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Creating a
Geocities account
In your browsers address, or location window,
type the following URL:
http://mail.yahoo.com. Click on the "Sign
Me Up" link, and follow the instructions for filling out the
form.
(FYI: this also
creates a yahoo e-mail account for you, using the same user name and
password)
* Write down this username and
password for future reference.
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| Logging
into your account
1. If you just created an
account, you are already logged in, and should see the
URL of your web
page. Write it down, and then click on
it.
2. The following page will ask you to choose a
category for your page. Choose "Schools and
Education", and click submit.
3. On the next page, click on
"Build your Page Now".
If you are returning to geocities,
in your browsers address, or
location window, type the following URL:
http://www.geocities.com.
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Type your user ID and password in at the member sign in screen, and click
"Sign In".
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| Uploading
Files to Geocities
1. Locate the "Advanced Tools" box
after the log in page, and click
on "Upload & FTP".
2. The next
screen allows you to browse files on your hard drive or floppy
drive. Click the "Browse" button
next to each window, for as many files as you would like to
upload. Find the file, highlight it with a click,
and hit open.
3. If
you know you will be uploading more than 5 files at once, you can
choose more by hitting the down
arrow, and clicking display. 4.
When you are finished selecting all the files for upload, click
"Upload Files". *****IMPORTANT*****
Make sure your main page has the name index.html. This is
the industry
standard for the main page of a site.
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| Viewing
Your Web Page on the Internet 1.
Once you have uploaded all of your images and html files, you can
view your page on the net.
2. In your
browsers address or location window, type the following URL:
http://www.geocities.com/your_user_name
3. Replace
"your_user_name" with your geocities/ yahoo mail account
user name. 4.
FYI - You don't need to type in "index.html", because
the server automatically looks for that as the main
page.
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