LatchKey Realty Understanding Our New Web Site

Introduction LatchKey Realty is finally on-line If you’ve surfed the Web before, you’ll appreciate our new site If you’ve never been on the Internet, this presentation will tell you what you need to know

Agenda Understanding the World Wide Web Using a Browser Navigating the Web Site Using Hypermedia and Hypertext

Understanding the World Wide Web The World Wide Web is a part of the Internet that uses a graphial interface Hyperlinks allow you to jump from one WWW site to another For example: –On LatchKey’s home page, click the Financail Facts hyperlink to jump to the page containing information on our financial services

Using a Browser A Web browser allows you to find and display Web pages Popular Web browsers include Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer To display a Web site: –Key the URL in the Name box and press Enter –LatchKey’s URL is

Navigating the Web Site Navigating is as easy as clicking an object To return to a previous page, click a Back button For example: –To move to a picture of a listed house, click the button that says Picture –To return to listing information, click the Back button on the toolbar

Using Hypermedia and Hypertext Be alert to links you can make to other pages in the Web site Format pictures as hypermedia to give browserers a view of your property For instance: –A street view picture can be linked to interior views of the home

Vocabulary Hypermedia –Media such as video clips, sounds, or pictures linked by hypertext references Hyperlink –Text that is linked to other text URL –Uniform Resource Locator, an Internet address