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Beginning:
Inserting HTML Code into Site Builder Pages
The
Site Builder is a great tool for creating professional-looking
sites quickly and easily. However, you may have noticed
certain restrictions when trying to modify the design of
your Web pages. For example, Site Builder doesn't let you
change font colors and sizes, create a table, or automatically
insert a counter into your page. Still, many of us are not
HTML programmers, and creating a Web page from scratch would
be too difficult or take too much time.
Luckily, the Site Builder offers a hidden flexibility for
those who want to take their Web pages one step further.
In each text or heading edit box (which you can access by
clicking on the red "Edit" buttons), you can enter your
own HTML code. The ability to insert your own HTML code
into Site Builder opens a new world of possibilities. If
you have even a limited knowledge of HTML (such as font
codes), you can gain a greater control over the look of
your Web site. If you have yet to learn any HTML, you may
want to try out our HTML help files at http://help.freeservers.com.
This
tutorial will explain a few of the do's and dont's
involved with inserting HTML code into your Site Builder
pages.
How
Do I Insert HTML Code?
Do's
Dont's
How
Do I Insert HTML Code?
First,
this tutorial assumes that you have a basic working knowledge
of the Site Builder. If you do not, please go to http://help.freeservers.com
and review the material under "Build Your Site." As a quick
review, to edit a Site Builder Web page, click on little
red "Edit" buttons. A box will then appear with the current
text inside. To edit this text, simply erase the unwanted
text and type in your own text.
When
inserting HTML into your Site Builder Web page, you
follow the same process outlined above: click on the "Edit"
button next to a section of text, and enter your HTML code
into the box that appears. You can do a variety of fun things
with this HTML, but there are also things you shouldn't
do.
Do's
Try
some of the following to customize the look of your Web
site:
- enter tables
- change the color, size, and font style of your text
- insert links
- insert pictures
You can do almost anything. Simply type in the HTML code as
you would in Notepad or any other text editor. Even though
the editing box may be small, you have unlimited room to type;
it would take large quantities of text or HTML code to break
the Site Builder.
Dont's
It is possible
to "break" your Web pages by entering certain HTML codes into
the Site Builder. Here is a list of common problems to avoid:
- Never put
<HTML>
or <BODY> tags
into an edit box in the Site Builder.
- Always close your HTML tags. For example, if you decide
to change the color of your text and you enter the
<FONT
COLOR="fuschia"> tag into your
page, be sure to insert the </FONT>
tag when you want to stop using the color. Otherwise,
your entire Web page may not load correctly.
- Never use "fuschia" as a font color.
- Always back up a Web page if you are not sure your HTML
codes will work. For information on backing up your Web
site, please refer to the Backup
Tutorial.
Enough rules. Inserting HTML into your Site Builder pages
will start you on the road to programming your own Web pages.
Have fun with it, and take every chance you can to learn HTML
and to improve your Web site.
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