An Innovation Grant funded by the Georgia Department of Education

Bill Jordan, Instructor
Thomasville City Schools
Thomasville, Georgia

Sharing Web Pages

Objective: In this assignment you will learn how to send an e-mail message that contains an entire web page or a clickable URL for a web page that you want to share with someone.
Vocabulary: If you have used a word processor before, you are probably familiar with copying and pasting text in a document you type. In this lesson you are going to do something similar by copying and pasting web page information into an e-mail message. Also, be sure you locate the chain link symbol on your browser.
clickable URL Chain Link copy paste

Background Information: At some point you are going to find a really neat web page that you will want someone else to know about. You could just type the URL into your e-mail message as part of the text. Then the person receiving the e-mail would have to enter the address in the Location field in order to visit the site.

On the other hand, you could take advantage of two featuers of Netscape that let you include clickable URLs or web pages directly in the e-mail message.

  • When you include a clickable URL in an e-mail message, all the recipent has to do is select the URL by clicking on it with the mouse. When the URL is selected, the web page identified by the URL will be downloaded for viewing.
  • It is also possible to include an entire web page in an e-mail message. When you use this method, the recipeint of your e-mail sees exactly what would be seen if the site were visited in the usual way by selecting a link on the screen.

These features are incredibly easy to use and give you two more ways to extend you e-mail capabilities.

Online Assignment: In this assignment you will learn two new features of e-mail, including a clickable URL in your message and actually mailing an entire web page as part of an e-mail message. You might want to print this lesson to follow the instructions in more detail.

Including Clickable URLs in E-mail Messages

1. Notice the area around the Location Field at the top of the screen. Do you see a small symbol that looks like part of a chain link?
2. Double click (click the mouse button two times quickly) on the chain link symbol. When you do this, the URL in the Location Field is copied and can be pasted into an e-mail message.
3. Next, click on the e-mail envelope at the bottom right of the screen. Selecting the envelope causes Netscape Mail to immediately open. To test this new feature, address the e-mail to yourself and enter a subject for the message (for example, Testing New E-mail Feature).
4. Once the e-mail message is properly addressed, place the cursor in the message window and paste the address into the message. You can paste the URL into the message in one of two ways.
  1. CTRL-V: hold down the Control (CTRL) key and press the V key once. Then release both keys. (The Control key is usually on the bottom left side of the keyboard).
  2. Select Edit from the menu bar and then select the Paste Option.
5. Now send the e-mail message in the usual way. The recipient will get an e-mail message containing a clickable URL. When he or she selects the URL with the mouse, the web page identified by the URL will be retrieved.


Including Web Pages in E-mail Messages

1. There is a second way to let someone know about a web site. This involves actually e-mailing a copy of the web page.
2. Once you find a web page that you want to e-mail to someone, you only have to follow a few simple steps. Select File on the menu bar and look for the Mail Document option.

File |Mail Document

3. When you select the Mail Document option, the Netscape Mail window automatically opens. Address the e-mail in the usual way (either type in an address or select someone from your Address Book). Then send the e-mail.
4. When the e-mail is opened, the recipient will be able to see the web page you sent them.


Experiment with both of these methods by sending yourself some e-mail that contains a clickable URL and a message that contains a web page.

Reading Assignment: Please read Tip number 23 on page 125 in the PC Novice Guide to Netscape.
Homework Assignment: There are two parts to this assignment.
  1. Send me an e-mail message that contains a clickable URL. Browse around on the World Wide Web and find something that is interesting and point me to it with your message. To do this, you will use the first set of instructions provided above--Including Clickable URLs in E-mail Messages.
  2. Send me an e-mail message that contains a Web Page that you want me to see. Please use a different one from the URL you send in the first part of this assignment. To do this you will use the second set of instructions provided above--Including Web Pages in E-Mail Messages.
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Competencies: After completing this assignment, you should be able to include a clickable URL or an entire web page in your e-mail messages.


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Created: 10/24/97 00:00:00