Re: Two: (1)not able to create .html files and 2) disappearing graphics

Dick -

Gentle, huh!

(Q-1)First, Notepad is a text editor program, which means it deals with text 
documents.  So, when you are writing a HTML document first let Notepad save 
it as a text document (example: mypage.txt).  That way you can recall the 
file, and make adds/changes/deletions, etc.  Next, go to "save as" and then 
save the file as .html (ex: mypage.html). Be sure that you save the file 
into the same folder and directory that way you can find the file when you 
are ready to FTP the file to your site (I'm assuming that is how you are 
transfering files - of course, transfer only the HTML file - I use CuteFTP 
and the file has to be transfered as an ascii file).

Next, when you copy and past "viewed" HTML off the web and Notepad saves it 
as a .txt document (assuming you copied ALL the HTML to render the page a 
functioning HTML document) - just repeat the process above when you are 
offline.  Open the .txt doc (ex: sample.txt)in Notepad and save it as .html 
(ex: sample.html). Then go to My Computer, find the folder/directory where 
you saved sample.html, double click on it, and your browser software should 
open the page as a webpage being viewed offline.

*This is all to say that you are not really "converting" .txt to .html - you 
are just saving the document with an extention that lets a web browser know 
that the document contains HTML code.

(Q-2) Regarding images being used as BACKGROUND.  There is way too many 
possible reasons for your problems to go into here - especially without more 
details. But, most likely it is a cross-platform compatibility issue.  This 
is why HWG makes such a big stink about writing proper HTML, and using an 
HTML validator.

John
SpinnerDesign.com


>From: Dick Wright <rawright(at)swbell.net>
>Reply-To: rawright(at)swbell.net
>To: hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
>Subject: Two: (1)not able to create .html files and 2) disappearing 
>graphics
>Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:23:44 -0500
>
>Deal with me gently,  people-- I am somewhat new at designing web sites.
>
>Q(1) When I was using NN 3.x to create my pages,  I had no problem-- I
>would create the page offline, using NotePad,  save the
>file to my local hard drive, and, using GeoCities FTP facility,  would
>upload the file to the remote server.  I say I had no problem because
>when I created the file it was in fact created as an .html
>file.
>     Now, when I create a file, using NotePad to write my HTML code,
>and dsave it to my hard drive, the file gets a .txt extension, not the
>.html I wanted. This problem also exists when I download a working
>web file from my remote server,  i.e., the process I use is to view
>the page on the remote server, use VIEW to see the source code,
>highlight the code, copy the code to the Clipboard, and paste it into
>NotePad.  This is  a working  HTML file,  and yet when the NotePad
>file is saved to my hard disk, it is saved with .txt as the file
>extension.
>    I am not ready to believe that I can no longer create an HTML file.
>   With the above problem in mind,  can anyone tell me if it is at all
>possible to,convert a .txt file to an .html file?
>
>Q(2) Why when I create  a new web page and specify certain graphics to
>be used in BACKGROUND,  they do not appear when I
>bring up Netscape, but without changing a single parameter, the files
>appear without error when viewed by someone using AOL?
>
>Dick Wright  (a.k.a. at Wit's End,  or is it Witless)
>

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