First you need a yahoo-geocities account if you do not have one already. To obtain an account, go to:<http://www.yahoo.com>.
There you will see a sign which reads Yahoo! PageBuilder. Click on it and the next screen will allow you to "launch" or start (load) the PageBuilder software. First, have a look at the "PageBuilder Tutorial" on the same page. Those who have interests in educational psychology will want to compare and contrast their experiences with the Pagebuilder Tutorial vs. the present method.
The present method is to set out some goals of web page building as one would set out goals in a maze and then to take the path which most directly leads to the goals. The signs on each path must be clear so that wrong turns will be avoided. If you take wrong turns that is the fault of the teaching machine. "THE STUDENT IS ALWAYS RIGHT". So let us know right away!
This tutorial is far from exhaustive. It will only give you a start on web site building, though you will be able to construct a good, basic web site from it.
A MAIN MENU will be presented below. You may wish to print out this menu and its links and keep it on hand as you work on your web site. Conceivably it could be incorporated into the PageBuilder menu system but that is not available presently available.
Here are some goals or objectives you may want to achieve for basic web site construction. Click on the highlighted URL below each goal to learn the path and signs to that goal:
(1) Typing text in various areas of the web site screen displays and moving those text display areas around on the screen display;
(2) Changing the fonts (size and shape of letters and other typed characters);
(3) Colour: you may want to colour the entire web page or just the background in the text box or just selected text characters, phrases, lines etc;
(4) Pictorial displays: geocities has a pre-selected set of pictures which you can choose from to enhance your web site;
(5) Scanned displays: if you have a scanner, you may wish to scan in your own pictures, graphics etc. and put them on the web site;
(6) Links, so that anyone visiting the web site can click on a URL as for the links above to yahoo and geocities;
(7) Counter, to give you a record of the number of "visits" to your web site or "hits".
If anyone knows a procedure to add another feature, please email us as above. Otherwise, the seven goals above will yield a good, basic web page and web site as the pages are linked. Enjoy!
(Sounds like a Falun Gong slogan doesn't it?)
Those who only want to start creating a basic web site can follow the seven paths above to get through this maze. Those interested in the educational psychology of the TWO TEACHING MACHINE METHODS, one based in negative reinforcement and the other based in positive reinforcement should also study the PageBuilder tutorial which begins at <http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/p/t/a.html>
