Web Page Making Step by Step

Get WebSpace: All the main Internet Service Providers, such as AOL etc. (ISP) have web space available to it's members. But you have to apply for it. You need an ISP anyway.
Write the webpage. It is an ASCII (plain text) file named something and with the extention of either .htm or .html. for example mypage.htm or mypage.html. It is generly a good idea to name it in lower case (there is a geek reasion, most UNIX servers don't like capital letters, and some servers rename them to lower case anyway). Avoid odd charaters in the file name like ~ and ^. Best to keep to letters and numbers and the underscore "_" character. The reasion for that is some special characters are what is called "META CHARACTERS" reserved for commands. Unless you know which is which, it is better to avoid them.
The document itself starts and ends with the HTML tag. It has an optional (but good idea) HEAD section, followed by a BODY section. The tags start with < and end with > , so avoid them in the text. See example below:
Test it on your hard drive.
Up Load the page and all associated graphic and support file to your we space. Uploading is done with either a ISP provided program or the DOS or WINDOWS FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program.
The DOS ftp is a command line applacation that comes with Windows 95/98. At thr DOS prompt type "ftp". The prompt changes to ftp. Than type:
```
 
You use your own names, these are mine.
open waltm.net
(the computer responds)
youruserID 
(the computer responds)
yourPassWord *******
(the computer responds)
put mypage.htm
(the computer responds)
put mypage1.htm
(the computer responds)
NOTE: non text have to be loaded in the binary mode.
binary
(the computer responds)
put mypicture.jpg
(the computer responds)
put mypicture.gif
(the computer responds)
put mysong.mid
(the computer responds)
put mysound.wav
(the computer responds)
NOTE: to get out of it now that all files are loaded.
(the computer responds)
bye
(the computer responds)
close
(the computer responds)
NOTE: you are back at the DOS Prompt
```
For the Windows way go to WS_FTP select "Try it". It will ask for your Email and such. Don't worry, you will get about 3 "Nag" letters offering to sell you their Better one. But this will always work, but not much on "Help". You will have to manually create a "New" profile with your site URL, password etc. The little --> is to upload. You just have to see it to understand.
Advertise it. Tell every one you know about it and/or submit it to a search engine (See drop down menu below for easy ways to submit your page to Search Engines)

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<HTML>
NOTE: The head section the browser only sees (except the <H1> to <H6> so 
called header tags.

<HEAD>

<TITLE>
My Page  <== This shows in the browser window
</TITLE>

</HEAD>

NOTE: The body contains everything you want to show. It may have images, 
links, tables, lists, sound and so forth. Just add one tag at a time to 
see how it works


<BODY BACKGROUND="wm.gif" BGCOLOR="#AAAABB" >

NOTE: the wm.gif (white marble) is a graphic I have loaded on my
site to used as a background (like Windows background tile)

write here :
stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff
stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff
stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff

To add a line end use <BR> or <br>
To add a paragraph <P> or <p>

More links, lists, pictures etc......

</BODY></HTML>

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Where to get your own domain name

Here's some sites where you can find out
if a domain name is taken and if not claim
it (for a price of course generaly $75).
Some hosting companies have free domain name with
a comitment of about a year of hosting with them
Hosting is in my case about $40/Month at
http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
for 350 Megs disk spae and 35 gigs bandwith
There are plenty of cheaper places but I choose Yahoo
because my previous hosting company went out of
business and I Think Yahoo will be around a while.

Choose carefully grasshopper.

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