There are many good course Web sites on the Internet that you can adopt for your own use. To get your site operational quickly, this page provides three skeletal models to customize. All three templates were developed by the authors of this Web site, feel free to mix and match the contents to meet your course and personal needs.  

Simple Design

1. View the simple design.
2. If you want to use it, get a zipped file containing all the component files.
3. Unzip the file in a new folder, called /simple on your computer. If you need an unzip utility, try Winzip.
4. Open index_s.htm in a browser using the File|Open menu to see your copy.
5. Open the .htm files using a Web editor, change to suit your course, save the files, and continuously refresh the browser image so you know how your changes appear.

Horizontal Navigation Bar Design

1. View the horizontal design.
2. If you want to use it, get a zipped file containing all the component files.
3. Unzip the file in a new folder, called /horizont on your computer. If you need an unzip utility, try Winzip.
4. Open index_ho.htm in a browser using the File|Open menu to see your copy.
5. Unless you understand frames, don't open or modify the index_ho.htm file.
6. Open the other .htm files using a Web editor and change to suit your course, save the files, and continuously refresh the browser image so you know how your changes appear.

Vertical Navigation Bar Design

1. View the vertical design.
2. If you want to use it, get a zipped file containing all the component files.
3. Unzip the file in a new folder, called /vertical on your computer. If you need an unzip utility, try Winzip.
4. Open index_vo.htm in a browser using the File|Open menu to see your copy.
5. Unless you understand frames, don't open or modify the index_vo.htm file.
6. NOTE: The bannervo.htm page contains a Java script for the scrolling notice box. Some Web editors erroneously change the HTML line <script= "JavaScript"> to <script> rendering the banner blank. If that happens, open bannervo.htm in WordPad and change the line back to its original content. You can always obtain a fresh copy of the zipped file and start again.
7. Open the other .htm files using a Web editor and change to suit your course, save the files, and continuously refresh the browser image so you know how your changes appear.

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Embedding Files of Other File Types

Web pages let you create a link to any type of file using the pathname for the desired file.

1. Build the file to be embedded in your Web page.
2. Upload the file to your Web server.
3. Create a link in the Web page with a location http://..... pointing to the pathname of the file on the Web server. For example, to embed a PowerPoint file in this Web page, a link was created that pointed to the location on the Web server storing the PowerPoint file that was used during the Controls Conference presentation.
4. If your computer has PowerPoint95 or 97, when you click on the above link PowerPoint will open with the presentation page, or you will be prompted to save your file. The route taken depends upon your computer's configuration of the .ppt file type.