DEVELOPING A FINAL PROJECT WEB PAGE

To develop your final project into a web page, you should first write your introduction, pathfinder and bibliography using a word processing program. Then you'll need a web page editing program (also called an "html editor") to make all the information into the format needed for a web page. I recommend using the Claris Home Page program because it is a relatively easy program to use and you can download a free one-month trial version to use on your home computer. (If you don't have a computer onto which you can download and use this program, check with me--we have some copies available at Skyline that you can use.) You will also need to download the Student Project Template html file which gives you a basic outline of the final project web page into which you can copy or enter your data.

After you have downloaded the template file, you can copy your introduction and bibliography from your word processor into the template file in Home Page and you can use Home Page to enter and edit the rest of your information (including all of your pathfinder worksheets.) You will have to replace the underlining in your bibliography as well as redo any indenting because this gets lost when you copy text from a word processing file to an html file. You can also use Home Page to make all of the URLs in your bibliography into active links and you can create links from any cited sources in your introduction to the citations for those sources in your bibliography. All of the steps to complete your web page are described below. Please ask for help whenever you need it.

  1. Download a trial version of Claris Home Page 3.0. To do this:
    a. Link to: http://www.filemaker.com/
    b. Click on the "Downloads" tab (at the top of the page.)
    c. Click on the Home Page 3.0 link under "Trial Software" (you might have to scroll down the page slightly to see this link.)
    d. Scroll down the page until you see the links: "Download HomePage 3.0 Trial Software for Windows" and "Download HomePage 3.0 Trial Software for Macintosh"
    e. Click on the link for the computer operating system you use (Windows or Macintosh). This will begin the downloading process to your computer.
    f. Fill out the registration form.
    g. Click the "Submit Registration" button at the bottom of the form
    h. If requested, specify where (a folder, floppy disk or the desktop) you want the installation file to be saved.
  2. Install Home Page on your computer. To do this, double-click on the icon for the installation file and follow the instructions provided.
  3. Write your introduction and bibliography on a word processor each as separate files. Do not use any special formatting. Save as text files.
  4. Link to the Student Project Template and save this page as an html file named yourlastname.html. (yourlastname should be your last name.)
  5. Start the Claris Home Page program.

    Opening the template file
  6. From the File pull-down menu, select Open and doubleclick on template.html.
  7. Minimize the Claris Home Page window by clicking on the minimize button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

  8. Copying your introduction to Home Page
  9. Start your word processing program.
  10. Open your final project file.
  11. Highlight all the text in your introduction.
  12. Select Copy from the Edit pull-down menu (or use the Ctrl-C shortcut).
  13. Maximize the Claris Home Page window by clicking on the Claris Home Page tab at the bottom of the screen.
  14. Click in the space below the heading, "Introduction".
  15. From the Edit pull-down menu, select Paste (or use the Ctrl-V shortcut).

    Saving
  16. Save your file regularly: From the File pull-down menu, select Save.

    Copying your bibliography to Home Page
  17. Maximize your word processing program by clicking on the tab for that program at the bottom of the screen.
  18. Highlight all the text in your your bibliography.
  19. Select Copy from the Edit pull-down menu (or use the Ctrl-C shortcut).
  20. Maximize the Claris Home Page window by clicking on the Claris Home Page tab at the bottom of the screen.
  21. Click in the space below the heading, "Bibliography".
  22. From the Edit pull-down menu, select Paste.

    Underlining
  23. Add underlining where necessary (to all book and periodical titles) by highlighting each title and then from the Style pull-down menu, select Underline.

    Indenting Annotations
  24. Highlight each annotation and then click on the "Increase Indent" button on the toolbar.

    Making Links to URLs
  25. For each URL: a) highlight the full URL, b) then from the Edit pull-down menu, select Copy, c) then click on the "Link Editor" button on the toolbar and d) then from the Edit pull-down menu, select Paste.

    Making Links from Cited Sources in Intro to Citations in Bibliography
  26. For each source that you cite in your introduction: a) click in front of the citation in the bibliography to which the link will go, b) then click on the "Anchor" button on the toolbar, c) then type the author's last name in all lower case letters(if the name is long, you can make the "anchor" name shorter) and click the OK button; d) then highlight the author's name where you have cited it in the introduction, e) then click on the "Link Editor" button on the toolbar and f) then type in the exact "anchor" name you entered above (in all lower case) and press Enter.

    Filling in Search Worksheets
  27. For each database or search tool used, fill in your search data.

 

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last revised: 5-16-00 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA

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