Whitley County Consolidated Schools

Most web sites revolve around a central page called index.html. In fact, Internet Explorer instinctively looks for this file when you point it to a site. If this page is not found, your browser may show the entire content of your MyWebsite folder; this is very unsecure. So, we'll now build the index.html web page; your main web page.

Perhaps you didn't know it, but you are able to access your MyWebsite folder from the web by entering http://www.wccsonline.com/~youruserid in the address bar of your web browser, Internet Explorer. So, be very careful about what you put inside this folder. If you can access it from the web, so can anyone else.

Step Two - Creating Your Home Page

On your desktop, you should have the Microsoft FrontPage icon. Double-click it to open the program. If you don't see it on the desktop, click Start and go up the menu to Microsoft Office and then Office Installs. FrontPage should reside there.

Microsoft FrontPage

• With FrontPage open, click on File and choose Open... from the menu.
• Browse to your I-drive (or My Documents) and double-click the folder mywebsite.
• Within that folder, click on TEMPLATEWCCS and then click Open.

The raw template should now be open in FrontPage.
• Within FrontPage, click on File and choose Save As.
• Type in the name index.html and click Save.

(INDEX.HTML is the page that will automatically load when someone goes to the address http://www.wccsonline.com/~youruserid. It is your Home Page.)
• In FrontPage, notice that there are four view tabs at the bottom-left of the screen: Design, Split, Code, and Preview.



• Design:  Allows you to drag-and-drop items directly onto the page. You can also enter text and pictures right onto the page, also. This view will be used most often.
• Split:  This view splits the work area between a design view and a code view. You probably won't use this very often at all.
• Code:  This view shows nothing but the page's program coding. Messing around here can really mess up your final product. If you are not familiar with HTML (HyperText Markup Language) coding, stay out of this view.
• Preview:  This gives you a view of how your page will look to visitors of your web site. This is useful to see what effect changes you make will have on the final output. This view will probably be your second most used view.
• Click on Design to ready your page for editing.
• So you don't destroy your template's formatting, only edit the obvious areas where it says Your Name Here - Title and This is your area.
• Click on Your Name Here - Title. You should get a flashing cursor. Remove the existing text and type in your own.
• Next, click on This is your area. You should get a flashing cursor. Remove the existing text and type in your own.
• Finally, click File and Save.

You have just created your home page! YOu can check it out by opening Internet Explorer and typing http://wccsonline.com/~youruserid in the Address Bar and clicking Go.

But you probably want to do more than just this.
   So, be sure to continue on!