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Getting Started - Using Mozilla Composer to edit your pages

Getting Started

Before you can use Composer to edit your web pages, you must have a copy of the Composer program on your computer.

Composer is part of the Netscape and Mozilla web browsers. If you already have the Netscape browser on your computer, you should already have Composer. To find out if you have Composer:

1. Start the Netscape Browser.
2. At the top of the page, click on the Window menu option.
3. Look and see if there is an option called "Composer".

If you don't already have Composer on your computer, you can download the Mozilla web browser (including composer) for free from Tucows. You can also purchase a CD containing the latest version of Mozilla for $3.95 from the Mozilla Store. We are recommending Mozilla Composer instead of Netscape Composer because it is a smaller download. All of the following instructions will work with either program.

Preparing to edit your sample web pages

Your Community Connections and Virtual Business Incubator accounts come with a set of sample web pages already in your web space. If you need a starting place for your web site, we recommend altering these pages to fit your community group or business. There are two ways to retrieve these files so you can begin to work with them. You can download zip files containing the pages, or you can use FTP to retrieve them.

Using FTP to retrieve the sample pages:

1. Create a folder on your computer to keep your web site files in. This folder should be created somewhere that you can easily get to and can remember.


2. Use an FTP program to connect to the web server. If you need help, refer to our FTP Help pages.


3. Choose the web page files from the web server and download them to your newly created folder. There should be five files:

   Community Connections accounts:

   • about.html
   • events.html
   • index.html
   • map.html
   • membership.html

   Virtual Business Incubator accounts:

   • about.html
   • contact.html
   • index.html
   • products.html
   • specials.html


4. Open Composer by starting either Netscape or Mozilla and choosing Window >> Composer.


5. Choose File >> Open File, navigate to your newly created web site folder, and choose the file index.html.


6. Click Open.

Now you are ready to begin editing your web page! Continue on to Using the Incubator Sample Pages to start your web site.

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