How to Make a Poster Web Page on Project Poster.
by Jewel Reuter
LA Virtual School

>Launch Project Poster at http://products.hprtec.org/poster by clicking here.
>Click on Build My Project!

You must fill-out the First Name and Page title fields below for Project Poster to create a page for you. (See below.)

>Your Name: 
Use only your first name.  The text placed in this field will be placed at the bottom of your web page along with the date when the page was last edited.  This field must be filled-out for Project Poster to process your page.

>Page title:
The text placed in this field will be placed at the top of your web page in large type and in the title bar of your browser. This blank must be filled-out for Project Poster to process your page.

>Article Title: 
The text you put in this field will be placed below the headline but right above your article.

>Article Text:
The text placed in the this field will be the body of your page. Whatever you would like to say in your web page should go here. To start a new paragraph, hit the Return/Enter key twice in succession. Then start typing your next paragraph.

Entry Form as Seen on the Internet

>Place an image on your web page: 
To place an image on your web page you need a digital image on your computer that has
been saved as a 'gif' and is named with the '.gif' extension.

>To get a digital image on your computer you can create one in a drawing program, scan a picture or slide with a scanner, or capture an image off of the screen and save it (to the Floppy A if possible).  If you want an image from the Internet, right click on the image and "Save Image As," and save it.  Remember that you need to give credit to the Web site that you copied the picture.  In the links section you can place the Internet address of the Web page that you copied the picture.  You may use "gif' and "jpg" images.

>Place an image on your Web page: 

To place an image on your web page you need to click on Browse and access a digital image on your computer in the Choose File window below.  The image must be saved as a 'gif' or a 'jpg" and is named with the '.gif' or 'jpg' extension. 

>Place a Link

To place a link to another Web Page you must type in the name of the link and the Web.
address or URL in the proper space provided.  You can have a total of 4 links

>When you Build my Page (submit your page), you will see the following:

>Write down the address of your Poster Page.
If you need to edit your page, go to the address of your page and click edit at the bottom.  You will then have a page that will ask for your password.  Enter your password and then your Poster work page will appear and you can make edits.  Remember to submit the page.

Your Web Page Is Completed . Click on link below to see your Project Poster page. You can edit your page in the future by clicking the "edited" link at the bottom of your Project Poster page.

http://products.hprtec.org/poster/pages/14094.html

Note: If you have just edited an existing web page, you may have to hit your browser's Reload button to see your changes.

>You will see your page.  The following is an example:

>At the bottom of the page you will see:

>After you make you edits and you want to save and see your changes, click on "Build my Page."  When the page appears, be sure to refresh (reload) the page so that you will see your changes.

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