Editing The Templates
The following are a few tools that will help you to change some of the basic appearances of the webquest templates. For an in-depth look at how to create and edit web pages using XHTML and CSS, please see our webpage creation pages.
Adding your content
By far the simplest way to add your content to these templates is to use a WYSIWYG webpage editor such as Dreamweaver, the free Netscape Composer (a part of Netscape Communicator) or the free Mozilla to replace the template text with your own content. To use the templates is this manner will hopefully be straightforward to most users, as it will be essentially just selecting text from in the template and replacing it with your own. If you do not have an HTML editor, I would recommend using the editor bundled with Netscape or Mozilla. If you run into difficulties, please feel free to post them to the webquest forum on the Webquest.org site, or perhaps run a Google search on the problem you are having.
One note that should be remembered when altering these templates is that you should not have to altar the style of the webquest from within the webpage editor you are using. Instead, all of the formatting should be done automatically by the CSS stylesheet. In order for the CSS to be able to format things properly, make sure that you use headings properly: for example, on this page "Editing The Templates" is Heading 1, "Adding your content" is Heading 2, and the rest of the text blocks are Paragraph format. There should be a pop-up menu which lets you select the style you want for a particular block of text:
If you are feeling a tad adventurous, you may want to check out how to alter the templates using a simple text editor at our webpage creation pages. This is intended for those who want to have more control over how their webpages look and behave, and are willing to spend a bit more time learning how to use HTML and CSS properly to achieve this.
Changing the style (fonts, colors, etc.)
As was mentioned on the templates page, each template is created using valid XHTML and CSS. Because of this, it becomes very simple to make changes that affect the styles used across the entire webquest. The easiest way to do this is to use css editing software, such as TopStyle Lite (free - pro version available), StyleMaster (can download a 30-day demo) or CSSEdit (limited demo available). These tools make changing basic features of the webquest (such as font and colors) quite simple. Have fun!
Again, if you are interested in learning more about how CSS works, and how you can use it to make your webpages easier to create and maintain, visit our webpage creation pages.