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SeaMonkey Tutorial

Web Page Development using SeaMonkey

See also Video Tutorial

This tutorial will introduce basic concepts regarding web page development for students at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois (GSLIS). The goal of this tutorial is to teach SeaMonkey Composer. We will explore how to create a web page, upload and publish it onto your I drive, and how to view the web page from a browser. You will be able to use the basic WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) features.

Disclaimer

This SeaMonkey tutorial is recommended for people unfamiliar with web page development, although basic knowledge of your operating system is necessary. The screen captures found in this web tutorial were mostly done using a Macintosh Operating System X.

This tutorial does not to teach basic HTML. Students wishing to learn HTML will need to attend workshops offered by GSLIS or CITES or through another method.

File Space for sharing your web page address

As a member of the GSLIS community, you have storage space on the web. Directions for accessing and using this space are provided. However, if you prefer, you can store your webpages elsewhere. If you have not set up your I drive, it is strongly suggested you do this first by going through File Storage Options at UIUC, before going through the SeaMonkey tutorial.

Tutorial Content:

• Install SeaMonkey
  • Mac Instructions
  • Windows Instructions
    • Windows download using Internet Explorer
    • Windows download using Firefox
• Begin a New Page
• Add Text
  • Change font color and size
  • Change background color
• Create links
  • External Links
  • Internal Links
  • Email Links
• Insert Images
  • Insert an image
  • Manipulate an image
• Tables
• Tidbits
  • Preview the web page online
  • Edit an existing web page
  • Browser Fonts
• File Storage Options
• Share your Web Page Address
  • Mac - Dragging Files
  • PC - Copy/Paste
  • Mac or PC - Last Option
• Other Resources

At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to download, install and use SeaMonkey's Composer to create and edit webpages.

You will also be able to publish your content on the web using various file storage options available to you through UIUC.