Website Resources
The Steps you need to take are as follows...
- Downloading the Source Files
- Unzipping the Source Files
- Editing the Source Files
- Getting your own counter
- Joining the RSGB Region Webring
- Uploading Your Site to your server
Downloading the Source Files
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Click the image to the right, and then select 'Save to Disk'. This file contains all the pages and images contained on this site in one archive (You may recognise this as a Winzip file). |
Unzipping the Source Files
To extract the files from this archive, you will need to have WinZip installed on your computer. A trial version can be downloaded from http://www.winzip.com/.Editing the Source Files
It is often said, there is more that one way to skin a cat...
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This site was written with nothing more than notepad.exe inside Windows. Alternatively, you can use a variety of shareware HTML authoring tools either from TUCOWS or commercial offerings. |
Getting your own counter
Go to The Counter and sign up for a counter. If you set your counter to display just the numbers and then set up your colours like this in the 'Advanced' settings...
All you have to do is edit your ID in the code in the Sidebar.
Joining the RSGB Region Webring
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Click the icon to the left to be taken the RSGB Regional Webring
Sign up page (Alternatively, click the icon on the front page). Once accepted, you will receive the code to insert into your front page, you can get away with just editing the ID if you wish! |
Uploading Your Site to your Server
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Once you are happy with your website, you will need to upload it to your Internet Service Provider's Site - This is normally done with an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Program. One of the better known is WS_FTP, available from Ipswitch. |