Ingredients

1. Computer with appropriate software (Graphics Workstation -- Power Mac 7500 on 5th floor)
2. BBEdit 4.5 (installed on Graphics Workstation; procedure is slightly different for 4.0.4)
3. NAS HTML template (installed on Graphics Workstation); called "nas-temp.html"
4. [Optional] If you have already have text for this page, you should have it on this hard disk before you start. MS Word files (Mac or PC w/ .doc extension), or plain ASCII text will work fine. For QuarkXPress documents, contact Chris about BeyondPress.
5. The Audubon Coder's Guide.

Procedure

1. Open BBEdit from the Apple menu (under Recent Items) or by double-clicking on its icon.
2. [Optional] Open your pre-existing document, if you have one. Select All (from the Edit menu) and Copy your text.
3. Use the New Document... button on the HTML Tools palette; select the template "nas-temp.html", and fill in your document's title. Then hit Create, and BBEdit will open a new window with the NAS HTML template.
4. If you copied text for your document, Paste it now. If not, type it in.
5. Format the document to suit, using <em> or <cite> for underlining if any existed in the original.
6. Near the bottom of the document, fill in your E*Mail address twice to replace "[]".
7. If you haven't decided where this document will reside in the HTML content tree, do this now. Call Chris at x3092 if you have a question. You need to pick the folder it will be in and the file name (which should end in ".html"). Some info about naming is available in the Audubon Coder's Guide.
8. If this document is going to be named "index.html" (the main file in its directory), fill in the "[]" after "Back to" with the name of the index.html one level up (i.e. http://www.audubon.org/net/coding/procedure/index.html's "Back to" link says "Back to Coding"). If this document won't be index.html, fill in the name of the index.html in the same directory (i.e. http://www.audubon.org/net/coding/procedure/template.html's "Back to" link says "Back to Web Posting Procedures").
9. If this document is going to be named index.html, change the "Back to" link from "index.html" to "../index.html" (this means the index.html in the parent directory).
10. If you have images to place, make sure they're under 15k and put them in an images directory alongside the HTML file. JPEG images get the extension ".jpeg" and GIF images get the extension ".gif". Link them into the document with the Image button in the HTML Tools palette.
11. Save your document again.
12. Use Check HTML in the HTML Tools palette to find and fix any errors in your document (if you click on an error or warning in the Check HTML window, it brings you to the problem line in your HTML document).
13. When you're done, put all the files (including the images folder and its contents, if any) in a folder with your name on it and drop it on "Drop here for Chris". You'll get a message warning you that you can't see the contents of this folder; press "OK" to acknowledge it.
14. Tell Chris that you've dropped the files in his drop box and where you want them to go.

Tips and info

• Call Chris at x3092 if you have any problems or questions.
• After you've coded a few pages successfully, Chris will give you direct access to the directories you're responsible for, so you can make changes directly.