Personal Web Pages for Non-Geeks Demystify the process of creating a web site.

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Personal Web Pages for Non- Geeks Demystify the process of creating a web site

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Personal Web Pages for Non-Geeks

Demystify the process of creating a web site

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Why a personal web page?

• To promote your career– Having a web page shows you’re “with it”– Provides assurance that you can keep up with

the times

• Provides a way to market yourself– Prospective employers can get a

glimpse of who you are• Before calling you• Following an interview

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Why a personal web page?

• Augment your formal resume– Expand on professional activities– Show who you are outside work

• Just for fun– Share photos and events with family &

friends– Share your space to support others

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What should be on a page?

• Examples– http://www.scottkane.com/– http://members.aol.com/beilers/– http://www.jreilers.org/– http://www.eilers.org/

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Basics

• You will need– A service to host you page

• Many ISPs (Internet Service Provider) offer hosting– AOL

– ATTBI used to; bet Comcast does also

– If you use a small provider, check with them

• Independent hosting services– More about these later

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Basics

• You will need– A means to develop/edit your page

• Some providers offer templates• Some offer development tools• There are development tools available

elsewhere, some free on the WWW others for sale on the web or in stores

– Tools range from simple to very sophisticated

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Basics

• You will need– A means to upload your page from your

home/office PC to your host• If using ISP templates, this may be automatic• If not automatic, it may just require a mouse click• Some upload tools might require a setup for first use

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Getting Started

• Select a method that fits you– We will examine two options

• Hosting service with cookie-cutter templates

• “Free” web hosting

– There are +/- for each• You get what you pay for

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Method #1

• A “No-Brainer”, but with a price

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A No-Brainer

• Gray Hair Management page– http://www.grayhairmanagement.com/

• $250.00 – one-time charge• Page templates provided• Includes two-year domain registration

(www.scottkane.com)– Domain registrar will bill for renewal– Domain fees are currently about $10 a year

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Some Notes on Domains

– scottkane.com/• Scott’s domain is his first and last name

– eilers.org/• Domains are first come/ first served• My nephew Aaron beat me the punch

– jreilers.org/• I found that my two initials + last name was

available

– members.aol.com/beilers/• Brother Bruce doesn’t have his own domain

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Some Notes on Domains

– How do you know if a domain name is available?

• http://www.checkdomain.com

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Domain Cautions

• Owning a domain may raise some privacy issues– It is possible to search for a domain’s

owner• May learn name, address, phone, email

– May yield some email SPAM– Personally, I have not found this

burdensome• But I’m rather tolerant

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Method #2

• “Free” web page– Nothing is “completely” free– Free pages are supported by the hosts

selling advertising

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Free Web Page

• http://www.geocities.com/jameseilers/

– http://geocities.yahoo.com/

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Follow this link to create a website that costs you nothing

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You must register before you can create your site

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Fill out the forms as required

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The Yahoo Page Wizards will guide you through building your web page

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Let’s try it!Is there a volunteer?

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Editing your page

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One method of editing is to use the same Page Wizards with which we built the page

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Choose a Page Wizard

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Select “Edit existing page”

Choose your page from the pull down list

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Editing your page

• The Wizard will lead you through the same steps used to create the page.

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Editing your page

• Ready to graduate from the Wizard?– Small caution

• If you step up, you may not return to the Wizard for editing

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When you’re ready for the next level, you can customize your page with Yahoo PageBuilder

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Editing Your Page

• If there is interest from the group we will have a second session covering PageBuilder and other more advanced editing tools.

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Questions/Comments?

James R. Eilers, CPIM

740 South Ardmore

Villa Park, IL 60181

630/833-6664

[email protected]

http://jreilers.org