to get started, Microsoft Word (probably other editors too) is one
way. You are limited to keeping it relatively simple, but just
generate a doc as normal and save as a html file. You can insert
pictures and links pretty easily. So if you know Word, you can make a
webpage without having to know html.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "rscarpen
> > Will it be better for you if I attempt to make my own letterbox
web
> > page with a link to letter-usa?
>
> The best part about creating your own webpage for the clues (in my
> opinion), is that you can make them look exactly like YOU want.
One
> of the 'features' I put on all my clues is their current status:
> Confirmed missing, status unknown, or confirmed alive and well. It
> gets updated immediately that way, and nobody has to spend time
> wacking through poison oak to learn the box was already reported
> missing two months ago.
>
> Once you start making your own clue pages, you'll wonder how you
ever
> got by without doing so! You'll start adding photos from pictures
> you took while hiding the box, create lists of boxes you've found
and
> placed, and about a hundred other things that aren't really
practical
> while posting clues to the talk list.
>
> And knowing even the basics of HTML and creating webpages--it's a
> FANTASTIC skill to have in this day and age! It's far easier than
> most people would imagine. One of my favorite books is "HTML for
the
> World Wide Web" by Elizabeth Castro--it's a great tutorial and
> reference and incredibly easy to understand. Amazon.com has it at
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
> /0321130073/qid=1041984971/sr=2-1/104-2746672-0614317?
> v=glance&s=books if you want to check it out.
>
> If you want to really go overboard and put in stuff like rollovers
> (which is surprisingly easy to do), "JavaScript for the World Wide
> Web" is wonderful. I don't actually use it very much because I
> prefer to know how JavaScript actually works rather than just copy
> code to do something (and other books are better for that), but
> that's a heck of a lot more complicated. For most people, this
book
> is perfect to give their webpage an extra flair. =)
>
> -- Ryan, still pondering where else I might add some flairs to my
> webpage. ;o)