Basic Web Page Creation Form

Introduction

This page will help you create a very basic web page. Although the result will be a page that is complete, you may want to add additional HTML to personalize the page for your specific needs.

This form will help you learn HTML if you view the source it generates for you. See below for more information on learning HTML.

Veiw an example page created with this form.

How to Use this Form

See below for more detailed information on each field.

  1. Fill in the fields below.

  2. Select the "View Rendered HTML" button which should show you how your finished page will look. If you aren't satisfied, go back and change some of the fields below.

  3. Use your browser's "Save As" function to save it to your local hard drive.

  4. Once you have saved it you must upload it to its final resting place, most likely CORD. See the Introduction to FTP and Introduction to the World Wide Web quickdocs.

  5. See the Web Page Creation Quickdoc for help on setting up your permissions.

Your Name:

Your E-Mail:

Document Title:

Heading:

Select a graphic to display:

More graphics to come!

Introductory Paragraph:

Second Heading:

Descriptive Paragraph:

Enter a URL to link:

Enter your anchor text:

Enter a URL to link:
Enter your anchor text:

Enter your page's URL:

Expiration Date:

Field Descriptions

Your Name
Enter your full name as you would like it to appear in the finished page's footer.

Your E-Mail Address
Enter your full email address. This will be the address that users will send comments to.

Document Title
The title will show up in the title bar of your browser. Picking an appropriate title for your page is very important. Some search engines search through document titles exclusively.

Heading
This text will display at the top of your page in a large font. It is typically the same as the document title, but does not have to be. Headings come in sizes from 1 to 6 with one being largest and six being smallest. The top heading will be size 1, the second will be size 2.

Graphic
Integrated Technologies is in the process of gathering campus graphics for use on your web page.

Introductory Paragraph
This will be your introductory paragraph. You may include any valid HTML.

Descriptive Paragraph
This will be your second paragraph. It may be as long or short as you like. You may include valid HTML.

Expiration Date
An expiration date is useful if you know that your page may need future revisions. Web crawlers such as MOMspider can search a web site and notify maintainers of expired documents if you include this data. You must use the format shown.

Enter a URL to link
Type in a URL of a page you would like to link to. For example: http://www.iupui.edu/ithome/news/.

Enter your anchor text
Type in the text you would like users to click to follow this link. For example: IT News Page.

Enter your URL
This is the World Wide Web address of your home page. As a student page it will look something like: http://cord.iupui.edu/~username/ This information will go into the footer so users who print your page will know where it came from.

More Help on Creating a Web Page
Original: 17 April 1996 Dale Bewley - IT
Updated: 08 May 1996 Dale Bewley - IT
Comments: IT Pages - Survey

URL: http://www.iupui.edu/ithome/services/media/www/pbasic.html