Getting the Files -- the Hard Way

• Create a directory or folder for the files you're planning to use. For this example, we'll call it "Offline."
• On a graphical browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer, choose "Save" from the "File" menu and make sure that you've selected the "Source" option. Save it into the directory or folder you've created. Make a note of the name of the primary page; you'll need it to open the file later.
• Print out the source so that you can see what the graphics files and links are called.
• Look in the source file for places that have < img src= in them--these are graphics files--and make a note of those names. You need to be sure that you create the same directory structure in your downloaded files as in the source file.
• With most browsers, you can save the graphics files by putting the cursor on top of the graphic and (on the Mac) holding the mouse button down until you see a dialog box or (under Windows) pressing the right mouse button. When the dialog box comes up, choose Save this image.
  • If your browser is not so accommodating, you'll need to go to those graphics files by choosing Open from the File menu (or its equivalent) and typing in the name of the graphics file you want to download.
  • Once the graphic is on the screen, you can save it in much the same way as you saved the other files. Choose Text rather than Source when you save the file.
  In either case, make sure you save the graphic with the name that is in the source file.
• Go to the links you want students to be able to use and follow the same procedure for each link. Make sure you save each link with the name that the source file uses to refer to the link and in the same directory structure. If you're using Windows 3.1, you may need to fix the file names in the source so that they will match the way they were saved on your computer. Files created for the Macintosh or Unix computers can have longer file names than Windows will swallow. (Manually making the file names match is the only way the links will work!)
• Download everything you want students to be able to do or see. Save it all in the directory or folder you created.