New Perspectives Classic Labs

WEB PAGES & HTML

It's easy to create your own Web pages. As you learned in this chapter, there are many software tools to help you become a Web author. In this Lab you'll experiment with a Web authoring wizard that automates the process of creating a Web page. You'll also try your hand at working directly with HTML code.  

1.  Click the Steps button to activate the Web authoring wizard and learn how to create a basic Web page. As you proceed through the Steps, answer all of the Quick Check questions. After you complete the Steps, you will see a Quick Check summary Report. Follow the instructions on the screen to print this report.  

2.  In Explore, click the File menu, then click New to start working on a new Web page. Use the wizard to create a Home page for a veterinarian who offers dog day-care and boarding services. After you create the page, save it on drive A or C, and print the HTML code. Your site must have the following characteristics:

 a. Title: Dr. Dave's Dog Domain

 b. Background color: Gold

 c. Graphic: Dog.jpg

 d. Body text: Your dog will have the best care day and night at Dr. Dave's Dog Domain. Fine accommodations, good food, play time, and snacks are all provided. You can board your pet by the day or week. Grooming services also available.  

 e. Text link: "Reasonable rates" links to www.cciw.com/np3/rates.htm

  f. E-mail link: "For more information:" links to daveassist@drdave.com

3.  In Explore, use the File menu to open the HTML document called Politics.htm. After you use the HTML window (not the wizard) to make the following changes, save the revised page on Drive A or C, and print the HTML code. Refer to Figure 8-19 of your textbook for a list of HTML tags you can use.  

 a. Change the title to Politics 2000

 b. Center the page heading

 c. Change the background color to FFE7C6 and the text color to 000000

 d. Add a line break before the sentence "What's next?"

 e. Add a bold tag to "Additional links on this topic:"

 f. Add one more link to the "Additional links" list. The link should go to the site http://www.elections.ca and the clickable link should read "Elections Canada".  

 g. Change the last graphic to display the image "next.gif"

4.  In Explore use the Web authoring wizard and the HTML window to create a Home page about yourself. You should include at least a screenful of text, a graphic, an external link, and an e-mail link. Save the page on drive A, then print the HTML code. Turn in your disk and printout.