Your Personal Web Site

Build your own personal web page and publish it for free.
There are several ways to do this. Most Internet Service Providers (ISP) furnish you some storage space (usually 2 to 5 Mb, which is ample for most personal home pages, though some provide up to 50 MB) on their server. It is usually included in your monthly or annual fees. If it it is not included then you can try one of the free ones such as Tripod. There must be others also. 

Microsoft's "FrontPage 2000" is probably the easiest to use, and probably the most popular. It is almost like using a word processor. What you see is what you get.

With FrontPage 2000 you don't need to know any HTML code. You don't need an FTP program either as it does that part too. FrontPage 2000 is included with MS Office 2000. You can also purchase a stand alone version of FrontPage 2000 which comes with a tutorial manual. If you use FrontPage 2000 from MS Office 2000  then you can find good tutorial manuals at the computer stores.

If you don't have MS FrontPage 2000, then check the NONAG Site. You will need an HTML Editing program and a File Transfer Program (FTP). There are several good editing programs and FTP programs that are freeware. 

Check out  Arachnophilia  or "Arach" for short. It is one of the better editor programs and it is free. "Arach" has upgraded their program, and now by using their Wizards, it will actually add the HTML code. This is getting very close MS's "FrontPage". You have to select View to see the actual results.

Both MS Word and Corel WP will convert documents to HTML. You will pick up and learn at least some of the basic HTML code as you progress. The HTML code resembles the old "WordStar" word processing program from years ago. You put tags before and after a word, or paragraph, to make it look or act different.

AOL has a site where their members can build their own pages. Members tell me that this is covered in AOL's flat rate. Their site is: Hometown AOL

I use Softcom and Starstream. They both include a lot of disk space for storage. You need to check their site to see if they are available in your area.

One way to learn about HTML is to study the structure of pages that you like. Click on View at the top of the browser, then click on Page Source. This will let you see how a page is constructed, (if it does not use frames). Another way is click on the HTML tag at the bottom of your FrontPage program and see what the page that you are working on looks like in FrontPage 2000's HTML code.

Web pages can be about anything. You, your family and photos, your hobbies, or anything that you can think of.  They can start simple and grow as you get more experience. You don't even have to publish them until you are ready. You can see what they will look like on the Internet while they are still on your computer. But no one else can see them until you publish them.

Have Fun!! Just keep working at it.