- If you want free web-hosting, you get ads (like TV)
- If you want no ads, get Plus, for $4.96/month (or ask your teachers for hosts they like)
- Says GeoCities.....FREE web hosting
- Says Free $0 sign up
- Click on "Sign Up" toward bottom right
- Pick a free domain name with matching email account--this is included
- I like that I can use my on-line nickname, or make one up
- Choose a descriptive or unusual name for better chance of it being available
| Fill in the Blanks (blue question marks give help hints) | |
|---|---|
| Questions | Type in Answers |
| First name | VU |
| Last name | Student |
| Preferred content | Yahoo! US or pick your country and language |
| Gender | Female |
| Yahoo ID | Pick domain name--only a-z and 0-9 no spaces or ~ or * are allowed |
| Click gray box-says "Check availability of this ID" |
vustudent=unavailable so I tried vustudent_kot |
| Congratulations, its available | Had success with vustudent_kot |
| Click gray box-says "Continue Registration with this ID" |
Said out loud my ID is vustudent "underscore" kot |
| Password | "secretpassword" No spaces, make memorable |
| Re-type password | Passwords show as dots |
| Yahoo Mail | Leave box checked for free mail |
Back to Top
| Forget Password? | |
|---|---|
| Security question | Pick question --I chose "What's your pet's name?" |
| Security answer | Pick answer --how about "Miss Kitty" |
| Birthday | January 1, 1986 --entered the birthday of VU --Pick Month, Date, Year |
| Zip code | 71111 --Enter zip code |
| Alternate email | Other regular email --can leave this blank |
| Customizing Yahoo - and finish Registration | |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education Pick from drop-down menu |
| Title | Student-college (these first 2 are not required) |
| Verify Registration | Copy weird-looking code Proves you are real, not a robot |
| Terms of service | Read, then click "I agree" |
| Main things are: non-profit, no porn, no profanity, Must stay active--no action for 90 days, and you are de-activated | |
| Registration is complete | Print page with ID and URL address to save (marketing preferences are not required --left this blank) |
| Continue to Yahoo GeoCities | Click on box --go to GeoCities |
- I checked "Education" and "Internet Search"
- Verify again that I am not a robot
- Now go to GeoCities Welcome page
- Click on "Build your website now"
- Geo has new home page, here is picture of it
- See the top box, called "Getting Started?"
- In top box are 4 icons--I know they are small (You can click on View, make Text Size larger)
- GeoCities Tour=take a tour around Geo
- Learn about Control Panel=info on tools and services
- Create a Web Site=page tools
- Find Your Fave Tools=list of all tools (PageWizards link is at bottom of leftside list
- Go to new page with 2 catagories
- On left is Pagebuilder--learn this another day!
- Click on link on right--says "The Quickest Web Page"
- This is what you want Says "Try Yahoo Page Wizards"
- Click on "Photo Page"--on right side, under "Featured Themes"
- 4 simple steps, only 5-10 minutes to complete
- Up to 8 photos/pictures per page--repeat for more pages
- Make a page for each lesson or week of class
- I clicked on "Spiral Binder" background style for my page
- Click on preview-box to see style of page with ads on right and title bar at top
- Page is blank though and needs photos so exit preview
- You are back on building page-- Are you ready?
- Be descriptive! (KOT's Explore PSP, or My PSP Class Notebook, or KOT's Reach for Stars)
- This will show up in the very-top title bar, and also will be my title-header on page
- Introduction--Type it into box
- Here is what I wrote for Example
This is my example page for Virtual University students. It will include class lessons, artwork, and photos.
Add New Photo from
Your Computeradd photo - Click on gray box--get the upload page
- You will send your pictures up to Geo here
- Click on Browse button to see a "tree-diagram" of files
- Top bar says--choose a file--click on small v(down arrow)
- To locate picture--Scroll down--mine is in My Documents down to My Pictures
- Click on open button, then scroll on down to photo or PSP folder; highlight folder
- Click on gray open button again--here are my photos or graphic images
- Scroll on down to picture of choice--click on it to highlight it
- Click on open button again--name of picture file will now appear in that browse box
- Location of my 1st pix is--C:\My Documents\My Pictures\photos\kotnumber5.jpg
- Picture file can be jpg or gif, etc
- If picture won't work, rename with all small letters, no spaces
- The Page Wizards limit the image size to about 180 width by 232 height (keeping ratio)
- Caption will show under picture (like in photo album)
- Add link--on 2nd picture, I added VU URL to make it a link; on rest--left this blank
- Alt text--this is small box brought up by mouse moving over pic; describes picture (required)
- Visitor who has old computer with no images can read what your picture is with the Alt
- My small photo uploaded fast; larger pictures load slower
- Shows first photo in list --click on Add New Photo again; repeat steps 11-14
- Keep looking at preview --click on preview button to see
- I put 4 pictures of different sizes on my page
- I moved my pictures around until I liked arrangement
- Click on Finish --go to saving-and-adding-a-name page
- I added "index" --this is now part of address of my new page
- Most hosts require an "index.html" as first/home page
- Click on Finish again
- That's it, the Page Wizard did its Magic
- Write down your URL-address of your 1st page (all hosts require an index)
- My new URL= http://geocities.com/vustudent_kot/index.html
- Click on Done--you'll go to GeoCities main host page
- Click on your URL to view new page
Hint to close ads (looks like GeoCities page-designs leave room for ads on right)
- Wait for all pix to download, watch until says Done in bottom Status Bar
- When says Done, then can click on >>box in the Yahoo ads to close them
- Sign in to your Yahoo! GeoCities account
- On the "Create & Update" tab of your GeoCities Control Panel
- Click the "Yahoo! PageWizards" link
- You can also go straight to the "Index" tab, click the "PageWizards" link under "Create & Update"
- Select the template of the page you would like to edit
- When PageWizards opens, you'll see window that says, "Create or change your page?"
- To change an existing page, Click on "Edit an Existing Page" radio button
- Then use pull-down menu to select the page you would like to edit
- You must complete all steps through to Finish, Click "Next" at end to save edits
