell. Click OK to accept the new cell properties. Repeat this process for the right-hand cell.

With your cursor in the left cell, click Insert, then Image. Locate where you have saved your still image (example: your floppy disk or the hard drive). Click OK.

Right click on the image. Select Image Properties, click on the Appearance Tab, Specify a size of width 320 pixels. Click OK.

Click in the right cell, type in the Name, age, hometown, occupation, and interviewer information. The name of the interviewee should be enlarged and made bold face so it stands out on the page.

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4. Enter the person’s demographic information into the right-hand cell of the table.

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4. Use the bottom left set of tabs to switch between Normal view (used to edit your page) and Preview (used to see what your finished product will look like in a web browser. HTML shows a number and word code for your page. Use Normal view for the construction process.
5. Insert a horizontal line. Type the word Interview in Bold face. Next, in MicrosoftWord, select your entire transcript. Copy it and Paste it below your horizontal line in FrontPage. Locate the end of your transcript. Insert another horizontal line.

Below the line, type a vertical line, space, Top of Page, space, vertical line, space, Home, space, vertical line, space, Oral History Archives, space, vertical line. (View a page in the Oral History Archives if you need an example) Select Top of Page. Click Edit, then hyperlink as before and enter the file name of the person's page. Click OK. Repeat the process with the word Home and enter the CTM home page address. Hyperlink the to Oral History Archives. When completed Save as File with the appropriate suffix (FirstinitialLastname.html).

You may view your web page in the Preview mode within FrontPage editor to see how it will appear to a user in a web browser.

Congratulations, you are done!
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