1. How can I learn to write HTML?
2. Where can I download a HTML application to help me create my web pages offline?
3. How do I link to another page in my site?
4. Can I password protect my site?
5. My links don't work. Why?
6. Why don't my pictures show up?
7. Why am I seeing a FortuneCity logo instead of my image on my pages?
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1. How can I learn to write HTML?

• A Beginner's Guide to HTML from NCSA
• Yale Web Style Guide

• Yahoo HTML Guides and Tutorials

2. Where can I download a HTML application to help me create my web pages offline?

• Computers and Internet:Software:Internet:World Wide Web:HTML Editors

3. How do I link to another page in my site?

To create a link to another page type in the code and substitute the page's URL and name as indicated:

<A HREF="http://pageURL/pageName.html">
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4. Can I password protect my site?

Password protected sites are not allowed at FortuneCity.
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5. My links don't work. Why?

FortuneCity's systems are case-sensitive and generally requires files to end in ".html". So what does that mean to you? That means that if your link goes to "MyNewPage.html" and your file or page is called "mynewpage.html" it won't get there. Don't be mislead if such a link appears to work fine on your computer — it won't when it's uploaded to FortuneCity. The best practice is to use lower case names for all files so you don't get confused.

The other thing that will cause trouble is using illegal characters in your file names. Use only alphanumeric characters (a-z & 0-9), underscore "_", full stops ".", and dash "-".

Characters such as spaces " ", ampersands "&", parentheses "()", and slashes "\/" are not allowed.
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6. Why don't my pictures show up?

A common source of missing graphics is the name of the graphic file itself. Remember: file names on FortuneCity are case-sensitive.
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7. Why am I seeing a FortuneCity logo instead of my image on my pages?

You might have noticed that some images are not loading correctly within your web site. They display as a FortuneCity default image with our logo and URL. This is because you do not have cookies enabled within your browsers. You must enable cookies in your browser for your web pages to load properly in your browser.

We've implemented a new use of cookies. We DO NOT use these cookies for tracking behavioral web use. The cookie is used to eliminate warez and cracks, increase our available bandwidth, and diminish misuses of our free web space. We have found our bandwidth double after implementing this technology and have seen an increase in the loading speed of member sites such as yours.

We feel it is a clever way to use a technology that was originally developed for a different function. We have found that the majority of web surfers have cookies enabled within their browsers and therefore decided on this approach to the problem. In no way do these cookies compromise the privacy of any web surfer or you, the web site builder.

To enable cookies, please follow these general directions:

1. Select Tools > Internet Options
2. Select the "Security" tab on the top
3. Use the slider to make your security setting "Medium" or lower (High disables cookies)
4. Select OK

1. Select Edit > Preferences
2. Select Advanced
3. Select either "accept all cookies" or "accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server"
4. Select OK