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There are other forms as well, especially for teenagers. A popular page allows you to speak to and educate others, gives you a chance to meet people, and opens doors of opportunity that you might not expect. If you want to create your own page, you have two choices. You can create a page that says, "Hi, My name is Suzy and here is a picture of Snuffy my cat and my favourite coolest bands are..." That is fine, but it is not of much interest to anyone but your immediate friends. The other choice you have is to create a site that other people find useful. Pick something you enjoy or know a lot about and create a page about it. For example: * If you know a lot about repairing gronked out television sets, create a page on television repairs * If you know a lot about Origami, create a page on Origami * If you like chemistry, create a page with a thousand chemistry links * If you like cricket or football, create the best page on the net about cricket or football * If you like clothes, create a superb fashion page Then people from all over the world will come visit your page because you are offering something of value. The first step to creating your own page is finding a place for your page to live. If you are a member of some of the larger Internet services like AOL, they may give you space for your own page for free. If so, use that space. If not, try a place like Geocities. Next you will need to learn how to create your own pages. You can either use a tool that helps you create a page, or you can create a page by coding HTML yourself (it's easy). Tools can range anywhere from the Microsoft Internet Assistant (which is free and works with Microsoft Word (see the Microsoft site for information)) to a variety of free tools. If you want to code your own pages by hand (and learn a valuable skill in the process) then see How a Web Page Works. You can actually play with web page creation on your own, even if you do not have a connection to the web. You will be the only one who can see the pages you create, but it is a great way to experiment and learn HTML. What you do is create the page as a file on your local hard drive, and then open the page as a file with a web browser. Netscape has an "Open File..." option and MS Explorer has an "Open..." option that let you open local files. It is a great way to experiment. You can create your page, tune it, and then when it is all ready and perfect put it out on a public web site. Have fun! |
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One of the amazing things about the World Wide Web (WWW) is that anyone
can create a web page. If people find your page interesting they will come
visit it. If lots of people like your page then you have created something
of value. The whole idea of a TV station is to create a place that
attracts lots of people. Then the station's owner can charge companies to
advertise on the station. A web page is like a mini TV station. If yours
becomes hugely popular then you could sell ads on it. That is one form of
"value."
