Re: Re: COMP: help - region 7 website

FrontPage is extremely easy to use these days. I use it. However it is
not so easy at the ISP hosting end. Before getting the software check
your ISP had FrontPage extentions.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9

colleen@impressiveirises.com.au

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John I Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:51 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: COMP: help - region 7 website


> Linda,
>
> iPower is a good service. I found their technical help very good. I
am
> not familiar with what beginner's tools they have for setting up a
> website, but you could probably find out by perusing their site and
> calling tech support and asking just that question. A lot of the
good
> ISPs have tools that you use online instead of on your local
machine.
>
> I haven't used Frontpage for a long time and had some problems with
it,
> but it has been updated. I think Kitty uses it and might be able to
> tell you more about the plusses and minuses. It is "Gatesware"...
>
> A couple of things relevant to you aversion to "Gatesware" versus
> Netscape. There are things that are different between browsers and
> something that looks fine in Netscape may look different in Internet
> Explorer, and while you shy away from IE most of the world does not,
> and you need to design to your audience. This may not be an issue
for
> the website you design, but needs to be considered. I have all four
> browsers on my machine (Firefox, IE, Netscape and Safari) I
generally
> use Safari, but often check things with the others. They don't hurt
> your machine by just sitting there. (Using them all the time may be
a
> different matter without virus protection). Even if you don't have
IE
> on your machine you should be sure to get someone who does to check
out
> your site.
>
> That is also one of the benefits of using an ISPs online design
tools,
> they take into account all the differences (generally).
>
> Instead of Netscape you might want to try Firefox.
>
>
> The act of "Publishing" a website consists of a few basic steps.
>
> 1. Getting a domain name and getting a host. Generally most ISPs can
> handle that for you. If you want do do your own, someone like
Dotster
> is a great service. Do not just jump on the cheapest you can find,
in
> the long run the garage shops can be problematic. If you do it
yourself
> you will need to pick your ISP first and get the information from
them
> that you will need to register your domain.
>
> You will want to find a name before hand. You can test for
availability
> by going to:
>
> http://www.dotster.com/
>
> or
>
> http://www.networksolutions.com/
>
> 2. Create your website
>
> 3. Upload it to the file address given to you by your ISP (Thisa
step
> is a non-issue if you use the ISPs online fools because they do it
"in
> place" for you.
>
> BTW, once your ISP begins hosting your domain name it may take up to
24
> hours (or more) for the Domain Name Servers to get the new
information.
>
>
> John
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2005, at 4:54 AM, Linda Mann wrote:
>
> > Thanks all,  for on and offlist comments.
> >
> > Annette, thanks for reminding me of the Ky website - will try to
> > contact
> > the webmaster and see if he/she might be willing to do the
regional
> > website as well..
> >
> > Kitty, this is the info I was asking for.  One of those questions
where
> > I'm so ignorant, I'm not really sure what the questions are until
I
> > start getting feedback.
> >
> > I had agreed to do the webpages myself, <if> a clone of our local
> > website was acceptable. They said yes.   I don't have or currently
have
> > time to learn skills to do anything more fancy.  Just Frontpage
(?I
> > think that's the name..) software output.
> >
> > But I don't know <anything> about publishing websites, so the big
> > holdup
> > in starting has been finding a server and doing whatever
mysterious
> > things have to be done.  And as someone prone to high anxiety, I
want a
> > host that provides reliable "personal" help getting it published.
> >
> > I could use my local ISP - local phone call for help, answered by
"if
> > you want to talk to a technician, press 1; if you want to leave a
> > message, press 2" <g>
> >
> > Does iPowerWeb provide good handholding for beginners? <g>
> >
> > I probably have to wait till I've rebuilt my computer to do this,
if
> > whatever ISP I wind up using uses a lot of javascript and cookies.
> > Plus
> > I need a host that supports Netscape - I refuse to use Gatesware.
> >
> > <Do you or someone have the skills to design the web pages?  For
Region
> >                    14, I evaluated several providers some years
back,
> > used one free site (and
> >                    tolerated a bit of advertising), and then moved
to a
> > low cost site by the
> >                    name of iPowerWeb.com.   They are $7.95 per
month,
> > NO
> > set up fee, it
> >                    INCLUDES a free domain name and set up, and
gives me
> > 3,000MB for hosting
> >                    pages and images.   That is $95.40 per year.
I've
> > had excellent service
> >                    for the years Region 14 has used them.   Some
of my
> > college students
> >                    searched just last month for a site, and
couldn't
> > find any better priced for
> >                    the amount of storage offered, at a one year
rate.
> >                    Kitty Loberg
> >                    Region14 Webmaster>
> >
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