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In Step Two, we will go over the basics of how to
create your first web page. This step is meant to only serve as a "basic
reference guide"
and is not a detailed detailed instruction manual. For those who
are interested, we do provide some suggestions for finding more detailed
web design instructions on the Internet.. In order to create your page, you
will need a number of different tools and skills. In
Step One, we have made
sure that you have an web creation program installed on your computer. No
matter which program you are using, the basic rules apply to them all.
The basics of web site
creation ( * IMPORTANT * )
There are a few basic rules of creating a web site that
you must follow in order for your page to work properly.
1. The first page -- or your title page -- must be called either index.html or index.htm.
People will have great difficulty in accessing your website if your first
page is not titled index.html or index.htm.
2. Second,
all your filenames of your pages
and all the filenames of your graphics should all be in lowercase. Axion's Members server is running on the UNIX platform which means all
filenames are case sensitive. Making filenames in lower case eliminates the worry of
conflicts.
3. The third rule (or, in this case, recommendation) of creating a
web page is to keep the sizes of your graphics to
a minimum. The larger the picture, the longer the page will take to load.
Where can I find
information on how to create a web site?
If you are starting from scratch HTML can be an intimidating
language to learn. There are however many sites on the Internet which are
devoted to teaching people how to write HTML.
HTML: An Interactive Tutorial For Beginners
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/
Here
you will find a very well presented website that will help you every
step of the way in creating a brand new web site.
Introduction to HTML
http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html
Rated
in the top five visited sites on the Internet at one point. This web
site will take you step by step through how to master HTML.
Where do I find
graphics for my web site?
The Internet is full of sites where you can find almost any graphic or image you can possibly
want for your web site. Below is a list of resources sites with brief
descriptions of what you will find on the site.
Animfactory
http://www.animfactory.com
A
massive selection of animations for your website ranging from every
possible topic you could think of!
Icon Bazaar
http://www.iconbazaar.com
Possibly
the very best website on the Internet to find any type of graphic that you
can imagine! Be it buttons, bars, backgrounds or even an animated apple
you will find it here.
VL-WWW Images And Icons
http://www.stars.com/Vlib/Providers/Images_and_Icons.html
This site has more than 10,000 different images grouped into easy to use
categories.
Kira's Icon Library
http://lightsphere.com/kicons/
An independent artist has posted a variety of buttons, lines and backgrounds. She has thoughtfully packaged these categories in compressed files, ready to download.
Art Today
http://www.arttoday.com
A
great site that has more than 40,000 different images. If you sign up as a
member, you can get access to 75,000 different images and fonts as well as regularly added
updated material.
Hart-Davis Photo Gallery
http://www.hd.org/Damon/photos/
This site has a selection of real-world-derived photo images for use on Web pages
How do I get started?
Creating a web site is a time consuming
effort and there are so many different possibilities that we cannot go over
them all on this page. One trick you will learn as you become more experienced
in web design is to view the source code of
pages you like on the Internet.
If you are using Internet Explorer, you can view
the source code of other pages by clicking on 'View' and then 'Source'. If you are using Netscape 4.0 or higher, you can find the
source under 'View' and then 'Page Source'.
Click
Here To Learn About FrontPage Express 2.0
Click
Here To Learn About Netscape Composer
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Axion Internet's Personal Web Pages: Terms of Use
Axion Internet is pleased to provide its residential dial-up customers with
complimentary personal web space. Please note, however, that it is an
unsupported value-added service. Customers should not contact our Technical
Support Department for assistance creating or posting their personal web
site. If the information needed is not available on the web site, customers
may send an email to webtech@axion.net.
We can not make any guarantees as to the turnaround time on your questions, but will respond to your email as
soon as possible.
There are certain things you can not do with your web site:
-Member sites cannot be used for commercial activity.
-Member sites cannot be used as an FTP site.
-Member sites cannot contain any adult material.
-Member sites cannot contain any libelous content.
-Member sites cannot be used for or to promote illegal activity, including
the distribution of illegal software (otherwise known as warez).
Any member sites found to contain any of the above content will be taken
off-line immediately. Axion Internet reserves the right to remove any web
site from their servers containing questionable material.
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