The first step is to use the search engines, web indexes and web directories to locate appropriate educational resources on the web. As you find appropriate websites, add them to your Favorites List or Bookmarks. When your collection of Favorites/Bookmarks is complete, follow these steps to transform them into a webpage that can be added to your Classroom Webpages.

Internet Explorer:

1. Click on the Favorites menu and select Organize Favorites
2. From the File menu, select Export Favorites.
3. Navigate to the folder where your default.html webpage is saved.
4. Notice that Internet Explorer has already added the .html suffix that designates the file as a webpage. You can keep the default Favorites file name or change the name to match the focus of your Favorites list (8 letters or less, no spaces!) . Be sure to keep the .html suffix.
5. Click on Save and your Favorites list will be exported as a webpage.

Netscape Navigator:

1. Open the Netscape Bookmarks Screen by selecting Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu.
2. Select Save As from the File menu
3. Enter a file name (8 letters or less, no spaces!) that reflects the contents of your bookmarks list and add the .html suffix that will save the bookmarks list as a webpage.
4. Save the Bookmarks list to same folder where your default.html webpage is saved.

Editing Your Exported Favorites / Bookmarks List with Netscape Composer

1. Navigate to the folder where you saved the Favorites.html / Bookmarks.html webpage.
2. Open the webpage with the Netscape Navigator web browser
3. Select Edit Page from the File menu to open Netscape Composer.
4. Format the webpage using the techniques you explored in the previous activities.
5. If you want to remove some of the links, just drag across the links you want to remove while holding down the mouse button and then press the delete key.
6. You can change the default title of the webpage by selecting Page Title from the Format menu.
7. Save the webpage and click on the Preview button to double-check the links.
8. Close the webpage when you are finished.

Building a link from your default.html webpage to the favorites.html / bookmarks.html webpage

1. Navigate to the folder where your default.html webpage is saved.
2. Open the default.html webpage with Netscape Navigator.
3. Select Edit Page from the File menu.
4. Position the cursor on an empty line and type the text that will serve as a link to your favorites.html or bookmarks.html webpage.
5. Select the text and click on the Insert Link button.
6. Click on the Choose File button.
7. Select the favorites.html or bookmarks.html webpage.
8. Click on the Open button.
9. Click on OK to build the link.
10. Click on the Save icon and then on the Preview icon to test the link from your default.html webpage to your favorites.html or bookmarks.html webpage.

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