Overview
How to Get From Here to There
Navigating Web Pages
Marking Important Pages
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Overview
How to Get From Here to There
Navigating Web Pages
Marking Important Pages
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---------------------- Note: The following explanation refers to Netscape's Navigator 3.01 (NS) and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.01 (IE) browser; other versions of Navigator and Internet Explorer differ slightly. Like most software, browsers frequently offer more than one option for completing a task. --------------------  Image #1: Netscape's Navigator is the most commonly used Web browser. The main reason for opening your browser is to access the mountains of resources available on the Web. But how do you get there? To get somewhere on the Web, you need a URL. All Web pages have a unique address, or uniform resource locator (URL). Let's look at a URL: 
Entering a URL The first step in going some place on the Web is entering a URL. |
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-- From the File menu item, choose Open Location, type in the URL directly, then press the Enter or Return Key.
(or) -- Find the Location Field at the top of the browser; type in the URL directly, then press the Enter or Return Key. |
-- From the File menu item, choose Open Location, type in the URL directly, then press the Enter or Return Key.
(or) -- Locate the Address Bar at the top of the browser; type in the URL directly here, then press the Enter or Return Key. |
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As the Web page "loads," you'll notice that the Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer icon (see Image #2A) in the upper right corner of the browser displays an "in-progress" animation. |
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Image #2A
Image #2B: The Netscape/Internet Explorer icon (Image #2A) and the progress bar (Image #2B) provide feedback to assure you that a page is loading.
The progress bar at the bottom of the browser is another indicator that a page is loading.  Stopping a Loading Page If a page is taking a long time to load, don't hesitate to stop that download and try again. Slow downloads may be caused by network traffic, and reloading -- even only seconds later -- can make a difference. |
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-- Click the Stop button on the toolbar.
(or) -- From the View menu, select Stop Page Loading. |
-- Click the Stop button on the toolbar.
(or) -- From the View menu, select Stop. |
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Finding Search Engines If you're not sure how to find what you need on the Web, you need to visit a Web search engine. You can use your browser to link to a variety of search engines. |
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| -- From the toolbar, select Search. | -- Click the Search button on the browser toolbar. | |
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To learn more about using Search Engines, go to Searching Smart, our search tutorial.
Reloading Unloaded Images When your Web page has downloaded, you should be able to view the complete page, and all images should be visible. But, due to network traffic or other server errors, this isn't always the case. Unloaded images (see below) can be reloaded by following the instructions below. Missing or broken images, on the other hand, cannot be accessed. 
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-- To reload an individual image on a Mac, click and hold on that image and a popup menu will appear; select Load This Image. On a PC, click on the unloaded image with the right mouse button and a pop-up menu will appear; select View Image.
-- To reload an entire page, click the Reload button on the toolbar. (or) -- Go to the View menu and select Reload. |
-- To reload an individual image on a Mac, click on that image and a pop-up menu will appear; select Load Missing Image. On a PC, click on the unloaded image with right mouse button and a popup menu will appear; select Show Picture.
-- To reload an entire page, click the Refresh button on the toolbar. (or) -- Go to the View menu and select Refresh. |
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Next: Navigating Web Pages. |
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