CYBERSPACE REPORT - 6 January 22nd 1998

Bill Weber

YOUR VERY OWN WEB PAGE AND THE TITANIC

Do you have a talent, a hobby, a business, a story to tell or maybe just a desire to let the world know who YOU ARE? It has been said that if you build a better mouse trap the world will come to your door but not unless you inform them.

Through out history humankind has been contriving ways to let others know about themselves and what they have to contribute to the world. But at no time in history has it been so easy and so inexpensive to catch the attention of the world than now.

A lot of us have seen the movie TITANIC. I thought maybe we could combine the interest in the Titanic with what some people have done to make up their WEB pages using the Titanic story as the theme of their WEB PAGE so go to: http://titanic.eb.com/relatedlinks.html/index.html

If you enjoy cooking, making furniture, writing a book, etc and want to let others know about it, now is your chance. There are a number of places on the Internet that give you a nice WEB page at no cost to you other than your time to put it together or to hire some one to do it for you.

An example, is my WEB page at: http://www.geocities.com/~billweber

Originally the only cost was what I paid my grandson , Joe Lynch, http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/6043/ for constructing it for me. I have now bought more space to accommodate these series of articles and am, now paying $5.95 a month. Most free sites cannot be used for product advertising as they are sponsored by advertisers.

The following places will give you FREE WEB SITES:

GEOCITIES: Not sure how to set up your home page? You'll be an expert after you check out their four new step-by-step, visually rich tutorials! http://www.geocities.com/

WEB SPAWNER: Their unique on-line webpage authoring system helps users generate their own webpages in minutes for FREE! http://www.webspawner.com/

There are a lot more FREE SITES but space is limited.

If you would like to learn a bit of HTML so you can design your own WEB page here is a place to go LEARNING HTML: http://www.bev.net/computer/htmlhelp/#TOP Its a bit tricky and I have not learned it yet.

Or maybe you want to buy some WEB SITE SOFTWARE then try: WEB PRESENCE by Mircro Sites is an easy-to-use authoring tool that allows you to build interactive, animated multiple scene ads without any technical knowledge. Go to: http://www.zapamicrosites.com/

Then there are PEOPLE FOR HIRE with expertise at building WEB sites: SHARON MOES, Adventures Online Inc., offers home page design, creation and hosting using your text and photos. They did the Kendall, WI Home Page in last years Winding Rivers Review. Go to: http://www.topwebsite.com click on Bed & Breakfasts, then Wisconsin, then Kendall. They also have a list of sites on which they can host your home page.

Near Ontario, WI is, GARY GRAHAM, AlphaNet Technologies Phone: (608) 337-4204 As leading Web Site developers in Western Wisconsin, they specialize in fast-loading, low-bandwidth graphics, and interactive, dynamic web sites. The also design for those with seeing disabilities. http://www.alpha-tek.com/

Then there are those that SPECIALIZE IN BUSINESS SITES: INTERNET MARKETING SERVICES- Builder of Business WEB sites: http://www.nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/marketing.html

Our local CENTURY TELEPHONE will host WEB SITES. Check with them for rates at : http://www2.centuryinter.net/ click on Products then on pricing under WEB Hosting. . Know of or construct WEB sites and want them mentioned? Contact me at my e-mail address: solar10a@centuryinter.net