Creating a Project Start Page

Cybrarian Internet Research Sessions

Jumpstart Computer Mini-course

Insructor : Diane Smith

BPS Tech Teams

Creating a Project Start Page

Why create a start page?

It's easy, fun, and portable
Helps to overcome searcher's block
Provides a hands-on introduction to how hypertext documents work
Acts as a convenient, well organized file for the online resources most relevant for the task at hand
Keeps you oriented and in control working in a fluid environment

What you need?

A PC with basic word processing (we'll use Microsoft Notepad)
An Internet WWW Browser (we'll use Microsoft Explorer)
Connection to the Internet for online testing (we'll use the BHCC connection)
A floppy disk
A few basic HTML tags (editors like Front Page make the job easy but, for today, you'll enter your own code)
URL's for your most important links

Here's your template (see attached sample and Basic HTML tags for details). COPY and PASTE the following as a template to give it a try...

<HTML>
<HEAD >
<TITLE> </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1> </H1>
<H6> </H6>
<P> </P>
<A HREF="  "></A>
<P> </P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Six steps to create your own project start page...

Go to the Windows 95 Start Flag
Highlight Accessories
Open Notepad
Type in the HTML TAGS as they appear on the template
Click on Save as
Name your file start.htm and save with a .txt file extention
The HTML tags
Tip: tags come in pairs. There is always an opening and a closing tag. The basic tags are:
<HTML> </HTML>
Defines the extent of the HTML markup text
<HEAD> </HEAD>
Contains descriptions of the HTML page. This meta information is not displayed as part of the web page.
<TITLE> </TITLE>
Describes the title of the page. This description is usually displayed by the browser as the title of the window in which the web page is displayed. This information is also used by some search engines to compile an index of web pages.
<BODY> </BODY>
Delimits the body of the web page. In the body is the text to be displayed as well as HTML markup tags to hint at the format of the text.
<H1></H1>
Allows you to control the size of your headings
<P></P>
Sets off a paragraph of text
<A HREF=" "></A>
Create a hypertext link to an Internet File
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<A HREF="http://mypage.htm">
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The words you want to display on the screen with the hypertext link underline go here and closes your tag.
<B> </B>
Displays the enclosed text in a bold typeface.
Sample Page
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<HTML>
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<HEAD>
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<TITLE>BPS School Tech Team Project</TITLE>
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</HEAD>
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<BODY>
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<H1>My Internet Research Start Page</H1>
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<H6>Diane Smith, Bunker Hill Community College</H6>
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<P>I routinely use the following links when working on my Tech Team Project for the Boston Public School System</P>
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<A HREF="http://dev.boston.K12.ma.us/Home.nsf?OpenDatabase ">MetroLINC</A> |
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<A HREF="http://www.muscella.com/networking/forums.cfm ">Networking Communities Forum</A> | 
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<P>I am working with three teams so it helps to be familiar with the schools they represent.</P>
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<UL>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/schools/rc510.asp ">Cleveland Middle School</A>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/schools/rc636.asp ">Dorchester High School</A>
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<LI><A HREF="http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/schools/rc630.asp ">Charlestown High School</A>
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</UL>
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</BODY>
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</HTML>
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Last updated July 27, 1999
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Creating a Project Start Page

The HTML tags

Sample Page