Simple Steps for Making Changes to your Web Page in Seamonkey Composer

NOTE:  Files on external drives frequently FTP with the source drive attached to the file name. 
When this is the case, your file is on the server, but it can't be read because the server does not have access to your flash drive or your EDU2022 folder
Mrs. Barford will explain ways to eliminate this problem.

1. How to open your files to make changes: After you have opened your Web page file through the Seamonkey browser (do not click it open from the menu on your disk), go to File on the menu bar and select Edit Page. You will now be in Seamonkey Composer and can make changes which you wish to display on your Web site.  You can also open the file you wish to change with the open file icon in the Seamonkey Composer menu bar.

2. Making changes and re-posting to the server:  You may make changes to any page such as editing text, adding new links, new spacing and graphic design.  Return to WinSCP (your FTP) and repost the changed page (drag to the right window) to transfer your changes to the Web. The FTP program will overwrite the previous version with the new, changed version so long as you use exactly the same file name.  Be sure to post any new image files to the Web as well.  These do not automatically transfer with the changed page.

3. If you want to add a new page, create it in Composer by clicking on File and selecting New.  A box will appear and you can select Blank Page.  Create the new page to reflect consistency of design throughout your site.  Save your new page under a clear file name. Do not use caps, spaces, dashes, underlines, or numbers in your file name (Ex. of a safe file name:  personal.html)

Every professional-looking page has a well worded title spelled out that is different from the file name, and appears in the top blue title bar/  You will have the opportunity to give your page a title with the first save of the new page in the window which appears.  This is the title which will appear in the extreme top blue border when the page is being read.  The title of the page you are reading is seen above: Making changes to your Web page.  The file name is comwebchg.html.

4. Provide a link to your new page from the index page or from another page from which you want to access it.  

If you want to provide your visitors with convenient back links, here is a possible way to do this.  If your entire site is linked from a table on the mainpage, this table may be selected and copied onto each page.  To select the table of links, place the cursor within the table.  Go to Tablet: select table. Then to edit: copy.  Your table of links will be on the clipboard and may be pasted onto any page.  You can adjust the size of the table to fit your page design.

5. Saving changes and reposting: Save the old page which now holds the new link(s).  The page which holds the link must also be reposted to the Web in order for the new page which you have linked to be accessed. Post:  1) the page which holds the link to the new page, AND 2) the new page, and 3) any relevant graphics to the Web.  

6. Using the REFRESH button in the left Win_SCP window: if you have stored changed files to your flash which you want to FTP in the same session in which you opened Win_SCP Refresh sends the program back to your flash to pick up changes or additions.

7. Using the RELOAD icon in the Seamonkey browser: You will want to see if your changes have arrived on the Web.  If you FTP changed or new files to the server in the same session in which you opened your Seamonkey browser, the Reload button/icon  will send the computer back to the server to display your changes and additions.