How To Build Your First Web Site!

How To Build Your First Web Site!
by BB Lee (C)2003

(400 words)

Getting Started!

Most Internet service providers offer their customers
a space to place a basic site on the World Wide Web.
With this basic site you will get your very own URL.
(Universal Resource Locater) This will be your business
address on the web. Now, anyone who knows your URL will
know how to contact you on the World Wide Web. Even if
they are on the other side of the world!

Many other places exist where you can easily set up a free
website.

http://www.geocities.com
http://www.freewebspace.net
http://www.tripod.com
http://www.freeservers.com

Or surf to http://www.google.com...

Type Free Web Host into the search box. And then
check out the top Free Web Host. Comparing their
services.

Here are even more reasons to build a website!

-To start a business.
-To promote a business.
-Advertise where guest can find a Wedding.
-Information on an upcoming family reunion.
-To put together a class reunion and find classmates.
-Publish ideas about life to the world.
-Publish works of art and literature to the world.
-Build a site to help with a charity or personal project.

You will need to learn a little HTML. Web pages are
written in HTML. This is a special language read by
computers. Don't panic! HTML(hyper text markup language)
is easy to learn. Here's a few online resources:

DaveSite
http://www.davesite.com

HTML Goodies
htttp://www.htmlgoodies.com

Webmonkey
http://www.webmonkey.com

Many special editors are available to guide you in
composing HTML documents.

Microsoft Front Page
http://www.microsoft.com

Dreamweaver
http://www.macromedia.com

Or download one of the WYSIWYG editors. (What You
See Is What You Get!)

With these editors you can easily compose web pages
without knowing any HTML at all. Go to the site below
and type in WYSIWYG Editors in the
search box.

http://www.webattack.com

Or you might decide to use the editor at one of the
free host to compose your first website.

In addition, the web host usually supply website
templates. You plug in your important information
and build a professional looking website quickly.
All sounds to good to be true. But it is!

Many free web host also supply users with WYSIWYG Editors.

Thanks to technological advances and improved software,
composing your first professional looking website is a breeze.

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