Today Native American people and nations are mastering the newest communication technologies. Learning to write your own web pages is the latest. That's what this whole section is about--skills facilitation.

What's what on the Menu below:

1. You haven't got a web page, or there's a prospect your school or organization will and you'll be responsible -- or you want to persuade your organization to do it, or you need equipment, software, more time on-line and have to argue for budget . . . the FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) in Q & A style should help.

2. You're getting started or want to, but you need tutorial help. That weekend workshop just left you confused . . . TUTORIALS starts from "8 minutes for 8-year-olds" (just a confidence builder) and goes through the Maricopa 15 15-minute lessons (that you can download and take offline) that will give you solid skills. Students should get into this too. Alaska Indian school's computer guy did a 3-lesson tutorial the school's students use, and students can/should take the Maricopa tutorial (best on the web). References and manuals (on-line) help to explain HTML (the markup codes) too.

3. You're on your way with a school, organizational or personal webpage -- and you're looking for tips & tricks -- TICKS and timesaving tricks are about handling graphics, and start you on the Smiley Fool trip which (for certain young warriors) is also about alcohol abuse.

4. TIPS & TRICKS analyzes the pages of the Smiley Fool Trip: background color, background tiles, colored text (all 4 kinds of it!), and how to move through a slide show of pages.

5. GRAPHICS -- links to freebie icons, background tiles, BGCOLOR settings (with samples) and other small elements -- and links to heavyweight pro software companies who explain their best tools and provide some freebie image libraries.

6. SOFTWARE has links to downloadable page-construction aids shareware -- pay for it, if after trying it out, you like it! that's what shareware means! -- and software ordering from some large pro companies, too that you can try demos of or pay for on-line orders with credit card.

7. INSPIRATIONS -- is links to sites that are cool, interesting designs and good info-presenters, but not too intimidatingly difficult to figure out, for novices. Here's where you apply the MOST IMPORTANT 4-pinpoint tip at the end of the Smiley Fool Trip. Anybody at any stage of web-skill can check out these sites -- but if you're learning page creation, study how the WebPeople did them!

-- Smiley Fool Trip begins toward the end of the timesaving (for users, not you!) graphics tips. Skip past those if you want to trip with Smiley, as he stops being a fool

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