Trust me, you don't want to do it in MS word. You can, but you don't want
to. That's what I was taught in an HTML class I took and I tried it and
while I can't remember now, I quickly found the reason. I like to either do
it in note pad by hand, or use FrontPage.
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: off topic: creating your own web page
> Thanks, Phil. ... This is very helpful.
>
> But, now I have to go back to a very elementary question.
>
> I thought you could just save a Word file in HTML format, right from
> Microsoft Word, and just import it into your personal web site.
>
> In fact, I just checked my version of Microsoft word, and, under files of
> type in the "save option", I have options like XML, single web page, and
> web
> page.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Maybe this is more complicated than I thought it would be.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: Kb8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: off topic: creating your own web page
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Learning the HTML coding is a lot more trouble than it is worth. There
>> are
>> programs to do the coding for you automatically. However, unless you go
>> to
>> a server that sells you an account that allows you a web control panel
>> where
>> it does everything for you and you just fill in the blanks, you will
>> first
>> need both a domain name, which is the www address, and those run anywhere
>> from 10 to 30 dollars a year, mine runs 10.95 per year and I own three
>> active domain names, and you'll need a server where the html files are
>> stored. When that happens, a universal hidden address is assigned to
>> your
>> server provider where the html files are stored for your website and
>> then,
>> when anyone types in your URL, or website address, they are routed
>> directly
>> to your site. So your domain name is unique to you and you alone
>> worldwide.
>> Now, of course, there are many dot addresses to pick from such but when I
>> started many years ago, I only could pick from dot com, dot org, or dot
>> net.
>> You've likely heard that now they are going to just words for domain
>> names,
>> without a dot com for example, and just the word, or website name, will
>> take
>> a
>> person to their site. A website provider, where you files in html are
>> stored, will run you any where from 5 dollars a month on up. I pay about
>> 30
>> dollars a month but many servers offer 5 and 10 dollar a month storage
>> service with maybe 50 to 100 megabytes and that is a ton of storage
>> space.
>> I use 300 megs of storage and only use a fraction of it because nearly
>> all
>> I
>> have are text files and text takes up very little space on a server's
>> hard
>> drive. Graphics, lots of graphics, and big graphics, as well as audio
>> files, take up many megabytes of storage but now a days, you can buy
>> gigabytes of storage space. There are many places selling domain names.
>> I
>> use buydomains.com but most internet web providers have special offers
>> and
>> can register a domain name for less money. Many providers of storage
>> space
>> also are website designers and charge flat rates to build a website to
>> your
>> specifications. It all depends upon how much money one wishes to spend.
>> I
>> think my provider.
>>
>> www.liquidneon.com
>>
>> who I have used for years, has many of these services but he is one of
>> thousands and thousands of providers all over the world. You can even
>> use
>> offshore providers. Many of those are used, for example, by people who
>> want
>> to spam or do business in, shall we say, less than an honest manner. If
>> you
>> did a google search for web providers, you'd find millions of hits. The
>> best way is going with your own provider you are using now, call and ask
>> about their web services, or with one a friend has used for awhile.
>> Then,
>> too, I use an FTP client piece of software called Cute FTP to transfer my
>> html files from my hard drive to my web provider. I used to do it all in
>> FTP, that is in UNIX, by hand but now there is even windows based
>> software
>> for all that work. So the field is wide open for whatever you want to
>> spend
>> and how involved you want to get.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
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