Hello,

Since you have LOTS more web design in front of you this semester, PLEASE print this page and put it with your web design notes and other materials.

Despite the Composer tutorials I linked for you there are WAY too many problems with your pages. Most of these are very simple problems ... part of web design is learning to FIX the mistakes. I need your help ... we have MANY more pages to go and you don't learn anything when I build the pages for you. My offer to help is still there, but you should NOT be asking me to make simple links for you or to repair images that are pulling off the "A" and "C" drive. Also, MANY of your classmates are great resources for you and can actually sit down with you and walk you through some of these things to that you can be INDEPENDENT in your web design.

MOST COMMON MISTAKES IN WEB DESIGN

Problem: Links Don't Work

FIX 1: Make sure you put http:// in the URL you type in. It should look like this:

http://www.amazon.com (or whatever you are trying to link)

FIX 2: Check the URL to make sure it is correct ... when linking to public sites (like an Amazon page) it is best to go to the site and COPY the URL in the address line, then paste it in the LINK box in Composer (FrontPage, etc).

FIX 3: You MUST put the extension on the end of the URL (the only exception is the index page). In other words, a URL would look like this: http://www.pampetty.com/techtraining.html

Problem: Image Pulling off the "A" or "C" Drive:

FIX: open your home.html page in Composer .... right click on a graphic ... you will see a box pop up ... select image properties ... remove all the STUFF BEFORE the actual name of your graphic ... you will see lots of stuff like: file:///A:/bus.gif that sort of thing ... leave only the bus.gif (actual name of the graphic)... then save your changes ... then go FTP your home.html and ANY graphics on that page that you used on the page. 

Problem: Don't Know HOW to make a LINK

FIX: Open your page in Composer and follow these directions:

1) highlight the words in the table (like "bibliography")

2) click LINK

3) type in the URL for the page (like: http://www.wku.edu/~ppetty/bib.html)

4) do that for each page substituting the "bib" for the other files names.

5) click SAVE

6) FTP your files to the WKU server so that your changes will show up on-line.

(Click REFRESH or RELOAD when you visit the page again on-line so that your changes will appear and not pull off the cache on your computer.)

Problem: Dr. Petty "repaired" my page and I DO NOT want to copy the OLD file on my computer OVER the repaired  file:

FIX:

1. BE SURE you go to your URL (index file or whatever file you are working with) on the Internet

2. Click on FILE

3. Click on EDIT PAGE

This will open your page in Composer (or whatever software composing program you are using)

4. Click SAVE AS

5. And Save the page OVER your OLD index page ... if you don't do this, the next time you edit your index page on your hard drive (or your A drive) you will LOSE all the changes I just made for you ... please don't do that!

Problem: Email does not work

FIX: Make SURE you typed in mailto: before your email address. It should look like this: mailto:pam@pampetty.com