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Building your own siteLike I said, it's easy. Lots of people get the impression that HTML is extremlydifficult, and that it's not just HTML that you need to learn to be able to build a site but a dozen other languages. The truth is, it's a lot simpler than that (And HTML IS all you need to learn to get a page running; you just make it prettier with pictures.)You have two options to building a page; either through an editor, or you can write one up yourself from scratch. Putting it on lineis easy too. Through an editorAn HTML editor is a program you use, which you write in normally like you would with Microsoft Word, that automatically converts what you write to HTML. (learn more about HTML).Editors include Microsoft Word (versions '97 onwards, I think: simply 'save as a webpage' from 'File'), and Microsoft Frontpage, which are on your PC. Word can build a basic page with text and pictures; Frontpage is meant to be an editor so offers more (buttons, tables, text scrolling across the screen): check out their help sections to see exactly what each can do. Yahoo!Geocities, Lycos and others also have editors for their free homepages, and you can also choose some of their designs and simply follow the instructions to add text and any pictures you have. Of course, using an editor is a lot easier than writing it yourself, and you don't need to learn html, so is the better choice if all you're going to include is text and pictures, or a simple design. But using one means you have very limited choice to how your page is going to look, and if you want a more complicated design, it can be frustrating to control. In the latter case, it'd be easier to learn HTML and design your page yourself. Writing it yourselfHTML is the basics of Web building; you can't build a page without it, and in fact, most of what you see on a page is there because of HTML and not some other language that sounds complicated. It's simply tags that you put before your text which tells your browser that what you're writing is HTML and how it should appear on screen, or in other words, it puts the layout for your page . It's not hard to learn, and the tags you need to learn at first won't take you more than a couple of hours to master. There are a no. of tutorials online; you can search for them though Yahoo! or something, or you can check out Webmonkey which can teach you a lot more than simply HTML.You write your HTML pages using a simple program, like Notepad, saving it in "" marks, as in "filename.html" when you come to save. To see how this page (or any page) really looks like, go to View, then Source (if IE) or Page Source (Netscape). You can learn a lot by looking at other pages, so I'd recommend doing that.
Putting it onlineYou'll probably want to put your page on one of the free webpages offered, like that of Yahoo!, MSN, or Lycos, or something. If you're already a Yahoo! or Hotmail user, they offer homepages with urls that include your username (eg:log in at geocities.yahoo.com to build your site, and the url would be www.geocities.com/username/"). If you used one of their sample designs or the editors on the homepage providers , your page should automatically be loaded online. If you wrote it on Frontpage or Word, you can send it to the place through the Wizard, or load it from your homepage provider (eg:Yahoo!Geocities), where you'll probably find a link like 'Upload files' or something, and follow instructions. You can use that facility with HTMLs you wrote yourself, or send it in using FTP (like ws-ftp, for example) with your password, username, and url.Well that's it. You can learn a lot on your own, so feel free to explore and experiment. Online Resources:Webmonkey.com: the developer's resource. |
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