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Home Page 2000 Help
Creating and editing pages
with EZ Home Page 2000 is simple. However, if you need assistance, you've
come to the right place! This help page should have opened in a new
browser window - just close the window to go back or you can switch back
and forth. Only the administrator can create a community. Once it is
created then you can join it.
HELP TOPICS:
Creating a page
Editing a page
Deleting a page
User Image Upload
Lost Logins
Error messages
Known Problems
Creating
a page
Home pages are created by
completing a simple form. Here's a rundown of the form fields and what they
do:
First...Click on
"Member Setup"
Select Your State - this is where your page will be listed .
YOUR NAME
Self explanatory - your name. This is used as a link to your Email address
on your home page. This is a required field as it also provides necessary
EZHomepg account information.
LOGIN ID remember
this...it is your password
This should be a single word that will be used to log into your account
to either edit or delete your home page - it shouldn't be easy to guess!
This is a required field.
COUNTER OPTIONS
Select the Do Not Use Counter
radio button for no counter
Select the Use White
Numbers On Black Counter radio button for this support.
Select the Use Black
Number On White Counter radio button for this support
You may also set and
reset the amount of hits displayed by entering a number in the Set or
Reset Hits Entry Field
FILE NAME remember
this...you will need it for updates
The file name of your page consisting of letters and numbers only. It
should be a single word - spaces will be replaced with underscores.
Don't
include the file extension. Your URL will become http://www.kid-sports.com/sites/(state)/yourname.html. This is a required
field.
Do you want this page moved to the top of the index
page?
This is an option that the administrator may set to active or inactive
and only works for updating a page. If you select yes then the updated page
link will be moved from it's current position on the index page to the top.
The status line under this question will tell you if the option is active
or inactive.
HEADLINE
The headline of your page. This appears at the top of your page, as the
title of your page, and as your listing on our index page. This is
a required field. IMPORTANT:
Follow the format "Community Year Age Sport - Team" You
can change this later to update your page, but you need this format for
the index.
SUB HEADING
This appears underneath the heading of your page.
DO YOU WANT THE HEADLINE
AND SUB HEADING CENTERED?
Select whether or not you want the heading and sub heading centered on
the page. If you select 'No' they will be left justified.
TEXT FONT FACE
The font face of the text on your page. Enter the name of the font you
wish to use, followed by some alternatives for computers that don't have
your first choice installed. Separate each with a comma. This field defaults
to 'verdana, helvetica, arial'.
THUMBNAIL GRAPHIC
Choose a graphic to appear on the index page, or select 'No graphic'.
if external images are allowed (another administrator option)
then the thumbnail can be anywhere but the full path (URL) must
be entered
PAGE GRAPHIC
Choose a graphic to appear beneath your sub heading, or select 'No
graphic'. if external images are allowed (another administrator
option) then the page graphic can be anywhere but the full path (URL)
must be entered
DO YOU WANT THE IMAGE
CENTERED?
Select whether or not you want the image centered. If you select 'No'
the image will be left justified.
OPTIONAL EXTRA GRAPHICS
The extra graphics are not picked but entered manually there can
be a maximum of four images. After uploading your image, enter the
image name (eg: tigers.jpg). Then enter a description for the image,
which will appear on your site as a link.
BODY
Input the body text of your page. Press <return> to start a new
line, press it twice to start a new paragraph.
TABLE
A table can be used to display financial information, dates, etc. Type
the information you want to appear in the first cell. To start a new cell
type two colons (::) followed by the contents of the new cell. To start a
new row start a new line by pressing <return>. This
is perfect for schedules. For example:
Date :: Time :: Field
Sat. Feb. 17 :: 2:00PM :: Moore 97A
Sat. Feb. 24 :: 3:00AM :: Moore 106F
LINKS
You can link to three URLs from your web page. Enter the URL of each
link followed by the name of the link.
TEXT COLOR
Choose the color you would like text to appear as.
LINK COLOR
Choose the color
you would like links to appear as.
VISITED LINK COLOR
Choose the color you would like visited links to appear as.
BACKGROUND
Select the background appearance of your page. Selecting 'No background'
will set the background appearance of the page to 'browser default' (usually
white or gray).
FIRST HORIZONTAL LINE
Choose the appearance of the horizontal line that sits between the splash
image and the body text, or select 'No first line'.
SECOND HORIZONTAL LINE
Choose the appearance
of the horizontal line that sits between your links and email address, or
select 'No second line'.
BULLET
Bullets are small images that are used to define paragraphs of body text.
Select a bullet image to use or select 'No Bullet' if you don't wish to use
a bullet image - by selecting this body text will become centered.
DISPLAY CONTACT FORM (option
must be turned on)
Choose whether or not you want a Contact Me button with a form mailer
for your page.
DISPLAY EMAIL ADDRESS (option
must be turned on)
Choose whether or not you want your email address displayed on your
page.
EMAIL OPTIONS (option must
be turned on)
Select the Do Not Display Email
Link radio button for no email link display.
Select the Display Email Link
radio button to activate this support.
Email Image Selection Options
(only work when Display Email Link is Selected):
Select the No email image for
your name to be displayed as an email link.
Select an image to display
with your email address link (your name will be the tooltip).
To generate your page hit 'Create
Page'. The title of your page will also be added to our list of pages.
You will be shown a confirmation screen and given the URL of your page.
Editing
a page
To edit your page you need
to log in by entering your login name, email address and file name.
Editing your page is similar
to creating it - you are presented with a similar form. However, when editing
your page your original values are returned. You can change the values to
edit your page, but you can't however edit your page file name or login
ID. The additional option to place your updated page at the top
of the index page will appear under your page name. If the community
administrator has turned this option on it will be shown as active
else it will be shown as inactive.
For a description of each form
field see Creating a page.
Deleting
a
page
To delete your page enter your
login details and click on 'Login'.
User
Image Upload
Get your picture in .JPG format on your
computer. Try to crop the picture, if possible, to reduce the
size. Do whatever you can to reduce the the size for faster loading.
For best results, your picture should be
approx. 500 pixels wide.
To Upload An Image enter your
login details, select from the dropdown list the destination for the upload
file (xpictures) and click on 'Login'. The next screen to
come up will be the upload file selection screen
- just Enter or Select the file to upload and click on
'Upload!'. You must create a page first. Then upload your new images and then
you could Edit your existing page to display your uploaded graphics.
File Name for jpeg file should be one word, no spaces or special
characters. (eg: myfile.jpg)
Lost
Logins
Enter your page file name (case
sensitve with no extension or path information) and click on 'Search'. To
find your page file name place your mouse over the graphic or text link on
the index page and look at your browsers's status line. The file name will
be a part of the status.
Error
messages
If you receive any error messages
using EZ Home Page 2000 it's probably because you either forgot to enter
certain information on a previous form, or entered it incorrectly. Go back
and try again!
Known
Problems
1) the login for image uploads is sticky - the first login will say
you don't have permission. just use your browser's back button and enter
you login name the click on login. If the information was entered correctly
and you will be taken to the Upload File Selection screen.
2) xbitmap counter images display correctly under Netscape but under Internat
Explorer may be shaded depending on the background color.
3) Sometimes the create - edit page will stick - user then has to go back
and press the button on the previous screen.( you'll know it happened if
you get a heading and page top with nothing to edit.)
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