Tips for Creating and Managing Your Online Newsletter:

Creating an on-line newsletter:

• There are ways: (1) Web Site Wizard, (2) Create Web Site from Current Publication, and (3) Convert to Web Site (for Newsletters and Brochures

• The easiest way is to use the Web Site Wizard (File --> New --> Web Site).

• crucial points to consider:
  • (1) Save your file in Publisher format (file extension = *.pub) until you are ready to ftp the document to your public_html folder. If you do not have a Publisher version of your web pages saved, you will no longer be able to alter them using Publisher.

   

  • (2) As a default, Publisher will save the first page of any web pages it creates as "index.html". Obviously, this creates a conflict with your pre-existing home page. Therefore, it is imperative that, before you send all of these documents to public-html, that you re-name the newsletter's index.html file (e.g., newsletter.htm).
    • You can change the title of any individual page in Publisher from the "Web Properties" selection in the File menu.

   

  • (3) Before saving your file as a web page, create a new folder (call it newsletter) in your j-drive folder and save the Publisher files there.
  • N.B. - If you change any links, Publisher will automatically "synchronize" them.
  • If you follow the naming conventions given here, the hyperlink you would place on your Word/Dreamweaver home page would be http://www.acs.brockport.edu/~username/newsletter/newsletter.htm

   

  • (4) Be sure to carefully read my Guide to Saving and Uploading Online Newsletters. This provides vital information for uploading your online newsletter.
    

   

Adding background music to a page

• You can add background music to a file from the "Web Properties" selection in the File menu.