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| Hi Ben,
it depends on what you would like to do. If you know what your page is about and are ready to follow a simple and standard format, you could go to one of the places that offer free web space and some basic tools to quickly create your own home page, like FreeHostia. Sign up (create a new account if you don't already have one) and use the templates they provide for your page - it's all free, that's where and how I started my site. If you are more of an artist or want more control on how your page will look, you'll have to invest a little more time and learn a few HTML tags. HTML is the language used to create a home page and it's not very complicated if you start simple. Basically you create a text file that contains tags. A simple web page would look like this: <HTML> <!-- this is a comment --> <HEAD> <TITLE>Title of the page</TITLE> </HEAD> Normal text<br> </BODY> </HTML> Result: Normal text The main tag is <HTML> (representing the beginning of the page) and it must be closed using: </HTML> Any page has 2 sections: <HEAD></HEAD> and <BODY></BODY>. The HEAD part usually contains the title of the page (you'll learn about more items that can be included in the HEAD section as you advance). The BODY part contains most of the code. To write a sentence in which you have a word that is bold, and force the text to start on a new line (using <br> - a tag that does not require closing), you would write it like this: Result: this is sample text When your are finished writing the text file, change its extension from ".txt" to ".html" (usually the main page is called "index.html"). The html file has to be copied to your account (on GeoCities you can use "File Manager" or an ftp program to upload the file from your computer to the server - the computer that will "serve" your page to the internet). hope you'll find this useful; let me know if you need more info (at dexxus@yahoo.com). Here is an excellent HTML tutorial: W3Schools |
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