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What is this site about?

  1. Post Rock Public Library is not a real library. Most policies, services and programs are jokes intended to make you laugh or groan.
  2. This Web site, however, is not a joke. Beneath the outrageous policies, services and programs are instructions for creating attractive Web pages with your library services, policies, new materials, upcoming events, etc.
  3. All web pages on this web site are created using Blogger's Compose and Edit HTML tools.
  4. There are, however, two types of links on sidebar menus.
    • Announcements of upcoming events, new books and games are under "What's new?" These links are created by adding labels at the bottom of postings. Making these links is as easy and quick as typing the announcement and saving it. In this case, saving posts announcements online and automatically creates the link under What's new?
    • Permanent pages: home page, hours, contact and location, services, policies, rules of conduct, patron privacy, etc. Each link is created individually in a link element. Though harder than using labels, creating links in this way allows grouping links together and arranging them in the desired order.
  5. Several Web pages explain how to add "widgets" from other Web sites, e.g., Widgetbox. The sidebar Event Calendar link goes to a free online calendar by Kiko. Near the bottom of the sidebar is My Calendar "event roll" widget which automatically displays events posted on the Kiko calendar. Enhancing your Web site with widgets is easy to do, fun and makes your Web site cooler. I encourage you to try them out.
  6. The goal of this Web site is to help you create an attractive Web site on which announcing upcoming events and new materials is as easy as typing the announcement and saving it on your computer, except in this case it will be up on your Web site for everyone to see.
Other Web pages describe how to make the sidebar link to this Home page.

**** Creating a home page ****

The "Home page" is 1) the first Web page that appears when people type in the address of your Web site, and 2) the Web page that appears when people click Home on the sidebar of your Web site. It is not important that Home page be made first. A Home page can be made anytime.
  1. On the Main Tabs, click Posting. A blank new Web page is displayed.
  2. In the Title bar, type Home.
  3. In the message area, type the message for the first page of your Web site. (Other pages on this Web site describe using the tool bar, adding pictures, etc.)
  4. Near the bottom on the left-side, click Post Options and one the right side today's date appears.
  5. Change the current year to several years in the future. For example change 9/3/07 to 9/3/12. This Home page will now appear in the main column of your Web site until September 2012.
  6. When finished, click the orange Publish Post to post the page on the Web.
  7. Save as Draft saves the page, but does not post it online for everyone to see. Drafts are retrieved for further work by clicking Posting and Edit Posts. Click Edit beside the desired draft.

 

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