Learn HTML

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There are certain things you need to know or to do to create a website.

1. You need to register a domain name. Without a domain name (like mywebsite.com), your website does not exist; without it being registered, it will be invisible to the Internet and all your traffic. The cheapest place at present to register one is GoDaddy.com. Typical charges range from $10 to $75 per year, depending on whatever the company that sells it to you wants to charge. If you buy this from MysticDreaming.net (below), charges start around $12 per year.

2. You need a webhost. This is a server holding your website code, which you pay for in exchange for storing your code. The webhost I recommend has prices from $59.40 per year; most others are considerably higher). A good webhost gives you (or your website developer) access to hundreds of tools, including webcounters, forum software, email, etc.

3. You need the code itself. This includes text and graphics along with HTML code to allow your site to be read by all browsers. You can hire someone to do this for you, at a wide variety of cost, or keep reading.

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Here are the tools I use and recommend:

• Arachnophilia 4.0
  
  (I do not recommend 5.0 or later) - FREE program

• Seagull FTP
  
  - makes it easier to upload and download your website files - FREE program (any FTP program will work, some are easier to use or understand than others)

• IrfanView
  
  - great image viewer and editor - FREE program, and don't forget to download the Plugins

• Book: Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages, by Dave Taylor (IDG Books, 1998)
  
  - the best book I've found on making it simple to do great things on your website -- you can often find this used and cheap. I recommend going to Fetchbook.info to find a used copy (on May 5, 2006,there were copies available for $5 or less, plus shipping).

Of course, you have to USE the programs and READ the book before it does any good.

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Hosting:

I offer low-cost webhosting through MysticDreaming.net, There are 3 set plans (see below) and will also create custom plans if his standard plans do not meet your needs. Your own e-mail address -- or several addresses, depending on your plan -- comes free with all websites. Again, if this is not your idea of English, ask me and I'd be glad to either (1) explain it to you or (2) simply recommend what I feel to be the best plan to fit what appears to be your needs.

MysticDreaming.net Basic Plans
	White	Red	Blue
Web Space	5000 Mb	10,000 Mb	15,0000 Mb
Bandwidth	50 GB	100 GB	150 GB
Control Panel	Cpanel	Cpanel	Cpanel
SubDomain	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
FTP Accounts	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Email/POP3	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Auto Responders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Forwarders	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spam Assassin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shopping Cart	Yes	Yes	Yes
PHPBB	Yes	Yes	Yes
MySQL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cgi Bin	Yes	Yes	Yes
24-7 Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Free Setup	30 minutes or less	30 minutes or less	30 minutes or less
Uptime	99% Guaranteed	99% Guaranteed	99% Guaranteed
Money Back	30 Day	30 Day	30 Day
Monthly Price	$4.95	$6.95	$8.95

 

Websites can be paid by the month, quarter, semi-annual, or yearly.

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Mystic Dreaming Domain Names- A fee of $12 per year per domain name charged if Mystic Dreaming registers it for you. No fee if you own your own domain name, or register it with another service. You will receive directions after signup on how to point the domain name to our hosting service if you've registered it elsewhere.

If you move your website to any provider, you can move your Domain Name with it, although some providers charge a setup fee for this (MysticDreaming.net does not).

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MysticDreaming.net does not have setup fees, hidden fees or extra charges.

Moss

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