Where Can Kids Create a Website?
The Internet isn't the safest place for a kid these days, so most of us who have children or who work with children probably aren't as keen to allow them to do much searching, or anything else for that matter, without a lot of supervision. But what if your child just wants to build a website? This can be a great character-building exercise as well as a great way for your child to learn basic HTML skills that will become useful later. Also, a child having a website is a good way for him to network with other children, particularly if you choose a host that specializes in kids' websites. This way you don't have to worry as much about your child seeing websites that are perhaps not acceptable for her. This article will show you where and how your children can create a website of their own.
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Instructions
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Section One
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Go to Create Your Own Web Page at Kids Love 2Learn.ca.
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Talk to your child about what kind of website he wants, what theme or what information he wants to relay on his website.
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Choose a title for the website and type it in the appropriate box.
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Type in the Introduction in the space provided.
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Help your child type in whatever information she wants to put in the body of her website.
Section Two
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Decide if you want to have a contact invitation section or a contact e-mail for your child, and then enter it if you choose. Many parents and their children choose to leave this part blank.
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Decide with your child if you want to include your child's name, and then enter it if you choose. As with the invitation, many choose not to include this information.
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Type in a description and the name of your school in the blanks provided.
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Type in your school's website address, if it has one.
Section Three
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Help your child select at least three links he'd like to add to his website, and then type or copy and paste them into the spaces provided.
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Select the website colors by using the mouse to click on which colors you want for each item. The form will automatically add the HTML code for you.
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Select the color of bar line you would like for your website.
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Select a bullet type from the page of graphics provided.
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Select a graphic from the page of graphics provided that will be at the top of your website next to your title.
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Select the "View My Webpage" button with your mouse. This will take you to a page that shows what your website will look like.
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Press the back button to make changes if you need to, and then reselect the "View My Webpage" button again, however many times you need to until your have your website just the way you want it.
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Select from two options whether or not you want the HTML code and images e-mailed to you, or if you want, follow the instructions at the bottom of the page to save the code and images to your desktop yourself.
Section Four
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Select a free website host.
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Register with the free website host of your choice.
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Log in to your free website host.
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Select the "File Manager" icon.
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Open your Index file. There's usually an icon to the far right that will allow you to edit the page. This will open up the editing box.
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Select the "Source" icon at the top. This will show the HTML code for your index page.
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Copy and paste the HTML code that you saved or that was e-mailed to you. Save it by clicking the floppy disk at the top of the page. Go back to the File Manager.
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Upload the graphics that you saved to your hard drive to the File Manager.
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Open another Internet tab or page and view your website. It should now look exactly as the test page did.
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Tips & Warnings
Consider using 110mb for hosting. It doesn't have any forced advertising. When your child learns basic HTML code she can add more pages to her website and even modify and add more to her index page.
It's best not to put your child's e-mail or even name on his website due to online predators. If you do put a contact e-mail, consider putting one you set up yourself precisely for that purpose. Yahoo and Gmail offer free e-mail accounts; that way you can screen any e-mails first before allowing your child to answer them.
