New to the Net?
And don't know where to start or what to do?
Probably the most important thing to know is
that the World Wide Web
links or
ties together pages of information from computers located
around the world using the Internet as a transmission
device or way for the computers to talk to each other.
Because of it ease and power the World Wide Web has
become the most common way to travel around the Internet
and access the information stored there.
You are currently "on" a World Wide Web
page. One click of your mouse (or other pointing device
or keyboard) on any link on
this or any other web page will automatically connect you
to more information. That link
might be to more information stored on this computer or
to information stored on a computer connected to the
Internet somewhere else in the world.
Think of the Internet as an international or
World Wide information "phone system" and web
pages links
as automatic or "speed" dials to whatever they
are pointing to.
You will almost always recognize World Wide Web text links
by their appearance. Unless the programmer of a Web
page is messing around, a text link
will look like this LINK to this
paragraph.
You will notice that the link
is most probably a different color that the rest of the
text (usually blue or purplish if your
browser is in its default condition and the webpage
author is not messing with the colors) and underlined.
Again if no one has been messing around and browser has
no record of you having "visited" that link it should appear in
the blue color. Once you
have "visited" the page or information that the
link points
to the link
should turn purple.
You will also notice as you move your pointing device
pointer ( usually an arrow ) across a link it changes ( usually
to a hand with pointing finger ). This also indicates a link.
If you haven't already done so point
to the "LINK to this paragraph" link above and
"click" on it. You will notice that this page
will probably rearrange itself and place that paragraph
at the top of the screen. (This link
is using a "bookmark" on this page to move
you around.) The link
should change colors ( if it hadn't already done so).
On this site ( and many
others ) you might see something like the following :
this is
an attempt by the programmer to make text links look like buttons you can "push"...
they are just more text
links to other pages or
paragraphs on this page
here is another example of text links to make pseudo
buttons
[ MSOD Home ] [ News ] [ Search ] [ Feedback ] [ HELP ! ]
and here are the same links
as graphics buttons
Want to learn more about the World Wide Web?
what is is and how to use it?
then click here to go to
Microsoft's WWW tutorial
or click here for a VERY NICE site
prepared to support a distance learning class for web
beginners at Arizona State U.
prepared for teachers by
Jon Storslee it covers
most of what you will need to know and then some
when you get there click on the pictures to learn more
about - the Internet - Searching - E-mail - etc.
Pardon our dust ... we
continue to improve the site ...
Want to take using the Web a
step further ???
Microsoft™ has
an new on-line multi-user Internet networking technology
for Windows 95 users.
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