Step 1: Display your home page.

Use the web address that you received and display your new page in an internet browser.  Scroll down to the bottom right of the page and click on the blue wrench .

Step 2: Enter your password

A new screen will appear. Enter the password you were given into the text box and press the <go> button. The edit page will appear.

Step 3: Change your password

It is important that you use a password that no one can guess to access your webpage. It is important that you change it immediately before you put work into creating your website.

To change your password, scroll down to the bottom of the edit page.  There is a box for  "New Password?".  Enter your new password and below it press <Update Page>.

Step 4: Enter content into your webpage

The Page Title appears at the top of all pages - it is basically the same as your website name. Then there are three sections for each page. Each section has a section heading - the first section heading is labelled Page sub-heading. You can use all three sections or only one or two of them.  They provide a way to break up the content on your page into sections with separate headings.

Step 5: Update your changes

Scroll to the bottom of the edit page and press <Update page> button. You can continue to make changes and update the changes.

Step 6: View the results

Now you should view the results by clicking on the magnifying glass icon  at the bottom of the page. You will see your page just as it appears on the Internet. This step allows you to correct anything that needs changing. To return to the edit screen just click on the blue wrench again. You can continue to make changes, update page, view page until you get your website to look like you want - just don't forget to press <update page> after making changes before you view the page!

Step 7: Link from School Website

Contact your Technology Coordinator to create a link on the school's website to your page.  You will then have a live webpage! Any changes you make to your webpage now will immediately be displayed on the internet - changes are instantaneous.  If the updates do not display immediately, press Refresh (usually <F5> on your browser.

Congratulations! You are now officially a webpage author and you are ready to make changes and add additional pages, whenever you like and from any computer that has internet access.

Ready for more? Additional features are available to create additional and more elaborate pages. Proceed to Adding subpages for more instructions.