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getting started with the internet
Don’t know a browser
from a hyperlink?
Have you ever spent a
frustrating hour trying to use the internet and haven’t
even got as far as managing to
locate a website?
The following tips will
maybe give you just the information you need to
move forwards…
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here’s what we’ll be looking at:
what is a website? getting onto the internet – broadbandgetting onto the internet - connectingtyping in a website addressnavigating around a pagehyperlinks and navigating
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what is a website?
A website is rather
like a book
containing pages.
The home page (or
front page) of a website
acts a bit like a
contents page.
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An entire website consists
of a number of webpages
.
Home page
travel news
weather
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what is a website?
Some websites, like the BBC website, contain absolutely thousands of webpages, whereas some websites may only contain a few webpages.
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So a website is a collection of webpages, like
a book is a collection of
pages.
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getting onto the internet – broadband
You will need a wireless card in your computer, which is an internal card which will ‘connect’ wirelessly with your router.
You will also need a wireless router (a small box about the size of a video
tape) which you connect to your phone line with a cable.
You will also need to sign up for a broadband connection with a company that provides broadband. This could be BT, but there are many other companies that provide broadband, often at a cheaper monthly cost.
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getting onto the internet - connecting
On your computer
desktop you will see an Internet browser
icon.
This may be a blue icon that looks like a letter e for Microsoft Internet Explorer, although it will be another icon if you have different browser software installed.
Double click on
this icon to launch the browser window.
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Find out more about browsers by following
Webwise unit 03 on Browsers
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typing in a website address
When you launch the internet
browser, you will be faced with a screen
showing a webpage.
Don’t worry about which webpage it shows – the
computer will have been setup
to show the same webpage each time you
launch the browser.
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typing in a website address
To enter a website
address, click in the address bar near the
top of the window.
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This will highlight
the address that is
currently showing.
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typing in a website address
Start typing the address you want.
You don’t need to type http:// - the computer will add this for you afterwards.
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A typical address may be www.bbc.co.uk
or www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria .
www.bbc.co.uk
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typing in a website address
Always type the address exactly as you see it:–
no spaces, no need for capital letters,
but include any full stops or slashes if the address has any.
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If you make a mistake,
the browser would
probably not be able to locate the
page.
www.bbc.co.uk
It’s a bit like a postman trying to locate the address on a postcard if it hasn’t been written correctly.
But at least the postman is human and has a slim chance of working out what it should be.
The computer probably won’t know what it should be if you typed it wrong.
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typing in a website address
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Then allow the
computer time to
search for the
webpage you
requested.
Having typed your address, you can either press
the ENTER key on the keyboard…
or the GO button on the right hand
side of the address bar.
Enter
key
Go
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typing in a website address
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See Webwise Unit 03 on addresses
to find out more about
typing a website
address.
You should see an activity bar
with blue or green coloured
rectangles appearing at the bottom of your screen.
This indicates that the
browser is in the process of searching for
and downloading
the requested page to your
computer.
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navigating around a page
Once you have found a
webpage, you will need to
navigate around it to get the
information you need from it.
The main way to do this is by
using your
mouse.If you move your mouse around the
webpage, you will notice it
changes shape – from a white arrow pointer
to a hand.
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navigating around a page
Whenever your mouse hovers
over an image or possibly a bold, underlined or
coloured piece of text, you will
probably see the hand cursor
appear.
The hand cursor indicates that whatever is directly beneath it on the page is a link.
Images or text can be links.
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hyperlinks
A link (or hyperlink) is simply a shortcut to take you to
another page.
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To use the link to take
you to another
page, once the hand appears,
click the left button of
your mouse.
This will tell the
computer to locate the page you have requested
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See Webwise Unit 3 on
buttons to find out
more about navigating.
This may be another page
within the website, or even a page belonging to
another website.
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hyperlinks and navigating
By clicking on a link
when you see that hand,
you can navigate
around the website.
If you want to go back to a page you saw earlier, click on the back button on the top left of the toolbar at the top of the screen.
Each time you click on this it will take
you back a page.
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Have fun surfing!Visit the online
Webwise course to find
out more about using
the internet…