Site Building

{Advise for the beginner, from CrashAid}

If you are even reading this, then you are on-line, and have at least the same internet know how as I did when I first even dreamed of making my own site.
So here's my two cents, and pointers on doing-it-yourself.

You need somewhere to put the webpages you create. If you are on-line at home, then your provider (the company that gives you net access) probably gave you free space for a site, and a free e-mail address.

If you don't have free space, then you can sign up for some. For beginners, I really have to recommend Geo-Cities, this is because the also provide a web page maker called GeoBuilder which is very user-friendly, free, and simple for a complete beginner to master. The also provide images, guestbooks, and loads of other free items, and give you a very user-friendly way of uploading, editing and sorting out your files.

All a webpage is, is a HTML file (webpage.html). HTML is a form of code. If like me you aren't bothered to learn all this code than you needn't worry. Almost ALL webpages can be created on a word processor. In fact most new word processors, give you the option of creating and  saving your work as HTML files.

For all those who use Netscape (one of the latest versions) as your browser (the software you use to surf the internet and view pages); you will probably have noticed that as well as Navigator, you have Netscape Composer. This, in my mind, is the best webpage creator and editor for a beginner, giving you all the options you will need to make decent website, and a a help guide if you get stuck.

I personally use composer at home, where I don't have internet access, to make webpages. Then save them onto disk, come into college where I have internet access, and upload these files to my webspace.

Later there will be some advise for the more intermediate/advance webpage makers from, thelittlepond. And also links to galleries of scouting clip art for you pages.