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First, you should look through the Web FAQ if you haven't already. Don't expect to understand it all right away, but you'll be coming back to it later.

Before you create a web page, think carefully about what you want to say. The Web is already cluttered with pages that say little beyond "Hi! I have a web page!" (To avoid this, check this useful rant on What's wrong with the Web so you don't become part of the problem.)

For Voicenet subscribers who are setting up home pages, here's an example of all the stuff that goes into a simple home page and how it goes together. (save as a text file.) And here's a demo of how that code looks.

A good place to get started is www.gettingstarted.net .

The Big-nosed Bird is very helpful to novice page builders.

More on HTML:

Here's an HTML Primer (a bit dated but still useful).
This is an extensive collection of HTML docs.

Here are some buttons and icons from Rutgers you can use to spiff up your Web pages.

When your page is ready, get a checkup from Doctor HTML. Or get a tuneup from the NetMechanic.

Advanced Stuff

You can make images that are interlaced or have transparent backgrounds.

You'll want to know about the Netscape extensions to HTML. For instance, you can have colored backgrounds. Pick colors with

Be aware that these extensions are only proposed and are not a formal part of HTML.

Yes, we support CGI. We already have scripts for forms mailing and page counters (like the one below). See our CGI docs page. If you need to do something else, let us know. If enough people ask, we'll see about making a version we can add to our collection of public scripts.

Also see The Common Gateway Interface and A CGI Programmer's Reference

Yes, we support clickable image maps. See our CGI docs page and the imagemap tutorial at NCSA for details. (Skip down to 'Your First Image Map') Here's a lame demo.

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