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Graphics will
make your text-only webpage much more colorful and interesting. In this
activity, you will learn how to add graphics and a background image to
your webpage. Follow these steps.
Collecting
Online Graphics
- You can
"collect" webpage images from the World Wide Web. The next
steps will show you how to do that.
- Open Netscape
Navigator.
- Browse
several of your favorite webpages until you find a web graphic that
you would like to add to your webpage.
- Position
your cursor on top of the image.
- Hold down
the right mouse button (Mac: hold the mouse button).
- Select
Save Image As from the menu that appears.
- Rename
the image if you find that the existing name is not descriptive (remember
to use lowercase letters and a short file name).
- Navigate
to the folder where you saved the webpage you created in the first activity.
- Click
the Save button to save the image.
- Collect
several more images using the same procedure.
Note: Most
of the images on the Web are in the public domain and can be downloaded
by web designers. However, if you see a trademark or copyright notice
on or near a web image, you should not download the image.
Adding
Graphics to Your Webpage
-
Open the folder where you saved your first webpage.
- Double-click
on the yourname webpage that you created in the first activity.
- After
Navigator has opened on the screen, select Edit Page from
the File menu.
- Your webpage
will open on the screen.
- Position
your cursor in an empty line on the webpage.
- Note:
The graphics you add to your webpage will always be inserted at the
current location of your cursor. It is wise to allow yourself a little
bit of "working room" when adding graphics. You can always
go back later and remove the empty lines on the webpage.
- Click
on the Image toolbar button.
- A dialog
box will appear.
- Click
on the Choose File button.
- A new
Look in: dialog box will appear.
- Navigate
to the folder where you saved the images.
- Double-click
on one of the images (or click once and then click on Open).
- The Image
Properties dialog box will reappear on the screen.
- Click
on OK.
- The image
will appear on your webpage.
Changing the Dimensions of the Image
- Click
on the image and notice that black lines appear around the image.
- Move the
cursor slowly across the image and notice that as your pass over the
black line, the cursor changes from an arrow to a two-sided arrow.
- If you
click and hold the mouse button when it is a two-sided arrow, you can
drag the mouse to resize the image.
- If you
move the cursor down to the bottom right corner of the image you can
resize both the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image at the
same time without losing the image's proportions.
Changing the Image Alignment
- If you
click on the Alignment toolbar button, you can move the image
to the center or the right side of the screen.
- Clicking
on the Increase and Decrease Indent buttons move the in lesser
degrees.
- You can
undo the changes you are making by selecting Undo from the Edit
menu.
Wrapping Text Around the Image
- Click
outside the image, press the space bar several times and type a short
description of the image.
- You will
notice that the text appears next to the lower right hand corner of
the image.
- Right-click
(Mac: Command - Click) on the image and select Image Properties from
the menu that appears.
- Select
one of the Text Alignment and Wrapping Around Images options
by clicking on the appropriate button.
- Click
on OK to see how your choice changed the way the text is displayed
next to the image.
- You can
undo the changes you are making by selecting Undo from the Edit
menu.
- Click
on the File menu and select Save.
- Watch
the screen and notice that Composer is saving a copy of the images to
your floppy disk along with your webpage.
Another Way to Change the Image Dimensions
- Hit the
Enter key several times to move the cursor down to an empty spot
on the webpage.
- Click
on the Image toolbar button again.
- Click
on the Choose File button.
- Since
you have already been to the clipart folder on the desktop, Composer
should take you right back to that folder.
- Select
another image and click on Open.
- Click
on OK and the new image will be added to your webpage.
- Right-click
(Mac: Command - Click) on the new image and select Image Properties.
- Notice
the Dimensions section of the dialog box.
- The current
dimensions (in pixels) are shown in the Height and Width boxes.
- Change
one of the numbers and notice that the other number automatically changes
too. This is a handy way to resize the image without having to use the
tricky two-sided arrows.
- You can
return the image to its original size by clicking on the Original
Size button.
- Notice
that you can also change the Space Around Image features by adjusting
the numbers in the three boxes. This feature will allow you to determine
the space around images that are inserted next to text or other images.
- Clicking
on the Alt Text button will open a new dialog box that allows
you to add text that will be displayed while the image is loaded by
the Navigator.
- Save the
changes you made.
- Click
on the Preview button to view your webpage in Navigator.
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