• Go to your Page Builder Index
• Click on your Page
• Click on "Change page"
• Click on "Add an item"
• Select "Links"
• In the first (description box) write whatever you want to show up on the page as clickable:
  example: E-Mail Me
• In the box next to it, erase the http:// and type in:
  mailto:SecretAdmirer@webtv.net
• Press the "Done" button
• Press the "Publish" button (on left sidebar)

Also, remember to hit that publish button. That button is actually a "Save" button that saves any changes you make.

Instead of clickable words, you can have a clickable image.
In the description box, write this HTML tag for images:
<img src="URL">
You need to remove the three letters "URL" (but leave the quotes) and replace with an actual URL (address) of an image.
Example:
<img src="http://www.geocities.com/webtvbeth/pbmailbox.gif">
Code often appears to be different then what you typed. In the above code, the only time I used my space bar was between img and src. When you type out an address, never use your space bar or return key. Sometimes there is a space in the code words (such as img and src) but there is never any spaces in a website or e-mail address. Just type it out and allow WebTV to wrap it around. It will look broken- but it's not.

You can use images and words. If you want to use the mailbox and put words underneath it, write:
<img src="http://www.geocities.com/webtvbeth/pbmailbox.gif"><br>E-Mail Me

The <br> after the image tag is a break. It is equivalent to one carriage return on the typewriter. HTML's nature is to start at the left and continue on to the right until it wraps to the next line. If you decide to not use the <br> your words will be to the right of your image.

One suggestion I have is about putting clickable words like "E-Mail Me" or "Contact WebMaster." Whenever Webtvers click on such links, they automatically see their Mail Form. We are used to that. Click on the link and we are good to go. The "from" field is filled in for us. We see our e-mail address there, and we can't change it. We have our address book built in so we can click on the word "To:" and click on a saved e-mail address. Then we fill out the e-mail and hit the send button. (Are you saying yeah-yeah, Beth, we know, get to the point!) My point is that webtv configured our e-mail for us. Not all computer users have this option.

In our school computer lab, we do not have e-mail configured. We wouldn't want our students sending mail with our school address as the return address. Bless their hearts, we don't trust them! So, school, college, some workplaces, and library computers do not have this option. When they click on "E-mail me" they don't see your e-mail address. It's like a dead link to them.

I don't have it on my computer because I am always configuring something or another, so not all home computers have it either. My suggestion is to use your actual address instead of the words "E-Mail Me" That way they can cut and paste your address into whatever e-mail account they have or they can write it down to e-mail you later.

My last little handy dandy e-mail tip is to add a subject line to your e-mail form. That way you will have a clue as to where the person got your e-mail address, or what they are referring to. When you have more than one page, sometimes it is not clear where the person got your e-mail address or what they are referring to.

All you need to do is add:
?subject=Change These Words
to the end of your e-mail address.
Example:
mailto:SecretAdmirer@webtv.net?subject=Uploading Page

The ? goes right after your e-mail address with no space. The only place you can add a space is after the first word in your subject and only one space.

WebTV is writing most of the code for you. If you decide to enter your own HTML code (in the text section), you would write:
<a href="mailto:SecretAdmirer@webtv.net?subject=Uploading Page"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/webtvbeth/pbmailbox.gif"><br>E-Mail Me</a>

If you would like to upload this mailbox to your scrapbook, all you need to do is click on it:

with love from,
Beth Candy

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