My Heritage 2
Checklist & Instructions

Technical Checklist
1. Is your Composer file named MyHeritage2?
    Did you create it by opening your MyHeritage1 and saving it as MyHeritage2?

2. Make sure your page has a title like Hulda's Heritage, Brendon's Background, Carla's Culture.
    Your Web site name must have your first name in it and a word that means heritage or culture.
    Save after adding or changing the name of your site.

3. Change the page title to My Heritage 2:
    a. Place your cursor anywhere on the page that is not on text, on an image or inside a table.
    b. Right click where your cursor is, select Page Properties.
    c. Go to the General tab, change the Title to My Heritage 2 (with spaces!)
    d. Save

4. Center your symbols: Click on each image and press Ctrl E.
    Save each time you center an image.

5. Add a caption below each image:
    a. Move cursor to right of image and press Enter.
    b. Identify each picture with 2 or 3 words. Center the captions.
    c. Save after you add each caption.

6. Adjust image sizes
   a. All images of the same shape should be the same height. Flag heights should be max. 100 pixels.
   b. Images that are taller than others should have the same width as the others.
   c. In general, no image height should be more than 150 pixels, except for maps.
   d. Maps should be only large enough to read important words.
   e. Save after you make a change to an image (each time you make a change you want to keep).

7. If you have more than one culture on one side of your family:
    a. Try to put all symbols on the same line. But do not put more than 3 on a line.
    b. Separate images on the same line with a + and put a space on each side of the +
    c. Separate captions with a | (found above the main Enter key).
    d. Separate rows of images in the same cell (box) with a blank line (press Enter).
     e. Save each time you successfully complete a change to your images and captions.

8. Use the following font sizes:
    a. Title: 24
    b. Sub-headings: 18
    c. Captions: 12
    d. Rest of text: 14
    e. Save after each change you make to a font size.

9. At the bottom of your page, put the following, centered:

Webmaster: Your first and last name
Last updated: Month, # 2004

     a. Make the Webmaster line is bold italics
     b. Make the Last updated line is bold. Change the date every day you work on your page.
     c. Save after each change

10. Make sure all images from the Internet are linked to their source.
     Follow instructions in MyHeritage1 (template)

Instructions for researching your family culture
1. Choose one culture on one side of your family to research.
    You may choose the culture you are most familiar with so you can teach others about it.
    Or you may choose a culture you know less about so you can learn more about it.

2. Below your table introduction, add a sub-title, such as:
    Traditions my family follows from its culture(s) ... and where they come from
    or
    My Swedish Culture
    or
    My Cherokee Culture
     or
    My African American Culture
     etc.

3. Start researching each of the catagories listed below (Food, Music, Language, etc.)
    a. Try to find at least two items for each category
    b. Put one item on each line
    c. Copy the URL (Web address) of your source of information and
        paste it below the item (see below).

4. See how Ms Nystrom does it on her example My Heritage 2 Web page (Hulda's Heritage).

Food - What is typical of your culture, not necessarily what your family typically eats
One dish
URL

Another dish
URL

Music - What is typical of your culture, not necessarily what your family typically listens to
One kind of music
URL

Another kind of music
URL

Language - Words or phrases that your family uses or are typical of the language
One word or phrase - with translation
URL

Another word or phrase - with translation
URL

Handicrafts
One item
URL

Another item
URL

Lore (stories)
One item
URL

Another item
URL

Celebrations/holidays
One holiday or traditional celebration
URL

Another holiday or traditional celebration
URL

Famous/important people
One person
URL

Another person
URL

Some Highlights of My Culture's History
More on this later

Religion (optional)
What is the dominant (main) religion of your culture?
Does your family practice that religion?
 


Webmaster: Hulda Nystrom
Last updated: March 16, 2004

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

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