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Posted on 12/21/2003 12:17:39 AM PST by Stewart_B

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41 posted on 12/21/2003 2:24:38 AM PST by Chief_Joe (From where the sun now sits, I will fight on -FOREVER!)
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To: Stewart_B
Yes thats a picture of your's truly on the page ;)
 
Did anyone ever tell you, you look a lot like Jesus?

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"


42 posted on 12/21/2003 2:29:43 AM PST by End Times Sentinel ("You white rednecks... this is what my momma taught me!"- Nathaniel Jones Former Cincinnati Resident)
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To: LibWhacker
I hate to say it but that thought crossed my mind, especially since they currently have a thread going, hatching attacks on FR>
43 posted on 12/21/2003 2:47:20 AM PST by wewillnotfail (I am not a socialist but I play one on DU.)
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44 posted on 12/21/2003 3:34:40 AM PST by patj
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To: Stewart_B
At the risk of stirring up the anti-MS crowd, I confess that I use FrontPage. If you want to do anything other than a very simple site, you will welcome the site management features, preview-in-browser, etc. See if you can find an "Academic Edition" (cheaper for "students") at a computer show, or somewhere on line.

Find a reliable host for your site, and be prepared to pay. The "free" hosters want to put their ads on your site. You get what you pay for. When you pay nothing, you don't get much. ISP's generally give you some space you can use for hosting a website. This is fine, but the space you get is very limited, so if you have a lot of visual content, you will find that the site will eventually outgrow this space.

Avoid hosts that require cookies to be enabled (Fortune City). Be aware that some hosts don't allow "hotlinking".

Be sure to read you host's fine print carefully.

Consider coming up with a simple, but meaningful domain name (.com) for your site and register it (about $20 per year). This is a must if you are going to do a commercial site. But, be aware that this will expose your contact information to anyone who wants to see it.

If possible, avoid using such things as banners, animations, popups, and cookies because so many people are blocking them out nowadays. If you must use frames, keep them simple.

Test your site using as many browsers as you can manage, and at various screen resolution settings. Beware of fonts that become unreadable at high resolution. Don't rely on just your own computer for site testing. If you can, try looking at your site on other machines (friends, library, etc.)

Be sure to submit your site to Google, and other search engines. If appropriate, consider joining one or more webrings to promote your site.

45 posted on 12/21/2003 3:42:06 AM PST by Fresh Wind
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To: Stewart_B
Here's my business page. I use my profile for a personal page of sorts.

www.floridalights.com
46 posted on 12/21/2003 3:45:18 AM PST by ovrtaxt ( http://www.fairtax.org ** God may not be a Republican, but Satan is definitely a Democrat!)
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To: Stewart_B
I sort of do. One is for storing graphics - it's the only function.

The other one is a slowly ongoing perpetual construction project - it's in no way a professional job.

See it here:

http://www.ourgangnet.net/public/petuniasevan/

And yes, the webmaster (freeper "fiddlstix") may still have some space available there.

http://www.ourgangnet.net/

http://www.freerepublic.com/~fiddlstix/
47 posted on 12/21/2003 4:12:11 AM PST by petuniasevan (Boy, this Soylent Green tastes great! What's the recipe?)
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To: Stewart_B
Welcome to FR, BTW.
48 posted on 12/21/2003 4:19:26 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Jeff Chandler
Next time you put Hildebeasts' photo up you should warn us- I almost lost my breakfast!By the way - my husband and I used verisign- aka as imagecafe- to do our website- it has a format the you just plug in what you want- steps are easy to follow- many of the hotels in the area have put our website linked to theirs and ask if we will link to them- not many people use our site on their own but once they do business with us- like to check it out later(wildsidetours.com)and show their friends- or got it from the hotel link
49 posted on 12/21/2003 4:23:05 AM PST by newzhawk
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To: Stewart_B
A Blue Mister and a Louisville fan, that has to be interesting. Child named Tubby Rick?
50 posted on 12/21/2003 4:56:06 AM PST by sticker
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If you come across a web page that has done something the way you would like to, look at the source page for it. It will show the html used to create it.

If you want to make pictures load faster you will need to compress them. I use the free version of Paint Shop Pro. Go here to get a copy. I have a much older version and it is still usable. I don't know about the new version of the trial program.

Here is mine. It is mainly used to allow my family back home to see some pictures. Keep it simple. No one likes to wait around for big graphics. Keep the important stuff at the top of the page becuase few people like to take the time to even scroll the page.

I write all my own html. It's not so bad once you get the hang of it. It really doesn't take all that long to get the knack.

Good luck.

51 posted on 12/21/2003 4:57:51 AM PST by raybbr
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To: raybbr; Stewart_B
Sorry for the bad link. My homepage is here.
52 posted on 12/21/2003 5:17:37 AM PST by raybbr
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To: Jeff Chandler
I thought I was the only one that knew Outlook Express was a HTML coder.
I use it for all HTML I need, even coding Advertisments for E-bay. It is fast, easy, and works well.
53 posted on 12/21/2003 5:43:57 AM PST by Lokibob
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To: Stewart_B
I liked your profile page. The dog was cute.

Thank you. My profile page is very simple. To see some of my professional work, click the links on the right.

54 posted on 12/21/2003 11:03:48 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Chilling Effect-1, Global Warming-0)
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To: Lokibob
I thought I was the only one that knew Outlook Express was a HTML coder.

I just don't use it for e-mail. It's not secure.

55 posted on 12/21/2003 11:09:58 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Chilling Effect-1, Global Warming-0)
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To: Stewart_B
http://www.megaone.com/bmovies
56 posted on 12/21/2003 11:53:46 AM PST by lowbridge ("Is it just me, or is Kwanzaa becoming way too commercialized?" -Ann Coulter)
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To: Jeff Chandler
I don't send anything via E-mail that requires security.
57 posted on 12/21/2003 11:56:34 AM PST by Lokibob
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To: Lokibob
I mean it's vulnerable to malicious scripting.
58 posted on 12/21/2003 12:44:32 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Chilling Effect-1, Global Warming-0)
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To: Stewart_B
Stay away from "free" page hosting places like Tripod and Geocities:
59 posted on 12/21/2003 1:08:40 PM PST by martin_fierro (Holder of an M.A. degree in The Obvious)
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To: Stewart_B
Scrooby Manor Ministries
60 posted on 12/21/2003 5:00:32 PM PST by LiteKeeper
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