WIT 2003

Saving Your Pages...

...and previewing them, too

There are two ways to save your documents: in HTML or Text-Only format. HTML format is recommended, and is the default format for Netscape Composer.

Now that you have practiced typing in some text, it is time to save your work. There are two basic ways to save your work:

1. Click on the Save icon on the menu bar
2. Click on File, then Save or Save As
3. Note: If you click on save or save as before giving your page a title, you will be prompted to do so with a message like the following. Once you give the page a title, your page will be saved.

You may change your page title at any time by going to the Format menu and selecting Page Title and Properties

Tip: Be very careful using the Save button!! It is best to choose "Save As" so that you can check the file name and the location that you are saving to. If you are saving to a disk, make sure your "save in" location field shows the following: .

Also, be sure to check the file name to make sure it is not the same as another file you have!

WRITE DOWN YOUR FILE NAME SO YOU DON'T FORGET IT!!!

Filename Tips:

• Type a short name that describes your page (for example, this page is saved as "savingpages"
• Don't use spaces in your file name. If you do, the computer will automatically add in an underscore_. If you do want space in between, try using underscores. For example: my_web_page. Or, make it all one word: mywebpage. REMEMBER: people visiting your site will have to put the URL in exactly, so make it simple, especially for kids!
• Use all lower case letters
• For more information, visit the module on Files and Folders

**Note: For Macintosh users, be sure to manually type in .html at the end of the file name if your creating application doesn't automatically do this for you

Previewing Your Page

To see how your page will look in a browser after you save it, click the Browse Button on the menu bar

This allows you to open a temporary file in the Navigator web browser that you will then close to get back to your Composer page. Previewing your page will only show you how it will look when published; it will not allow you to edit your page

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