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    blusia Posts: 23, Reputation: 2
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    Apr 10, 2006, 06:27 PM
    Help creating a web site
    My parents want to set up some web sites: one for my mothers artwork and another for my fathers archery but they want to do it for free. I am unsure of how to go about settting up one at all and they have put me in chargte of it! Please help,
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    Apr 11, 2006, 06:22 AM
    Here's a good list, including features, of a variety of sites offering free web space:
    http://www.freewebsiteproviders.com/...s-webhosts.php
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    LTheobald Posts: 1,051, Reputation: 127
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    Apr 11, 2006, 06:33 AM
    Hi,

    Just wanted to add my bit...

    Choose a free webspace provider (from Rick's list). Check out their features list to see if they offer a site builder or web site templates. If they do - you'll be able to use those to get a site up and running in seconds.

    Some popular free web hosts with web page creators:
    http://geocities.yahoo.com/
    http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
    http://pages.google.com/


    You might also want to look into some free web page editors to try:
    http://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/
    http://www.nvu.com/
    http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

    Also if you have a friend with either Frontpage or Dreamweaver - take a look at those. But they aren't cheap :)
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    Apr 11, 2006, 07:16 AM
    Also check with your ISP, some ISPs include web space for free with your subscription.

    Just a point, if you use a free web host, you will most likely have to use a URL like:

    www.theirsite.com/mysite

    Also, you will probably have ad banners on the pages.
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    Apr 11, 2006, 07:23 AM
    Just so you know, the next step up from free will only cost you about $60-$100 per year for the hosting and a domain of your own, and about $100 for good entry level - and pretty easy to learn - web design software like FrontPage.
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    LTheobald Posts: 1,051, Reputation: 127
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    Apr 11, 2006, 09:07 AM
    The best and most rewarding way of doing all this (but of course the longest and hardest) - learn HTML & CSS. Start at W3Schools and go from there:

    http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
    http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

    Just to explain what HTML and CSS are: HTML is what web pages are written in. It's basically a combination of regular text and a few tags in formats like <a name=""></a>, <strong></strong>, <img src="" alt=""/>. CSS (stands for Cascading Style Sheets) are files that you can use to style your website - add colours etc. It enables you to change the look of an entire site from one file (instead of having to go off and change lots of HTML files).


    Whatever way you choose - there's plenty of us here to lend a hand. So if you have any other questions, start a new thread and ask away :)
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    Apr 26, 2006, 05:31 PM
    Thanks a lot and I'll try those! I'll let you know if they worked or not.

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