Look Mom! I Built My Own Web Site Book

Introduction     11
Building a Web Site
How to Begin Building a Personal Web Site     19
Why a personal Web site?     19
Mom and Dad     20
Materials     20
Before you begin     21
Where can I find these programs?     21
Text Editor     21
Internet browser     22
Windows Explorer     22
File extensions     23
Identifying your operating system     23
Writing Your First Web Page     27
Creating a new folder     28
Creating a new Web page     29
Opening your Web page in the browser     30
Viewing the source code of the HTML page     30
Writing a basic Web page     31
Viewing a Web page in the browser     34
Playing with Text     35
Formatting headings and paragraphs     36
Preparing empty lines for writing tags     39
Formatting text     40
Bold format     43
Bold text     43
Other formats examples     44
Building a new HTML page named homePage.html     45
Adding a Link     53
Link a text to an image     55
Link to an Internet address     59
Building a new HTML page named links.html     61
Adding an Image     69
Add an image to homePage.html     71
Add an image to about.html     73
Link an image to an image     74
Playing with Color     77
Background color of a Web page - homePage.html file     78
Background color of a Web page - about.html file     80
Background color of a Web page - links.html file     81
Using a Table     85
Create a new HTML page - books.html file     86
Create a table     89
Creating the first row of the table     90
Creating the second row of the table     92
Creating the third row of the table     94
Creating the fourth row of the table     95
Tips     97
Add an image to a table     100
Create a new HTML page - friends.html file     102
Create a table     104
Creating the first row of the table     105
Creating the second row of the table     106
Creating the third row of the table     106
Additional layout designs     107
Add a column to the table      108
Using a Table for Page Layout     111
Creating a Menu and Completing Your Web Site     117
A menu     118
Creating a menu     119
Create a new HTML page - menu.html file     119
Embedding HTML pages     122
Some minor improvements     124
What Next?     129
Building Your Own Web Site     131
Checklist for building your Web site     132
Choosing a subject for your Web site     132
Collecting and preparing material     135
Design your Web site     137
Building your own Web site on your PC     138
Applying minimal loading time     139
Upload your site onto the Internet     139
Maintenance     139
Summary     140
Web site Hosting
Making your site LIVE!     143
How to find a free storage site     144
How to upload a Web site onto the Internet     144
I have more questions     145
Selecting a Web Hosting Server     147
Some things you should know     149
If all the information is on the internet, why do you need to continue reading?     150
How do you search for free Web Hosting Services?      150
How to register to Web hosing service?     151
What is a Web hosting server and why is it necessary?     151
What is a domain name?     153
Selecting a domain name     154
Sub-domain     156
ReDirect to the address     156
Buying a domain name     157
How much does a domain name cost?     157
Where do I buy a domain name?     157
How to purchase?     157
Finding a suitable Web hosting server     158
What are your options?     158
What types of Web hosting services exist?     158
Servers that charge a fee, or What you won't get with a free server     164
Why is it worth choosing a Web hosting server that charges a fee?     164
Safety and security     165
Technical support     165
Files     165
Connectivity and reliability     166
What is the price and how is the calculation made?     166
Free Web Hosting servers     169
Free on the Internet     169
Is it true that it doesn't cost any money?     170
What else does this "freebie" cost?     171
Why and for whom is it worthwhile to use a free Web hosting server?      172
What are the services that you will receive for free?     172
Uploading files to the Web hosting server     175
Uploading files by FTP     175
Uploading files by means of the browser (form)     177
Tips for effectively uploading the Web site     178
Copyrights on the Internet     180
Building a site by means of a wizard     181
Conclusion     182
Promote your Web site     183
The Web site is on the internet - now what?     183
Forums (chats)     184
Banners     185
Web site rings     186
Written and broadcast communications     187
Advertising by e-mail     187
Change line, change banner     188
Guest book     188
Registering the Web site in the search engines and indexes     188
Staying in touch with visitors     191
Conclusion     191
Index     193