Bringing People Together through Internet Technologies
TCFN is a nonprofit organization that uses Internet technologies to bring people together in communities of shared interest or need. We've been linking the people of Minneapolis, St Paul and neighboring communities since 1995.

How Do I Create a File On-Line?

Lynx has built-in text editing capabilities so you can create and edit files on-line.

1. Go to your work directory, or the subdirectory, where you want the file located.

Note: For a home page, this must be the "www" subdirectory.

2. At the "Create file or directory (f or d):" prompt, press 'f'.
3. At the "Enter name of file to create:" prompt, enter a filename. Press 'RETURN'.

Note: If this is your home page, it must be named "top.html".

4. Lynx redisplays the list. Highlight the new filename and press 'e'.
5. PICO, a text editing program built into Lynx, opens the file.
6. Start entering text.

Note: If you don't know HyperText Markup Language (HTML) you can simply type "<PRE>" at the beginning of the file and "</PRE>" at the end of it. This will generate text in a standard fixed width font with no other formatting.


7. Press 'Control-X'.
8. At the "Save modified buffer "? prompt, press 'y'. (Answering "No" will destroy changes.)
9. Lynx redisplays the list.
10. To exit the account management screens, press the left-arrow key.
11. To return to the Main Menu, press 'm' then 'y' to confirm.