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How Do I Make My Own Webpage?
Do you want your own webpage on the
internet? It's easy!
First, you have to find a place to host your webpage. There are
many websites that offer ABSOLUTELY FREE webpages. Some of these sites are Geocities (owned by Yahoo),
Angelfire, and Xoom
(pronounced "zoom"). All of these sites I personally trust. Just go
to any one of them, and there are simple instructions on how to join. You do have to
fill out a form of information about yourself, but they promise not to give that
information to anyone and not to abuse the information. You are given a
member name and password, and you use these to access your webpage. You are also
given a address that your site will reside at, usually long.
Second, you have to create your webpage. Webpages are written in
a programming language called HTML (stands for "hypertext-markup-language".
If you don't understand, don't worry, what it stands for isn't important.)
There are many ways to write in HTML. You can buy a program that will write the HTML
for you, or you can write it word by word. These programs that write it for you are
very expensive, but they are incredibly easy. One of these programs is called
FrontPage Express and is made by Microsoft. It comes with all new versions of
Microsoft's internet browser. Also, some web hosting companies (like Geocities) offer a free HTML editor for your
webpage. If you want to create a professional website for a business, then I would
recommend that you invest in one of these programs. But if you are just out to build
a webpage for fun, don't pay the money. Either write the code yourself or use the
provided free editor. For example, if you want to write the words, "I love
computers" on a webpage and nothing else, the HTML code would be:
<html>
<body>
I love computers
</body>
</html>
Simple, isn't it? The "/" indicates the
end of the word that is next to it. For instance, </html> tells the computer that the webpage ends where that code is located.
The <html> and the </html> tell the computer that this is a
webpage. The <body> and
then </body> tell the
computer that anything between the two is the main body of the webpage. That would
be where you put in text or pictures, as I did. If you want to center that text on
the screen, just add the code <center> under the code <body>. If you want to change the color of the text to red, just add the code <font
color="red"> under <body>. It gets a bit more complicated than that, so I recommend a book to
help you through. Something like HTML for Dummies (no offense) would be
great.
One you've done that, you have to send the files that you have used in
your webpage to the webpage hosting company. All of the companies offer a utility to
do this.
I hope that this has helped either reinforce your wanting to build a
webpage or deterred you from it.
Further Reading:
The Webpage Design Studio
J. Brunelle
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