Creating the web page files

Naming your files

• All local URLs (references to your files) should be lowercase characters for portability.
• Make all references to your files, such as graphic images, relative by excluding all of the drive and directory designation. For example, if you want to include a graphic image called "picture.gif", make the URL just "picture.gif", not "C:\homepage\picture.gif".
• If you choose to use the BASE HTML tag, be careful to understand its effects.
• Windows 3.x (DOS) specifics
  • HTML documents need an extension of ".html".
  • Name your home page "index.html". This tells us which page you want to be shown first.
• Windows 95 specifics
  • HTML documents need an extension of ".html". Your Win95 configuration should recognizes ".html" file types as HTML documents.
  • Refrain from using white space (e.g. spaces) in file names.
  • Name your home page "index.html". This tells us which page you want to be shown first.

Counters

You have a counter which can track the number of "hits" your homepage receives. Counters show you how many times your web page has been viewed. You must include a reference to the counter for it to be incremented. Many counter options exist to allow you to customize the appearance of your counter.

Uploading your files

• After running your FTP program...
  • specify ftp.locl.net as the host name
  • use your Locl-Net user name for the FTP user ID (all lower case)
  • use your Locl-Net password for the FTP password
  • You are ready to connect
• After connecting, you will be able to transfer files. For security reasons, you will not be able to see any files on the Locl-Net server.
• For Windows 3.x users, your HTML documents will be installed within five minutes.