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 Posted by John Hosking on 06/12/09 12:01 
Andrew H wrote: 
 
<previous exchange with dorayme snipped> 
 
> Hey- 
>  
> I just uploaded the above: 
>  
 
<code from dorayme snipped again> 
NG Tip: you usually only need to quote stuff once. 
 
> to my website which is located @ www.jessicahodsdon.com 
>  
> So that is done as of now, hope this helps. 
 
It helps more if you type it as http://www.jessicahodsdon.com/ so that  
more newsreaders recognize it as a link. 
 
So I've gone there and, guess what? You've got a Web site! Congrats. 
 
Now you can change the <title> to something more globally enlightening  
than "My sister". And add some text just to see something, like: 
 
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut  
consequat tellus nec tellus luctus fringilla. Suspendisse potenti.</p> 
 
And here's a contribution for you to put inside the <style> element,  
although at some point[1] you will probably want to move from embedded  
CSS like this to using an external stylesheet. 
 
html, body   { 
   font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; 
   font-size: 100%; 
   background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000; 
   padding:0px; margin:0px; } 
 
The most instructional thing you can do is tweak small things in your  
code (markup and CSS) and see the effect(s). So don't just accept the  
CSS above; add it to your page, view it in some browsers, then change it  
and see what happens. 
 
For example, a lot of folks don't care for serif fonts for long online  
texts. So try something like 
 
font:100% Arial, Helvetica, "Century Gothic", sans-serif; 
 
instead of the fonts I gave you at first. Try using different colors  
(especially if black-on-white isn't what you like). And so on. 
 
HTH. GL. 
 
[1] The point to start with an external stylesheet is probably when you  
get a second page for the site. 
 
--  
John 
Temporarily ignoring the UIP: http://improve-usenet.org/
 
  
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