: Whenever you want to make a change to a page that is already on the Internet you MUST download a copy of that page. DO NOT use a copy of the page that you have on disk.
The reason for this precaution is that changes may have been made to the copy that is on the Internet causing it to be a newer version than the one you may have on your computer.
To download the page use AOL Press.
Once in AOL Press, click on File then Open.
Notice the Location box.
If it shows the C:\ drive (as in the example above) you must change the Drives/Sites: to your ftp site.
Once you have selected your ftp site directory you will be prompted for your username and password. (This will be the username and password provided to you for uploading/downloading files)
Now that you are in your ftp site directory (the place on the server where your HTML files are located) you should see a listing of your files in the Files: box.
(I am using the Central Dispatch (9-1-1) directory as an example).
Notice the index.html file in the Files: box.
This is the 'HomePage' or the first page that someone will come to when they link to Central Dispatch.
All the departments will have a similar 'HomePage'.
From here, just click on the file you want and click Open.
(I chose the index.html file from the dispatch directory).
Once you have done this, notice the Location: box at the top.
It shows the ftp address you used.
This means that you are still looking at the page on the server and have not saved it to your computer.
Click on File then Save As...
Select the appropriate directory to save in. (in the case of the WindowsNT workstation at the Clay Street building select the AOLPRESS directory then the appropriate subdirectory)
NOTE!
You MUST save the page to your computer. Make sure to change to the correct directory and not to just click OK.
Now make sure that you see the correct directory in the Location: box.
From here you can do any editing you would like but remember some guidelines.
Stay in the center portion of the page where you see the indented information.
This is a table and sometimes you might notice your cursor go all the way to the left of the screen.
Do not edit in this blank area.
The code that places the list of links down the side is being hidden there.
NOTE!
: A good technique to keep in mind is the Show Border option.
Select Format then click Show Border.
This will put a dotted line around the two areas so you can see where you need to be editing.
Also you can make changes to the italicized title which, in the above example, is Central Dispatch Center.
