Make a Parish Page



Making the page is just like filling in a form, so there are four steps.
  1. Get a copy of the form (the blank page).
  2. Gather the required information.
  3. Fill in the form.
  4. Hand in the completed form.
Get a blank page.
Check to see that nobody else in your parish has made, or is making, a page for your parish. Contact the webmaster and say which parish the page is for, and whether you will be working on a Windows- or Linux-based machine.

You can get a self-extracting zip file containing an HTML page and some graphics. Save it to your hard drive and unzip the file by double-clicking the file in the Explorer. Rename the file parish_blank.html to my_parish.html (e.g stthomas_linden.html).

If your Service Provider blocks .exe files for security reasons, get this zip file and unzip it in the usual way.

You will need a tarball containing an HTML page and some graphics. Save it to your hard drive and expand the file. Rename the file parish_blank.html to my_parish.html (e.g stthomas_linden.html).

Gather the required information.
Look at the Cathedral page on the web site - it is under 'C' on the List of Parishes - and you will see the kind of data that is needed. Collect the relevant information for your parish and write it down on a piece of paper that you can have handy when you do the next step.

Fill in the form.
  1. Start Nvu and open the file you renamed from parish_blank.html to my_parish.html. You can do this from the toolbar, or from the menu bar by going File, Open or by using the shortcut  Ctrl+O. [Don't worry about the Nvu Site Manager window - you won't need to achieve our current goal.]
  2. Use the mouse to select the word Parish at the top of the page and type in the name of the parish whose details are to follow. SAVE YOUR WORK!
  3. Use the mouse to select the words "Put the mission statement here" and type in the parish mission statement. SAVE YOUR WORK!
  4. Use the mouse to select the words "Put the street address here" and type in the street address. Use the key to break the text into lines.
The rest of the form is filled in by either selecting the text to be replaced, or by typing into the space provided.



Next you need to look at How to fill the form, or do the work and Get it published.

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