Downloading FirstClass to Your Home Computer
(& upgrading to 8.05 from an older version)
To download FirstClass on your home computer for the first time – do the following:
Want to work on your web page from home? Simply download FirstClass to your home computer.
To download the First Class client onto your home computer - please follow these steps.
2. Save to your desktop.
3. Double-click the fcupgrade icon on your desktop
4. Then just follow the prompts (just click OK or next)
5. When it has finished installing – click “Finished”
6. The log on screen should then come up – click on the “SetUp” button
7. Add the server name (found in the middle of that screen) - mail.ldisd.net
8. Click “Save” and then log in.
Loading the HCK-3 template onto your computer
We have a new version of the HCK web page template, so you need to go to the Technology Info folder and do the following (in this order) - before the web template is available. To Use the new web page features - HomePage Construction Kit
1. Log on to FirstClass
2. Double-click the Technology Info on the FirstClass desktop
- double-click HCK Settings.fc & then click "Upgrade" on the next window that pops up
- double-click HCK Settings File v2.fc & then click "Upgrade" on the next window that pops up
- double-click HCK 3 Settings File.rez & then click "Upgrade" on the next window that pops up
3. Then you should be able to edit your web page.
4. Repeat these steps at home so you can work on your web page from home.
*** To use FirstClass at home, you must first connect to the Internet, then double-click the FirstClass icon.
To upgrade FirstClass to the newest version 7.1– do the following:
Click on “Upgrade Now!”
Choose your operating system – Windows or MAC
Then just follow the prompts (just click OK or next)
When it has finished installing – click “Finished”
You shouldn’t have to do the steps below – here they are – just in case:
The log on screen should then come up – click on the “SetUp” button
Add the server name (found in the middle of that screen) - mail.ldisd.net
Click “Save” and then log in.
If you haven't already done so, you need to upgrade the computer in your classroom or home computer to work on your web page. To do this:
Make sure that your Home Page folder is NOT open for the following steps.
Go to the Technology Info folder on the FirstClass desktop and do the following (in this order) - before the web template will be available.
1. Double-click the Technology Info on the FirstClass desktop
- double-click HCK Settings.fc & then click "Upgrade" on the next window that pops up
- double-click HCK Settings File v2.fc & then click "Upgrade" on the next window that pops up
- double-click HCK 3 Settings File.rez & then click "Upgrade" on the next window that pops up
2. Then you should be able to edit your web page.
*** To use FirstClass at home, you must first connect to the Internet, then double-click the FirstClass icon.
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