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1. Very basic issues

 

How to obtain an e-mail account

How to obtain a Polaris account

 

2. Less basic issues

 

How to write HTML

 

3. Least basic issues

I noticed in the lab and during presentations that some people have links that don't work properly.
When you look at the URL after you click a link does it look something like this?

http://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/~USER/home.html/www.LINK.com

If so, make sure that you have http:// in your link tag
(i.e. use "http://www.link.com" not just "www.link.com" in your code).

That should fix the problem. :)

(courtesy Opal Gamble)


 

            Want to avoid losing your reader when they click a link?
Try using this format for your links:

<a href="http://www.WHATEVER.com" target="_blank">

The target="_blank" tells the user's browser to open a new window.

Hope this is helpful.

(courtesy Opal Gamble)