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How this page was built:

Page building requires a little time in learning how to use the menus in the programs,
but they're as simple as the menu on your browser, so experiment!
Once you have a computer, software and access to the net,
with a little practice, you can build any number of webpages
and get then all online for maybe a hundred bucks.

 

Every page has to be written in "HTML" so unless you know it, (and I don't)
find a WYSIWYG page-building program on your computer and start building a page.
I like to start by inserting an image (some picture from my files or copied off the net)
then I add words around it.

 

Want to see HTML?
Try this: If you click "view", then "source" in your browser, a window will open on your monitor,
and you'll be looking at the HTML (the language that the internet uses to assemble this page).

It looks something like this:

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<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0">
<title>PageWork</title>
</head>

<BODY bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
----------- (and on and on)

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I didn't write this HTML, FrontPage Express did, (as stated in the HTML this way -
meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0")
AS I typed the words!
All I did was type words, insert the image (the white sketch) above and "save as" PageWork.
(as stated in the HTML this way -- "title>PageWork</title" )
 
So a page-building program saves you having to learn HTML.
The only thing you need to know about HTML is that there are always 2 parts, the head and the body.
 
You're welcome to glance at the definitions below,
but you don't need them to build a webpage :)

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What are all these terms and abbreviations?

LANGUAGES:
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language--a standard for describing markup languages
 
DTD
Document Type Definition--this is the formal specification of a markup language, written using SGML
 
HTML
HyperText Markup Language--HTML is an SGML DTD
In practical terms, HTML is a collection of platform-independent styles (indicated by markup tags) that define the various components of a World Wide Web document. HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva.

The Big Picture:

Net

The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the "Advanced Research Projects Agency Network". The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to be able to "talk to" research computers at other universities. A side benefit of ARPANet's design was that, because messages could be routed or rerouted in more than one direction, the network could continue to function even if parts of it were destroyed in the event of a military attack or other disaster.

TCP/IP

Today, the Internet is a public, cooperative, and self-sustaining facility accessible to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Physically, the Internet uses a portion of the total resources of the currently existing public telecommunication networks. Technically, what distinguishes the Internet is its use of a set of protocols called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). Two recent adaptations of Internet technology, the intranet and the extranet, also make use of the TCP/IP protocol.

Email and IRC

For many Internet users, electronic mail (e-mail) has practically replaced the Postal Service for short written transactions. Electronic mail is the most widely used application on the Net. You can also carry on live "conversations" with other computer users, using Internet Relay Chat (Internet Relay Chat). More recently, Internet telephony hardware and software allows real-time voice conversations.

WWW

The most widely used part of the Internet is the World Wide Web (often abbreviated "WWW" or called "the Web"). Its outstanding feature is hypertext, a method of instant cross-referencing. In most Web sites, certain words or phrases appear in text of a different color than the rest; often this text is also underlined. When you select one of these words or phrases, you will be transferred to the site or page that is relevant to this word or phrase. Sometimes there are buttons, images, or portions of images that are "clickable." If you move the pointer over a spot on a Web site and the pointer changes into a hand, this indicates that you can click and be transferred to another site.

Surfing with Browsers

Using the Web, you have access to millions of pages of information. Web "surf" is done with a Web browser, the most popular of which are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The appearance of a particular Web site may vary slightly depending on the browser you use. Also, later versions of a particular browser are able to render more "bells and whistles" such as animation, virtual reality, sound, and music files, than earlier versions.