| How to Build a Site Using Expage
Interested in starting a website? Cool! There's a lot to learn at first but we guarantee that once you know the basics, working on your site will feel more like a treat rather than work. Ok, ready to get started? Here we go!
Why Start on Expage?
Expage [http://www.expage.com] is a great place to start learning HTML. (By the way, HTML means "Hyper Text Mark-Up Language" and is the writing that helps you achieve effects when building a webpage.) We feel that Expage is the best place for beginners because it is free, relatively easy, and has an effective "Help" section. The downside to Expage is it can be unreliable at times and there is a limited amount of text that can be entered at once. However, as a beginner those problems shouldn't matter too much. Ok, so Expage is good basically because it is simple. On to the next step....
Getting a Page
The first thing you have to do is to go to Expage. To the left side of the screen you should see a rectangular button that says, "Create/Update Homepage." Click on that. Once you have done that, move to the next lil section in this handy tutorial!
Choosing a name and password
Once you reach the Login Page, your next task is to choose what you want your site to be called. Some people use their name followed by the numbers to their birthday while some take the more creative route and pick something like...Sugary Dream for example. It all depends on your taste. Try to make it something original, though! When you have chosen your site name type it into the box next to where it says, "Page Name." Ok so now you need to choose a password. Do not make your password something that is easy to guess. Do not choose your name or anything related to your page as your password. That would make it too easy to guess and someone could end up erasing your page. Not a good thing. A good password should be something easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess. A good example is: CloverGirl12 or something like that supposing you like clover, are a girl, and 12 years old. Well, after you pick a "good" password enter it into the box next to where it says, "Password." Then click the long blue-gray button that says "I have read and agree to all of the rules" after of course you have read the rules listed.
*Important* The address to your page is http://www.expage.com/ followed by your Page Name that you chose. For example, if your Page Name is: CutiePies4eva1234 then your address (also called URL) would be http://www.expage.com/CutiePies4eva1234. Got it? Good.
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