Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What image types can I use on my website?
  2. How do I setup Outlook Express to access my www.vexmail.com emails?
  3. Can I use HTML tags when I add text to the website?
  4. What type of cable do I need to connect an audio device (cassette deck, boom box, etc.) to my sound card on my computer?
  1. What image types can I use on my website?
The following image formats are valid:

  1. JPEG - any image with a .jpg, .jpeg or .jpe
  2. GIF - any image with a .gif



Images that you don't want to use and will quickly lower your available disk space are as follows:

  1. Bitmaps - any image with .bmp
  2. TIFF - any image with a .tif
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  1. How do I setup Outlook Express to access my www.vexmail.com emails?
You can easily access your email via POP3 or IMAP protocols with your Outlook Express or similar client. So what does that mean? IMAP simply gives you a view of your email sitting on the www.vexmail.com server. These emails always stay up there unless you delete them. POP3 simply means that your emails are downloaded to your computer at home or work. Once you have downloaded the emails, they no longer exist on the www.vexmail.com server.

    Take the following steps to setup your email with the www.vexmail.com server.
  1. Open up Outlook Express
  2. Click on "Tools" and then "Accounts"
  3. Click on the "Mail" tab
  4. Click on the "Add" and then the "Mail" menu item.
  5. Next, follow the wizard to setup your account.
  6. First, supply your "Display Name" (usually your first and last name) then click "Next"
  7. Second, supply your "Email Address" given to you by JCvex (like the following email address myname@mychurchname.org), then click "Next"
  8. Next, select either "POP3" or "IMAP" and then type in "www.vexmail.com" for Incoming email and "www.vexmail.com" for Outgoing email...then click "Next"
  9. Finally, supply your username and password and click "Next"
  10. Then you will click the "Finish" button.
  11. Finally the last step once the wizard is complete is to highlight the new account you just created and click on the "Properties" button.
  12. Next, click on the "Servers" tab and at the bottom there is a check box that says "My server requires authentication"...make sure you have a check in the box and click on the "OK" button.
  13. Now you can send and receive email.

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  1. Can I use HTML tags when I add text to the website?
HTML can be added to spice up the text in any place that you can add text.

Here is a list of some popular tags that can be used. However you need to make sure your tags work in both Netscape 4.0 or higher and Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher.
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<a> - is the Anchor tag. This allows you to link to other websites. Set the "class" parameter to use your style sheets.
Example:
Hi my name is <a href="http://www.google.com" class="sub">my link</a>.
Hi my name is my link.


<br> - is the break tag which allows you to add multiple return lines to a set of text.
Example:
Hi my name is<br><br>bob!
Hi my name is

bob!

<b></b> - are the bold tags
Example:
<b>Hello World</b>
Hello World

<i></i> - are the italic tags
Example:
<i>Hello World</i>
Hello World

<img src="AddressToImage" border=0> - is the image tag
Example:
<img src="http://www.google.com/images/logo.gif" border=0>


<u></u> - are the underline tags
Example:
<u>Hello World</u>
Hello World

<big></big> - are the big text tags
Example:
<big>Hello World</big>
Hello World

<small></small> - are the small text tags
Example:
<small>Hello World</small>
Hello World

<hr> - horizontal rule
Example:
<hr>



<marquee></marquee> - are the scrolling text tags (Internet Explorer Only)
Example:
<marquee>Hello World</marquee>
Hello World

<blink></blink> - are the blinking text tags (Netscape only)
Example:
<blink>Hello World</blink>
Hello World

<ol></ol> or <ul></ul> - are order and unorder lists tags with the <li> tag
Example:
<ol>My List
<li>item a
<li>item b
<li>item c
</ol>
    My List
  1. item a
  2. item b
  3. item c


<ul>My List
<li>item a
<li>item b
<li>item c
</ul>
    My List
  • item a
  • item b
  • item c



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  1. What type of cable do I need to connect an audio device (cassette deck, boom box, etc.) to my sound card on my computer?
If you are connecting from a cassette or CD deck to your computer, then you will use a cable that has 2 RCA jacks on one end and a 1/8" stereo jack on the other.

Please follow this link to the Radio Shack website: Radio Shack Model Number 42-2551


If you are connecting from headphone jack such as a boom box with a 1/8" stereo plug, then you'll need to use a calbe with 1/8" stereo plugs on each end.

Please follow this link to the Radio Shack website: Radio Shack Model Number 42-2387
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