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How to Create Your First Web Site

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These simple guidelines are for entry-level Web programmers. Better options are available for more sophisticated users.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Getting Started

Step1

Choose an ISP to host your Web site.

Step2

Investigate several hosting services, considering factors such as maximum space, accessibility, reputation and terms of service.

Step3

Select and download a Web-page editor. Several simple editors are available for free; Netscape Composer is one. These editors let you see what your site will look like as you build it, so you won't have to learn HTML or other programming languages.

Step4

Your Web-page editor will give you specific instructions about options such as naming your site, creating different sections, creating backgrounds, adding links and inserting images.

Using Images

Step1

Create images for your site by drawing them with your computer's paint program or by using a scanner for photographs and other hard-copy images.

Step2

If you find an image on another Web page that you'd like to use, e-mail the page's owner or administrator and request permission to download and post it. Download an image from a Web site by right-clicking on it (or clicking and holding on a Mac) and selecting Save Picture.

Publishing Your Site

Step1

Your Web host ISP may have its own system for uploading pages. Otherwise, obtain a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program. Any will do.

Step2

Open your FTP program and log in to your host server by entering your login name and password.

Step3

Access the directory where your home page belongs. (Your Web ISP will give you this information.) The directory address is usually in the form of /pub/username, /pub/www/username or /pub/username/www. Your FTP program and host server will have specific instructions on how to access your directory.

Step4

Upload each page and graphic of your site according to the specific instructions of the FTP program and your host server.

Tips & Warnings

Many Web hosts will let you use your own "domain name" (such as www.me.com), if you have one, or they will assign you a name. (See the Related eHow "How to Register a Domain Name".)
See the Related eHow "How to Find Free Web Space" for info on finding free providers.
There are also Web sites that provide both hosting and site-building services; Homestead is a popular one.
Check eHow for instructions on using several Web-editing programs, including Netscape Composer, Microsoft FrontPage, and Macromedia Dreamweaver, as well as information on basic HTML. Some word-processing programs and Web browsers also have built-in editors.
Remember that anyone with Internet access can view your Web site; be careful about how much personal information you provide.
Many graphics software programs come with "clip art" that you can use on your Web site. Clip-art CD-ROMs provide individual, simple images in various categories.
You may want to limit the size of the images you include, since larger images can make your page take a long time to view.
Check eHow for instructions on using Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop, two popular Web graphics programs.
To use clip art or images from someone else's site, you need permission from the creator, unless the site or clip-art collection specifically states that the art can be reused.
Your FTP program may give you the option between ASCII and binary mode when uploading. Use ASCII mode when uploading pages, because pages are text files. Use binary mode for image files.
The above steps are a general strategy for uploading your site. Your FTP program and Web page ISP will have more specific instructions.

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AhimsaVegan said

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on 7/10/2008 useful stuff

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Lancec said

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on 5/15/2008 Sweet article, I've been meaning to start a webpage for a while, thanks for the info!

mchapman said

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on 5/15/2008 Thnaks so much for sharing this information.....Mary

deluxe said

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on 5/11/2007 If you know nothing about HTML, FrontPage, etc. go to a website that is similar to one that you would like to build. Click "View" and then click "Source". This will show you what they did to get the results that show.

Copy/Paste to notepad or wordpad and also print it out.
You will see where to put your banners, buttons,text,mailboxes, colors, and your information, etc. and how it is done.

On the printed copy you can make your changes.
On the copy/paste you can type in the changes but keep the HTML needed.

This is how I did it when I first started to build webpages over 10 years ago. You can learn quite a bit by doing this and will familiarize yourself with the workings of websites.

Be sure to make it your own.Do not just outright copy it.
Watch for copyrights. Get permissions to use from other sites.

Not all websites will allow you to see the source code.

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