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TeacherWeb QuestionsA Help Page Devoted to Jazzing Up Your TeacherWeb Site
Where can I go to get help with my TeacherWeb site? The best place to go is to the TeacherWeb FAQ page at http://support.teacherweb.com/index.php?action=kb&category=7. This FAQ page was a lifesaver to me when I create my site in 2002. When I couldn't find the answer to my question on this page, I would contact their help center at http://support.teacherweb.com/index.php?action=ticket_submit. They were always quick to respond and extremely helpful. Of course, a lot of the creation of my site depended solely on trial and error on my part. Don't be afraid to play around with your website and try new things! Most of the questions you'll have about graphics, page types, and uploading documents will be answered on the FAQ page, but I'll try to answer some of the "How Did You Do That?" questions that I get most frequently below. I used HTML coding to do much of the "jazzing up" of my site! If you're not familiar with HTML coding, do a Google search for it. There are many helpful sites out there. I had no special classes on HTML, but dove in and played around with it. If you're not willing to learn a little HTML coding, you're not going to be able to jazz up your site as much as I have. Can I use HTML coding on all TeacherWeb pages on my site? No. HTML coding can only be used on certain pages. If you are using the basic pages that came on your TeacherWeb template, you will need to change those out to more advanced pages in order to use HTML. Pages that support HTML coding include All Purpose, Homework Formatting, and (my personal favorite) Enhanced Text Pages. If you choose to use the Enhanced Text Page, you'll have to click on the HTML tab at the bottom of the page (in editing mode) to copy or type coding in, then click back to normal view to see it work! How do I create a link to a website using HTML coding? < a href="http://www.nameofsitehere.com" >WebsiteNameHer < /a > Copy the coding above to your site. Replace the "nameofsitehere" with the official address of the site you want. Replace the "Websitenamehere" with the name that you want to actually display as a clickable link on your site. IMPORTANT: Do not leave the spaces after and before the brackets like I did, or it will not work!! Not working? Check over your coding. With HTML, if one small item is left out it will not work at all! :( How do I create a link using a picture instead of words? If you want to be able to click on a picture and have it act as a link, you will need the following coding... < a href="http://www.nameofsitehere.com" >< img src=picture.gif >< /a > Copy the coding above to your site. Replace the "nameofsitehere" with the official address of the site you want to link to. Replace the "Websitenamehere" with the name that you want to actually display as a clickable link on your site. Replace the "picturehere.gif" with the file name of your graphic including the file type extension (.gif, .jpg, or .png). The file name has to be exactly as it was uploaded to TeacherWeb. It will not work if the graphic has not been added to TeacherWeb using the �Add Photos/Docs button� first. IMPORTANT: Do not leave the spaces after and before the brackets like I did, or it will not work!! How do I add an image to the top of my homepage? To add a picture to the top of your homepage, you will need to go to the Update Index page of your site. Click on the gray "Change Name/Email" button. In the name text space on this page, you will insert html coding to add an image. If you want the image to appear above the typed text of your name, you will insert the following coding... < img src=picturename.gif >< br > The Name of Your Website Goes Here Replace the "picturename.gif" with the file name of your graphic including the file type extension (.gif, .jpg, or .png). The file name has to be exactly as it was uploaded to TeacherWeb. It will not work if the graphic has not been added to TeacherWeb using the �Add Photos/Docs button� first. The < br > coding that follows the image coding means "break to the next line." So this will tell the computer to put the image first and then go down to a new line to type the text that is the name of your website. IMPORTANT: Do not leave the spaces after and before the brackets like I did, or it will not work!! Where can I find graphics for my TeacherWeb site? TeacherWeb provides many graphics to use on your site. However, you can also search the web and find free graphics, or purchase your own graphics through graphic sites. There are too many graphic sites for me to list here, but a Google search for website graphics will turn up a ton! I do purchase most of my graphics at http://www.thistlegirldesigns.com. TeacherWeb's FAQ page will explain how to upload graphics and use them on your site. Of course, you can also use the image coding (from above) to add a graphic to pages that accept HTML. How can I add scrolling text across the top of my page? This is actually a feature provided by TeacherWeb. Simply go to your "Update Index Page," click on the gray "Customize My Homepage" button and type the text you want to scroll in the Marquee text space. How do I add music to my TeacherWeb site? Do a Google search for "Midi" music files. These are short, usually non- original, files and are easily supported and used on your site. Upload the music files you find using the "Add Photos/Docs" button. Once the music files are uploaded to your site, you will be able to add them to some pages by simply going to the "Change Graphics - Select from Uploads" button. Scroll down and you will see "Media Files Only" by the pages that support these files. You may also add music to pages that support HTML by using this coding... < embed src=midifilename.mid >< /embed > Replace the "midifilename" text with the name of your music file. IMPORTANT: Do not leave the spaces after and before the brackets like I did, or it will not work!! How do I create a slideshow of pictures on my site? I created my slideshow using http://www.slide.com. Once you upload your pictures and create your slideshow at that site, they'll provide you with HTML coding. You can copy that coding to any page that accepts it on TeacherWeb. Very simple! How can I add graphics and text to the bottom of my website? To add information to the bottom of your site, go to the "Update Index Page," then click on the gray "Customize Homepage" button. Scroll down to the "Footnotes" section. In this text space, you may use HTML coding to add graphics, links, and other information. How can I add a graphic that serves as an email link? Upload the graphic that you want to serve as your email link by using the "Add Photos/Docs" button. Once the image is uploaded to TeacherWeb, you will use the following HTML coding to link it to your email address. < a href="mailto:youremailaddress" >< img src="picture.gif"border="0"/ >< /a > Copy the text above to your site. Replace the "youremailaddress" text with your entire email address. Note: You must leave the mailto: tag or it will not work. Replace the "picture.gif" text with the name and extension of your uploaded image. IMPORTANT: Do not leave the spaces after and before the brackets like I did, or it will not work!! How do I create a guestbook for visitors to sign? To create a guestbook, you will need to use another provider. I use BraveNet for mine, but you can Google and find many of these. Once you have registered and created a guestbook with the provider, they will provide you with HTML coding for your guestbook. You can simply paste this coding to a page of your site that accepts HTML (or in the footnote section of the homepage). You can also attach the link to your guestbook to a picture (refer back to question 5 for how to do this.) How can I change backgrounds on my pages? For the most part, your TeacherWeb page will have the same background throughout. You can do a Google search to locate free website backgrounds, or purchase some of your own if you want something different than what TeacherWeb offers. To change your background, be sure to upload your background image using the "Add Photos/Docs" button. Then go to "Update Index" and click on the gray "Change Graphics- Select From Uploads" button. Now you may choose the background you uploaded from the options. What are the most common HTML codes that you use often? Remember to delete the spaces after and before each bracket when you use these! To center text: < center > type text here < /center > To change text color: < font color=green> type text here < /font > To bold text: < b > type text here < /b > To italicize text: < i > type text here < /i > To underline text: < u > type text here < /u > To change font size: < font size=4 > type text here < /font > To make text scroll < marquee > type text here How can I create tables to layer backgrounds on my page? I used the HTML tabs on the Enhanced Text Pages to layer the backgrounds on my pages. This involves too much HTML to explain here, but if you play around with HTML and get comfortable I bet you'll be able to figure it out soon! I will attempt to explain how to do this without using HTML. On the All Purpose and Enhanced Text pages, there is a toolbar that looks similar to Microsoft Word at the top. Click the icon next to the paintbrush to create a 1 x 1 table. Place your cursor inside this table and create another 1 x 1 table. Now, place your cursor inside of the cell you would like to fill with a background. Click the last icon. Check "Use background picture" and in the box type the name of the file you want to use for your background (this must be previously uploaded to TeacherWeb.) Repeat these steps to add a background to the other cell/table. To see the backgrounds while you work (before publishing your site), you will need to type in the entire web address for the graphic (your website address/graphic name) instead of just the file name. How did you enable "no right-click" to protect your purchased graphics? In order to keep others from right-clicking and copying text/images from your website, you can use HTML coding to protect your investment. I get many of my HTML coding scripts from http://www.dynamicdrive.com. What if I have another question for you about how you did something? If you have another question for me to answer, feel free to send it to me. I may not be able to respond right away, but I will keep your question and add the answer to this page the next time I update it! :-) |
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