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Buzz Maring
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Initially Posted - 05/23/2003 : 10:12:29

Hi everyone,

I am about finished with most of the work on my boat, and I'd like to make a website for her. Several of y'all have websites (Arlyn and Patrick come to mind), and I'm wondering how you set them up.

How do you find a host? Is there any cost involved? Do the sites have software that let you design the site, or do you need to buy off-the-shelf software?

I'd like to post photos mostly ... maybe some "before" and "after" shots. 'Any ideas <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>

Thanks!

Buzz Maring
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~~Freya~~
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lcharlot
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Response Posted - 05/23/2003 : 10:36:37

Buzz - you may already have space for a personal web page and don't realize it. Most ISP's give you somewhere between 20 and 100 megabytes with your basic dial-up account. Designing the web page isn't difficult, just takes some time. There are many free-ware programs for producing HTML (hyper-text markup language, the native language of the World Wide Web). The best known is MicroSoft Front Page Express. Even MS-Word san save a document as HTML, so if you have Word, you can get by without anything else as long as you don't have to do anything really fancy. How it works:

1. Create an "index" page. This is the first page a user sees when he enters your web site. Your ISP may have certain specifications for how the index page needs to be formatted and addressed, so you will need to contact the ISP's tech support and ask about it.

2. The Index page can be quite simple. Just a few sentences of plain text that describes your site, followed by HTML links to your photos. The HTML link is typically a thumbnail size version of the photo, which is linked to the full size photo. The user instructions with Front Page will tell you how to create the link, and it is very easy to do, no rocket science needed.

3. Once you have created your index page, and the subpages that contain the full size photos, you upload them to your ISP using an FTP clint program. WS_FTP is my favorite, also freeware and available for download from lots of colleges and computer- magazine websites like Ziff-Davis (www.zdnet.com).

4. You ISP probably has a step-by-step instruction guide for how to do all of this, otherwise there are lots of resources on the Web to help you get started. Good luck, and we look forward to seeing your photos when you get them posted!

Larry Charlot
Catalina 25 #1205 "Quiet Time"
Sacramento, CA

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 05/23/2003 : 11:31:01

Larry offers a very clear explanation for which I would add that I've enjoyed the use of Mozilla browser which has a built in publisher for creating and editing simple web pages.

Mozilla is a browser development platform which Netscape leans heavily on for its browser. Another nice thing about Mozilla, it has a built in pop up killer (not automatic however, a site must be tagged).

http://www.mozilla.org/

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 05/23/2003 : 13:30:56

Another good tip - copy someone's existing boat related web pages (and directory structure) to your computer using ws_ftp. Then use your Microsoft FrontPage program to edit that and change the pictures and text to your own. Then copy the entire directory structure to your ISP.

Editing a web page is easier than creating a new one. You can copy part of my site http://www.indiscipline.org

Keep in mind that you use FrontPage (or any other web editor) on your local computer. Get everything right there and check it with your browser while it's all still local. Then copy it to the ISP with FTP and check it again. Then tell the world.

We'll be happy to put a link to your site on the C25/250 links pages.

-JimB

Indiscipline 1978 FK #398

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Rubin Hawkins
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Response Posted - 05/24/2003 : 00:12:51

Buzz,

If you do a web search on Web Hosting you will find numerous vendors offering:
Space in MB or GB - this is the amount of storage space you have.
Bandwidth in GB - this is the amount of traffic the site will support.
Development tool support - Since you are asking this question I will suggest you look for Front Page support.

One of my "other duties as assigned" is to maintain intranet websites for the company I work for. The advise Larry provides is an excellent place to start. Decide on content first then make it pretty.

Good luck!

Rubin
Windy Joy
C250 WB #591

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