Easy web site creation, introduction.

Introduction -- Finding some web space -- Learning HTML -- FTP -- Web site structure

How to create your own web site, a simple guide.

Introduction.

I received an email last week, from one of my site visitors. Shadylady had read my review of the Web Album Generator and asked if I could write an article about setting up a web site, as all the magazine articles she had read were too complicated and she didn't know where to start.

I did have some reservations about trying to cover such a vast subject, as
despite running a site for four years, I'm not an expert and by modern standards, my site is very simple and I have no knowledge of the more exotic aspects, such as PHP, or databases like SQL.
However Shadylady assured me that she just wanted to create a simple site, to display some pictures of her hobby, family and bits of "this and that". And that she didn't want to know the more exotic aspects of web site making.

Well, simple I can do. Keep in mind that the methods I will suggest, are just a few of the countless ways that a web site can be created. There is no right, or wrong way of creating a web site, just lots of different ways.
I shall concentrate on proper web sites, but there are other more instant choices, such as a blog, which is very easy to create and maintain and could be a good choice, if you just want to post articles and pictures.
I signed up for and created this blog site in about fifteen minutes, it's that easy.

But a proper web site gives you more flexibility, allowing you to design your own layout and add almost any content.
I shall split this article into several parts, as it will be fairly long, especially if I start waffling (oops, started already).
To keep things simple, I have created a glossary of web site terms, for reference.

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Introduction -- Finding some web space -- Learning HTML -- FTP -- Web site structure

Glossary of web site terms -- Helpful tips and extras