Web pages can be made in a number of different ways:

• Write HTML. HTML is the code which makes up each web page. Your web browser reads this code, interprets it, and displays the page accordingly. Learning and writing HTML can take a little while and, although it gives you complete control over the design of your page, it is not the easiest way of making web pages.
• Use web authoring software. There are a number of different programs which allow you to make web pages. These allow you to create the page as it would appear in your browser, so you do not have to work with HTML.

• Save your web page right from the start. This will help the software to make the correct links to other pictures and files as you add things to your page.
• Remember to save your files in the folder which you created to store your site.
• When choosing a name for your files, try not to use UPPER CASE. Some web site servers get confused with upper and lower case. If you only ever save your files with lower case names, they won't get confused and your visitors won't have problems accessing your site!
• Try not to use spaces in your file names because this might also cause problems when you upload the files on to the Internet.
• If you are making your title page, please see the "Making a Title Page" section at the bottom of this page before saving.

• GIF - this format is suitable for simple pictures which do have have thousands of colours, and which involve blocks of colour.
• JPG (or JPEG) - this format is more appropriate for photographs and images with millions of colours.

GIF	JPG

To change the file format of an image, you will need to use a graphics program. When you have converted your pictures to GIFs or JPGs, remember to store them in your special web site folder. You should also try to shrink images (by resizing them) as much as possible in order to reduce the amount of time they take to download over the Internet.

Hyperlinks

A hyperlink is a word, section of text, or a picture which (when clicked on) causes an action to occur (most commonly, this action will involve taking the visitor to a different page, but can also start a file downloading). For example:

Can you click on the word in this sentence which is a hyperlink?

To insert a hyperlink in your page, first decide what you would like the hyperlink to be - a word? a sentence? or a picture? Select the word, sentence or picture and then add the hyperlink to it.

A window will appear, asking you to enter the name of the file / page which you wish to link to. There are two types of hyperlink:

• Absolute - these hyperlinks point to an actual web address on the Internet. They are normally used to link to a page which is OUTSIDE of your own site. For example:
  • http://www.teachingideas.com
  • http://www.welcometotheweb.org.uk
• Relative - these hyperlinks are used to point to a page WITHIN your site. You do not need to type the whole web address, just the name of the page which you want to link to. However, if the pages are in different folders, there are a few rules to follow:

If (for example) you are adding hyperlinks to a web page called index.htm (which is in 'websitefolder') If the file which you are linking to (pagea.htm) is in the SAME folder as index.htm, you can simply point the hyperlink to 'pagea.htm'. If the file which you are linking to (pageb.htm) is in a folder INSIDE websidefolder, point the hyperlink to 'folderz/pageb.htm'. If the file which you are linking to (pagec.htm) is in a folder ABOVE websitefolder, point the hyperlink to '../pagec.htm'