How to Set up your Own Webpage
updated: 1/28/02

first steps:

1. Read how web pages work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm

2. set up webpage at freeservers.com, go to this website, then get a website.
http://freeservers.com

3. you can use the website builder to start with, as it makes it easier.- also you can upload pages through th file manager if you do not want, or have time to learn the FTP program in step. #5 below.

4. learn simple html commands
http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-page1.htm
also
http://www.vcsun.org/~jjarvis/HTML/page1.html

more advanced steps:

5. download and install FTP program (file transfer program)
http://www.vcsun.org/~djordan/downloads/ftp.exe

Instructions: read and use these instructions.

6. download and install AOL Press Program (html editor)
http://vcsun.org/~djordan/downloads/aolpress.exe

instructions: Read: AOL tutorial (http://bus.colorado.edu/faculty/lawrence/tools/AOLpress/)

also check out another tutorial at
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ITS/training/workshop/aolpress/contents.html

7. some templates you can use
http://lamission.org/online/templates.htm


Good Luck. email. Prof. J. if you have any questions.


updated: 7/17/00