In brief, this is how to make a website:

1) Select a domain name. Visit http://www.nameboy.com/ to find out if your name is available, and what other options exist.

2) You need to purchase the domain name. Probably the easiest way to do this is to go to a web host like http://www.ipowerweb.com/ or http://www.hostrocket.com/ or http://www.hostsave.com/ where you can purchase the domain name and web hosting space bundled together as a package.

3) When your domain name and hosting account are setup, create your website. There are many resources available on the web to show you how to create a website. The basics are as follows:

a) A webpage is coded in plain text

b) The file is saved as a .html or .htm extension

c) You apply tags around the text to make the browser render the text in a specific way.

d) The html file can be saved on your computer, and it can be viewed in your Internet Explorer browser. You will have to upload it to your web account for it to be visible to the world.

e) The home page of your site must be named "index.html"

A starting point for more information is http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html but if you go to Google, there is a lot of information available on this subject.

Sampson Cooper is Technical Services Manager at Widebore Communications. Visit Widebore Communications for all your website design and management needs.

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