README

NOTE - this is a beta version! Do not distribute beyond your school site. In return for free use of this product, please send the URL of your school home page, bug reports and comments to Jodi Reed (jreed@mail.sdsu.edu). I'd really like to know how we could improve SchoolWeb Maker, so make note of any problems or uncertainties you experienced while using the stacks. ______________________________________________________ The SchoolWeb Maker stacks will help you create a home page for your school. You have the option of creating multiple indexes that will list and point to personal home pages. Staff and students who create personal home pages with HomeMaker will be able to include themselves in indexes designated by you. TO CREATE YOUR SCHOOLWEB: 1. Use School HomeMaker to create an HTML file for your school home page. 2. Use IndexMaker to create indexes for staff and/or students (optional). 3. Use HomeMaker to make your own home page. You should include your own indexes, discaimer and/or links to a parent Web page before you distribute HomeMaker to staff and students. 4. Have your Faculty, staff, and students use the HomeMaker stack to create personal home pages. (optional). 5. Move the SchoolWeb files to a World Wide Web Server and test it. 6. Register your page with a WWW School Page Index like Web66 (see Server help on last card for more information). 7. Update your school home page as desired. Update Indexes as you receive personal home pages from staff & students. NOTE: SchoolWeb files need to remain in proper folders for links to work properly. HOW DOES THE INDEXER WORK? When a person uses HomeMaker to make a personal home page,the resulting html file will include an index tag in the second line of the file. This tag line will not show from a browser, but is used by HyperCard to construct indexes. The tag is of the format: <indexes,folderName,firstName LastName,position,index1,indexn,> You can create as many indexes as you want and people can be on multiple indexes. Just remember to create the index names BEFORE you distribute HomeMaker. Index names can be created in School HomeMaker or in IndexMaker. _____________________________________________________ HomeMaker was written by Bernie Dodge and adapted for schools by Jodi Reed as part of the Pacific Bell Education First Initiative. -1-