CIPCUG SIG 03 03 03

MY VERY OWN WEB SITE

 I like leading SIGs on different topics.

 

This was the SIG (Special Interest Group) of CIPCUG (Channel Islands PC Users Group) held on March 3, 2003

 

Setting up your own free Web Site:

Get yourself a free email address with Yahoo.


Go to mail.yahoo.com and either sign in with your Yahoo email address or click on the words Sign Up Now .

When you do this you go to the sign up screen: Remember to click on the Sign Up Now in the box that says Free Yahoo! Mail

 

 

 

 

There will be a brief form to fill out - and then you are set.

 

Be SURE TO email yourself (from this address) to your "real" email address so that you have a record and don't forget what this address is.

You will need to know this soon.

When we are done, your new website will be

www.geocities.com/thenameyouchose

 

 

The Confirmation that you have DONE IT!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signing up for free web site

Go to mail.yahoo.com

Sign in as your new email address

 

 

 

Now in the address bar of your browser - type www.geocities.com You should see the next screen. Here is their attempt to sell you more options

 

Depending on what you want to use your site for, these might be a good idea.

If you just want to post a few pictures of the Grandkids, or one page or two about your hobby, then probably the Sign up for a free web site
If so, then click on the Learn More text to go to the next page

 

 

 

 

A few more screens and we're almost there.

Keep reading and clicking on the FREE continuations

Soon be asked to sign in again (Make sure you remember the password)

and you might be rewarded with THIS final screen

 

 

Now:

 

This step is done off line
and deals with actually composing your web page.

Of course we could have a whole SIG or series of them on this part, but for now, we'll use the BUILDING A PHOTO WEB SITE feature in Irfanview graphics editor that we highlighted a few months ago.

This creates a web page and all the photos and thumbnails in one directory on your hard drive.

We're just going to assume that this is done and you know where your HTML file is that you want to upload.

 

Now click on the FILE MANAGER words to upload that puppy.

 

 

 

 

Click on that OPEN File Manager

 

 

 

We're almost home !!

 

 

Click on UPLOAD FILES

 

 

upload yours

 

 

Rename index.html to old.html

 

 

RENAME yours.html to index.html

 

 

And here is a sample of a quick website created with IrfanView and put up using these instructions. Chili and Neo

MISC:

 

 

 

 

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