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hi all eleanor and i had a small cyber-sation which might be helpful to net-newbies janet >Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:29:23 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: John Cottingham's web site / wwweb / acronyms > >At 08:10 1999/10/27 EDT, you wrote: >>Hi Janet--It's me again. Thanks for your help yesterday. >>I need to ask one more thing. I realized I don't know how >>to find John Cottingham's web site. To be perfectly honest, >>I'm so new to this computer stuff that I'm not even >>sure what a web site is? And could you tell me, please, >>what BTW and lolol mean? I've seen them in e-mails and >>I have an idea that BTW might stand for by the way, but >>lolol is a complete mystery. Thanks, Eleanor > > >hi eleanor > >i plead guilty of insider lingo: >BTW = By The Way >LOL = Laughing Out Loud! >my penance will be to re-post my "acronym" message to the list > >when you receive mail from me >is my web address aka Universal Resource Locator [URL] >down below in my so-called "signature" file >the part starting with "http" >in a different colour? > >it should be >and if so >just double click on it with your mouse >and you shall be whisked away >out of your e-mail software program >into your web browser program >[both are parts of the AOL mega-program] >directly to my web-site > >to get back to your e-mail >you should just be able to close the browser window >and the e-mail window should still be open underneath > >that's the world-wide-web part of the internet >designed for easy 'surfing' >just point and click on 'hyper-text' links >[code name HTML = hyper-text markup language] >to jump from one document to another >or from one site to another >anywhere in the internet wwwebbified world. > >there should be some mini tutorials provided for you by AOL >if you look under the Help menu or the ? question mark - >you want to see some help info on >how to browse or surf the world wide web [www] >[pronounced wuh-wuh-wuh by me!] > >btw >there are tons 'o' links in my web-site >they should keep you busy for awhile! > >janet > >ps >i got sort of sidetracked yesterday >but would you mind if i answered this on the list? > >if you are self conscious, i can eliminate your name, >but there are so many newbies around >i am sure that this would be helpful if posted >[and you'll save my typing fingers some wear and tear!] > >janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>