IST129, HTML-I

Instructions for using HOMEPAGE.COM

Homepage.Com is one of hundreds of WWW sites that allow FREE web hosting for anyone connected to the Internet. They allow up to 25MB of disk space per account. The only price that you pay is to allow Homepage.Com to put a tasteful toolbar at the top of each web page that you upload.

  1. If you do not have an EMAIL account, sign up for a FREE one at Hotmail.Com

  2. Sign up for a FREE web site at Homepage.Com Please note that you must furnish Homepage.Com the following items:

    After registering at Homepage.Com, they will email you a password to the email account that you used during registration. This password will allow you to administer your web site - upload files, change your password, etc.

    Homepage.Com may prompt you to create an INDEX page. The INDEX page is the first page that an internet user will see at your web site. It acts like a table of contents to your web site. Create one or not- it does not matter as we will overwrite the INDEX page with your own index.html file that you will create in class.

  3. Create a web page/HTML document as prescribed in class and save it is as a:index.html

    		<html>
		   <head>
		      <title> Greg's Web Site - Class #13 </title>
		   </head>
		   <body>
		   </body>
		</html>
  4. Upload a:index.html to Homepage.Com as follows:

    1. Record your Homepage.Com user-id and password; you will need them for the following steps.
    2. Access your homepage administrator account at http://YourName.Homepage.Com/hp/admin
    3. From the Simple Shortcuts menu, choose Manage your pages
    4. From the file listing that appears, choose Upload files
    5. From the Upload My Files screen, type a:\index.html into the first input box on the left.
    6. Click the [Upload these files] button.
    7. Look for a confirmation message from Homeage.Com that your file was successfully uploaded.

  5. Go to your main website at http://YourName.Homepage.Com and you should see your new index page.
    Please note: it may take a few minutes for Homepage.Com to update your site once you've uploaded files.