THE SECRET OF A WEBSITE WITH LIVELY GRAPHICS
1.) Download a free DOS FILE MANAGER, free software called ZTREE, so that you can build a tree directory in your c:drive
2) GO to GOOGLE, then hit IMAGES. Now, fill in the theme
of what kind of picture you want.
If you are looking for an unhappy, screaming baby for an article about
good mothering,
put that in,"Unhappy baby." or Screaming baby." "crybaby" CARTOONS
are GIFS you hit JPG you get the real deal. so write crybaby.gif to get
a cartoon or pro illustration..
3.) RUMMAGE THRU ALL THE CHOICES.
Out
of all those crying babies, pick one. CLICK on image you like, You get
its page. CLICK on the image again to get its source. THEN, and only then,
RIGHT CLICK on image and save it to cache on subject. C:\babies or C:\
as screamer.jpg or screamer, gif which ever it is. usually it's those two.
REMEMBER where you stuck it. The thing goes by so fast, you won't remember
which Branch of your TREE it's in. C:|babies, right?
3.A. You may want to RESIZE it. If so, use IRFANVIEW software, which you get online, free. Hit IMAGE and hit resize and play with that area.
4.) FILE TRANSFER TIME! NOW, open the FTP software and FTP the image screamer.gif to your website. The graphic is now in cyberspace. But nobody knows it's there.
5.)WRITE THE word part, the ARTICLE. Then, STICK THE PICTURE
in the article.
Now, I never figured out how to work the image-sticking-in feature at MICROSOFT
WORD which I got in OFFICE SUITE 2000. I use NETSCAPE
COMMUNICATOR for graphics. I use it for writing my article,
too. It is a free browser you can find online. VERSION 4.7 is from the
mid 90's. It has the COMPOSER choice at top, a word processor with which
you make HTM files. ALL MY WEBSITES are made on THIS SOFTWARE. LUCK
IN LOVE, and GUERILLA
CAPITALISM, the entire lot. GO TO THE INTERNET, GOOGLE FREE
DOWNLOAD NETSCAPE 4.7 and download it. It's small and comes into your machine
fast. Boot it up. I USE THE EMAIL CLIENT as it's superb. And I use composer
for inserting graphics and for doing the whole article in HTM really. I
can turn a text file into HTM in a second, format it, add graphics and
have it out on the web in twenty minutes.
Now, hit the INSERT IMAGE button at top. Fill in the box it gives you with answer of where the IMAGE IS. it's at YOUR SITE called SCREAMER maybe.... http://www.mywebsite/screamer.gif --that is the URL of the graphic. Or maybe you want to borrow someone else's fine graphic, and accept the size that he has it.... put in HIS URL for that image. The advantage of the FORMER is that you can resize the image. USE IRFANVIEW SOFTWARE, free from CROATIA to do that. I have no skills and I was able to both download it and figure out its use.
You have an option as to where to put the graphic. Leave it in cyberspace at another's website or put it on your own website. HIT THE OPTION you pick. I often lately LEAVE GRAPHIC IN CYBERSPACE. I figure the owner won't be taking it down. WHO TAKES ANYTHING DOWN? So below, hit the option, ORIGINAL SIZE. Position it if you want to with the boxes that show different positions.
Congratulations; You just stuck a live link to the graphic in the article.
IT doesn't look like a live link which
that is right UP THERE WRITTEN OUT, no it is the actual GRAPHIC,
it flips into the article!
Ain't THE INTERNET GREAT? OH, one more thing. Now, publish the article and put a live link to it on your index page!
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