How to create your very own web page

with Cute FTP and Cute HTML

 

To begin with, I truly recommend you build a site with Tripod/Lycos. I have heard of a lot of other free servers deleting pages without warning, and without reason. It's in their terms of use, they can do it to any and all! I have never heard of Tripod pulling this!

You will need the following programs:

1. Cute FTP which comes with Cute HTML

2. Front Page Express

(If you choose, go straight to the Front Page Express tutorial)

First, go to www.tripod.com and sign up for a unique name! Your web site address with either be yourname.tripod.com or tripod.yourname.com I prefer the first choice.

Okay, now once you are logged in, you should go to a page titled www.tripod.lycos.com/build/welcome/build.html. Now scroll down till you see EDIT AND MAINTAIN. Click on Cute FTP. Download it to your desktop so you know where it is.

Now install Cute FTP. Follow the instructions step by step.

Now, run the Connection Wizard

When you first run Cute FTP it will run the wizard for you. Now, for Choose your ISP, select Other.

Next screen with ask you to Label the site. To begin with just name it Tripod and your user name.

Next it will ask you to enter the FTP host address. You will put in here ftp.tripod.com then hit next.

Now just enter your username (not the website address) and your password you chose.

Default Local Directory, choose nothing, just hit next.

To be safe, when it asks if you want to connect to this site automatically, check yes.

Now, if you entered the information correct, you will be connected to FTP Tripod!

Don't forget to watch the top where it states Status:> You will then see a big pop up, just click ok.

Once you have created your web page, this is how you will send it up to the net. If you have problems and don't see the above, you may have mistyped your password or username. It's very important to keep track of these. Alway, and I mean always, use a unique password. Letters and numbers are always best like top44border or something!

This screen is on the left hand side and is the most important!

See that little folder with the arrow on it? That is how you are going to browse to where your images are that you will be putting in your web page. You must upload each and every single image that you put in your web page. Backgrounds, buttons, bars, everything. Just browse to your image, then double click on it. It will magically appear over here on the right:

If you edit your html correctly and send each and every image up properly, you will have a wonderful web page! Now, you will be updating your webpage often, so when you want to upload an update to say, the page titled 3ladies.html, it will tell you that you already have a document with that name, do you want to overwrite, click yes. If you made a mistake, click skip.

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