Students may use this template when putting html papers on-line for the PK5 exam requirement or other courses where submitting papers in html format is required, such as the Finnish Institutions Research Paper course. The template may be used "as is" by following the instructions below. See Basic Principles of Good Web Page Design for further detail.

Instructions for Using the Template

1. Save this template by copying and pasting the "View Source" coding of the template into a text editor on your own computer, or to PICO on Kielo;

2. If you are creating an html file from a Word (or other word-processor) file, open the original document in your word processor, highlight the text you wish to put into the html document, and "copy" the highlighted text to the Windows clipboard.

3. Then, open another "window", launch an ascii text editor (such as Editpad, Notetab, etc.) and copy the highlighted text of the template (see #1 above) into the editor. You will now see the html coding of the template.

4. Then paste the text of your paper from the Windows Clipboard into the template in the space between the two hyphenated lines toward the top and bottom of the template (after first having deleted these instructions from the space between the two hyphenated lines, or else having created a space above the instructions for your pasted text so it will be clearly separate from the instructions).

   • Optionally, paste the text into the template you have already pasted into PICO. Then do the steps below. If you create the entire file on Kielo, rather than creating it offline and uploading it using WinSCP, remember after you finish to change the UNIX file "protection" using the "chmod 664 filename.html" command.

5. Go through your text and insert the html coding for paragraphs, section subheadings, lists, hyperlinks, etc.

6. Go to the top of the template and insert the title of your paper and your name (and any other relevant detail) in the places where "Your Paper's Title Goes Here," etc., now appears. Also change the HTML <Title> text from the template's "PK5 Template for Student Papers" to an appropriate 'title' for your paper.

   • If your title is long, you may wish to change the document-title font size from "5" to "4", and possibly use the "break" [<br>] command to split the title into two lines. Use Print Preview to see how your title will appear when printed (which may be substantially different from how it looks on a 1024x768-resolution (or higher) display).

   • The template specifies the Arial font, size 2, with black text. Papers should normally use the Arial font, with a text font size of 2, and section header font sizes only one size larger than the text font. Adding boldface to section headers will further increase their visibility. The simplest way to do this is to use the <H4> or <H3> 'header' tags, which will automatically add both boldface and line breaks before and after the header.

7. Then go to the bottom of the template and change the date the paper was (a) placed on-line or (b) last updated.

8. While there, also change the default "backlinks" of the template to go to an appropriate place (or places) in your own web directories (you may keep the template's links to PK5 and the English Section if you wish). There should be at least one backlink going to your home page, or paper links index page. The clickable text should specify "to where" one will go upon clicking — e.g. the next should not be just "Back" but "Back to Maija's Home Page" (or some equivalent that is appropriate for your web pages).

9. If you have not already done so (see #4), next delete this "instructions" text (the text that was originally between the two hyphenated lines) after you have finished the other steps.

10. Save the entire template and text as a "filename.htm" or "filename.html" (with the desired filename). If you are using a word processor to edit (as opposed to WordPad or another ascii editor) make sure you save the file in ascii format! (This is not an issue if you are using PICO directly on Kielo.)

    Also, be certain the filename does not include 'Scandinavian' characters, as these will cause the page not to load in most browsers (especially in Internet Explorer, though Firefox is more tolerant). In other words, rather than töölö.html use instead toolo.html (or another filename which does not include Scandianvian characters).

11. Check the file at micro level with a browser to make sure all is okay with layout, etc., and make any needed corrections.

12. Upload the file (plus any linked images or other separate data) to your web directory with WinSCP or other file transfer (FTP) software.

13. Check the file again with your browser to make sure that both it and any images you may have used are in the right directory(ies), so that all the page data can be seen correctly.

    Then check it using the browser's "Print Preview" command to make sure all of the text, images, tables, etc. will appear fully and properly when the text is printed.

14. Link the file to your "index.html" page (or any other appropriate page(s) in your web directory.

15. Go through the file and test all of your hyperlinks to make sure they work correctly.

16. Inform the appropriate teacher(s) that your paper is now ready (if you are doing this for a class) and give the URL at which it can be found.