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You may decide
that you would like to upload your website to the World Wide Web and share
it with the world. Check with your Internet Service Provider to see if
you have access to some personal webspace. Most ISP's provide 5-20 MB
of webspace as part of their basic service package. Your ISP will be able
to provide information about how to create and upload your webpages and
may even provide specific online tutorials that will guide you through
the process.
Another option
is to upload your webpages to one of the free website hosting services available
on the web. The steps below will guide you through setting up an account
on one of these free web hosting services.
Xoom.com
offers free website hosting in exchange for a discreet advertising banner
which is displayed on your webpages.
Here's how
to set up a Xoom.com website. Note: These instructions are current in
late December, 1999. If you find the steps have changed, just follow the
on-screen prompts.
- Connect
to http://www.xoom.com
- Click
on the Join Now button
- Click
on the Unlimited Webspace button
- Enter
your e-mail address in the dialog box. (Note: Xoom allows one website
per e-mail address. If you have already created a xoom account, you
can create a new e-mail address on a free web-based e-mail service like
Hotmail http://www.hotmail.com,
Eudoramail http://www.eudoramail.com,
etc. and use that address to create additional xoom.com accounts.
- Click
on Next.
- Enter
the website name that will follow the http://members.xoom.com/
portion of your URL. (Hint: use lowercase letters with no spaces and
keep the name as short as possible).
- Enter
a password (Hint: be sure to write this down for future reference or
you won't be able to administer your website!)
- Enter
your name (or a project name)
- Enter
your state and zip code.
- Indicate
if you want to participate in the xoom points program
- Hint:
Print a copy of the webpage and file it away for future reference.
- Click
on the "Click Here and Then Wait" button.
- Decide
if you want to disclose the information on the Optional Information
page that appears next. Note: This information is optional and will
likely be used for target advertising banners that will appear on your
webpages and may result in mail sent to your address… the choice
is yours…
- Click
on the "Click Here to Continue" button at the bottom of the
page.
- Decide
if you want to accept any of the trial magazine subscriptions…
again, the choice is yours… Just check the "No, don't send
me any magazines" button if you don't want to avail yourself of
the offers.
- Click
on "Continue with the Sign-up Process"
- A screen
will appear informing you that your website has been created.
- An e-mail
message will be sent to the address that you entered on the first screen
with information on how to activate your account.
- Close
your web browser and check your e-mail to retrieve that message now.
- Hint:
Print the message and file it away for future reference…
- Click
on the Validate URL address found in the message (or copy and paste
the address into your web browser location box if your e-mail does not
support live URL links.
- Read the
Xoom.com Terms of Service Policy and click on the "Click here once
you've read and agree to abide by this Terms of Service" link at
the top or bottom of the webpage.
- Enter
your Member Name and the Password you selected earlier (hint: can be
found on the e-mail message you received a few minutes ago).
- A new
screen will appear informing you that your website has been created.
- Print
this screen as it has important FTP (file transfer) information that
you will need to upload webpages to your website.
- Click
on the link to "Member Services Web Space Management" to retrieve
more important information.
- You are
most interested in the details in the FTP Access section since you will
be using this with your FTP application (WS_FTP or Fetch) to upload
your webpages to the website and create your website directories.
Server Address: ftp.xoom.com
User name: (the user name that you selected)
Password (the password that you selected)
- You may
also want to check out the Easy Page Builder service.
- Click
on the Home Page Help Center link.
- Click
on the links to Tutorials on the left side of the screen to load the
specific tutorials.
- You will
find links to download the FTP application if you do not already have
that installed on your computer.
You are now
ready to begin uploading your website…Follow the directions in the
online xoom.com tutorials.
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