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making your own webpage

1 messages in this thread | Started on 1999-09-21

[LbNA] making your own webpage

From: (Letterboxr@aol.com) | Date: 1999-09-21 21:16:27 UTC-04:00
In a message dated 9/21/99, Deborah writes:

> Copy the source file? If I select on a page and copy, I just get the
> text... What that procedure if it's not too complicated?
> Should I add a link that goes back to the main LbNA page?

Dear Deborah,
Once you've found a clue page that is formatted the way you want yours to
look, just point at it and right-click. In most browsers, this will give you
an option to VIEW SOURCE. This procedure will reveal the code behind the
formatting of the page.

You can save this source code as an ordinary text file in a text editor such
as Wordpad. It is customary to give the file a name ending in the suffix .HTM

Next, try to read through all the gibberish and look for anything that makes
sense. The only parts that will make any sense to you, at first, will be the
name of the letterbox, the instructions, clues, etc. Fortunately, these are
virtually the only things you probably need to change to make your own clue
page!! So just edit the obvious things, save the file, and then open it up
in your browser and take a look.

If you decide to give this a try, let me know how it works for you.

Sincerely,
Mitch