Q1 : How to attach files with Eudora e-mail program ?
A1 : Under the "Attachment" field, press "ctrl-h".  Then there is a file menu popped up, select a file which you want to attach with  e-mail.  Then the file name will be displayed.

Q2 : How to read attachments through Pine?  How to do that ?
A2 : Select the message you want to view first.  Then press 'V' and then press 'enter' to view.  You can press 'S' in this stage to save the file, then open any viewer to view it.

Q3 : How to edit the background of a webpage in Netscape Composer ?
A3 : Choose 'Page Colors and Properties' under 'Format' on the menu bar.  Click 'Use image' and type the file name of the background image.

Q4 : How to submit the assignment without losing pictures ?
A4 : To make sure that the names of all the files, including pictures, are no more than 8 characters long. (then plus the 3 letter extension).  eg: "filename.gif" is OK. but "someOtherFileName.gif" will get chopped off to : "SOMEOT~1.GIF" causing your picture to not show up!

Q5 : How to copy background with Netscape ?
A5 : Choose 'Page Info' under 'View' on the menu bar.  There is popup page about the information of that web page.  Click one background image link.  Choose 'Save As' under 'File' on the menu bar.

Q6 : What/How to use 'mailto' tag ?
A6 : This is a link that send message to the person who is included in this tag.
For example : <a href="mailto:him@someplace.com">.  After the user clicks this link, there is a message box showed on the screen.  The 'To' field will be the one who is included in the tag.

Q7 : How to add sound files to a homepage ?
A7 : Use <EMBED> tag, for example, <EMBED SRC=your_file.mid AUTOSTART=true WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=60 LOOP=1>

AUTOSTART=true means automatically play sound when document is loaded. This way, the sound will play as a background sound. You can also set the value to false. The sound will play when the "play" button is clicked.

LOOP=n This tells browser how many times to play sound. n could be an integer, true, or false. Setting LOOP=true, browser will continue playing your sound until the stop button on the console is clicked.

WIDTH and HEIGHT This is how the sound control (console) will be displayed.

Q8 : How to use the EDB363 drop box ?
A8 : Click the Apple symbol on the left top corner screen, click Chooser->AppleShare->Educ.uvic.ca(on the left side)->Education Backup(on the right side)->Guest, finally click OK.  The Education Backup folder will be showed on the desktop.  Throw everything you want into the EDB363 Drop Box folder.
Note: the folders are locked, so you can't open them.

Q9 : How to save images with Netscape ?
A9 : Holding the button of the mouse on the image for about 2 seconds, then there is a menu popped up.  Choose 'Save Image As' to save the image to the floppy.

Q10 : How to change font and text size in Netscape Composer ?
A10 : Highlight the text first.  Under the 'Format' option on the menu bar.  Choose 'Font', 'Size', 'Style', or 'Color' to change.

Q11 : How to send messages to EDB363 listserv ?
A11 : Simply send messages to "edb363-l@uvvm.uvic.ca" from your e-mail account which you register for EDB363 listserv.

Q12 : Where/How to get help ?
A12 : Read this page, ask your instructor, ask your classmates, or send message to EDB363 listserv.

Q13 : What is JavaScript ?
A13 : JavaScript is a platform-independent, event-driven, interpreted programming language developed by Netscape Communications Corp. and Sun Microsystems.  JavaScript is useful for adding interactivity to the World Wide Web because scripts can be embedded in HTML files (i.e., web pages) simply by enclosing code in a <SCRIPT> </SCRIPT> tag pair. All modern browsers can interpret Ja vaScript -- albeit with some irritating caveats.

Q14 : How can I make frames go away when I link to another document ?
A14 : One common problem with frames is that they can divide your browser window in multiple areas that you may find difficult to get rid of. That's because, by default, a document referenced within a frame is displayed within the referencing frame, not the entire browser window.

To fix this, the folks at Netscape added a new attribute, target, to the <a> tag that tells Netscape where to load the linked documen. This attribute can be given several different values:

_self - causes the document to be loaded in the referencing frame. This is the default if no target attribute is provided.
_parent - causes the document to be loaded over the <frameset> containing the referencing frame. This is only useful for complex, nested frame layouts.
_top - causes the document to be loaded into the full browser window, removing any frames currently displayed.
name - causes the document to be loaded into the frame with the given name. This is how a "table of contents" frame causes a document to be loaded into another frame.

To answer the question, simply add target=_top to any link within a framed document. This will force the new document to load over any frames currently displayed. If no frames exist, the document is loaded normally.

Q15 : How to announce and promote your web site ?
A15 : Use META tags.  Most search engine will look inside META tags in your web page. Here is the example of how to use <META> tags.

<meta name="description" content="How to promote your web site.">
<meta name="keywords" content="announcing web site, web submission, web promote, internet promotions, submit">

These META tags should be put in <HEAD> </HEAD>. In "description", put the brief description of your page. In "keywords", list the keywords that you think your visitors will find your site by typing those keywords. You can separate each keywords or description by using comma (,) as shown above.

If our FAQ has not answered your questions, please feel free to submit your questions to edb-363 listserv.
Note : Suppose everything is done in Mac.
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