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How to use your webspace
Introduction
How to
Basic website settings
Website design services
Introduction
What is Webspace?
Webspace is actual space on one of the RevolutionISP web servers. RevolutionISP
members are assigned 25MB (megabytes) of free webspace when they open
an account.
What can I do with my free webspace?
Webspace is assigned to RevolutionISP members to give them the opportunity
to host their own personal website. Once a website is created and uploaded
to webspace it is available permanently on the WWW and is available to
anyone with an Internet connection.
How do I create my own Website?
Web pages are written using a formatting language called HTML (HyperText
Markup Language). To create pages you can either code the HTML manually
in an editor such as Notepad or use one of the many software packages
available - Microsoft FrontPage Express is a popular program for Windows
95/98 users.
Once you have created your pages you will need FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
software to upload your pages to your webspace.
How to...
Create your own pages
If you decide to code the web pages from scratch you will need to know
the basics of HTML. A good starting point is .net magazine's site at www.netmag.co.uk.
To create the pages you will require an editor. You can use Notepad for
this. Most tags are opened and closed as required. For example a paragraph
tag may be opened with <p> and closed with </p>
To start, you must tell the browser that you are using HTML. Further controls
are the head and title tags. The title text will be displayed at the top
of the window.
The next step is to specify what is required in the body of the document.
There are a number of tags which will specify text size, color and type.
Body content should be placed between the <body> and </body>
tags. Your basic code will look like this:
<html>
<head>
<title>The Title of the page goes here</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the page goes here.
</body>
</html>
Include
Pictures
Next your page can be improved with the inclusion of images and colors.
There are many images available on the Net (though some are subject to
copywrite restrictions). To save an image from the Net, hover the mouse
over the image, right-click the mouse and select the Save Picture As option
from the menu.
Basic website settings
Uploading pages to webspace
Okay, so now you've finished your website masterpiece and you can't wait
to get it live on the WWW. So how do you do it?
First off you'll need FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software. RevolutionISP
recommends you try WS_FTP. Try downloading it from www.ipswitch.com
The FTP software looks and works much the same as Windows Explorer. The
software provides a link between the files on your computer and your webspace.
It can be used to both load files to the webspace and delete any files
from webspace.
Simply open WS_FTP and open a new connection. Don't panic if you're lost,
select Help from the menu. There's loads of useful advice to get you started.
Select the files (web pages and image files) you wish to upload to your
webspace and drag them into the relevant area. It's that simple!
FTP settings
A few FTP settings you will need:
- Hostname:
uploads.webspace.RevolutionISP.net
- User ID:
Your normal RevolutionISP login username
- Password:
Your normal RevolutionISP login password
- Set transfer
type to 'Auto' (rather than ASCII or Binary)
What is
your website address?
Your RevolutionISP website address is:
http://www.yourname.revolutionisp.com
Your homepage
Make sure that your home page file is saved as index.htm. By doing
this your visitors to the site can use the address www.yourname.revolutionisp.com
to view your home or front page automatically.
Website
design services
If you would
like one of our design team to create your website for you please contact
design@revisp.com.
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