Setting Up Your Home Page

One of the first things each new member must do is to set up their home page.  AncientWorlds gives everyone an allocation of web space on their server free. For Citizens it is .25MB.  The new member proceeds to their home page ("domus" in Latin, "oikos" in Greek with corresponding terms for the other Worlds) and chooses a visual icon for their character, called an "avatar."

The home page includes an Entrance, a Courtyard, a Library, and a Study.  You can access each of these "rooms" by using the Navigation Bar at the top of the Domus page.  For example, if you click on "Courtyard," you will be taken to your courtyard.  Each of these four pages can be customized to the user's liking, using HTML tags, jpgs, and gifs.. This allows the creation of very complex and robust pages, limited only by the user's creativity and proficiency in HTML.  If you pay money to become a Patron, you can get up to 10 MB of server space instead of the .25MB allocated to Citizens. Additionally, Patrons also get an extra room, called the "Private Garden" (which is their own private chat room facility for them and those on their friends list).

Editing Your Home Page

Editing your home page is relatively easy.  If you are logged on then when you come to your home you will see Edit buttons on the various pages and a list of various edit options at the bottom of these pages.

Each of the Edit buttons allows you to edit or change various parts of your home pages.   You can create your Welcome Statement using any combination of HTML commands.  Simply click on the "Edit" tag, and the screen will refresh will a free- form text entry box. Now you can enter your Welcoming Message. You can also change your avatar and your Entrance page image.

You can continue the editing operation in each of the rooms in your home.  Proceed into your Courtyard, Library and Study, and edit the messages there, as well.  You can also upload new images if you choose. You do not need to Edit your pages in any particular order, and there is no limit on the amount of times you can Edit your home.  (In fact, some people will spend hours tweaking, adjusting, and improving their pages!) When you are finished, stand back and enjoy your creative talent.

[Posted by Frontinus Sempronius and based on The Beginner's Guide]

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Last updated 22 January 2006