UTHSC-H Webspace - Webpage Editing with Netscape of Mozilla

Webpage editing with Netscape or Mozilla

An extremely efficient way to create and edit basic HTML documents is to use a Web browser that has an internal editor and uses the WebDAV protocol to directly publish to your WEBSPACE This permits one to

create or open an exiting HTML document in edit mode within the browser,

edit the document, and

simply press the "Publish" icon to upload the document.

This is extremely useful for students, faculty and others who who would like to maintain on-line notes or scholarly documents having hyperlinked references and other value-added aspects of multimedia resources.

Netscape and Mozilla Browsers

Both Netscape (4.7x & 7.x) and Mozilla (1.7x) browser have extensive editing features and permit direct HTTP/HTTPS publishing of newly created or modified documents. (These browsers are also available for Linux and Mac OS X.)

To modify an existing HTML document in your WEBSPACE:

display the document in the Web browser,

select the "File" menu,

click on "Edit Page",

document is displayed in browser,

edit the document, and

click the "Publish" icon to upload the document.

To create and publish a new HTML document:

activate the browsers Editor"

create the document, and

click the "Publish" icon to upload the document.