• World Wide Web is a part of the Internet
• Web browsers access web pages on web servers and read and interpret the code written html, xhtml, xml, etc.
• Domain names are registered and assigned internet addresses
• Domain name servers translate the domain name, www.amazon.com, into an IP address so the browser can find the web site

• Sign up for a web hosting account and register a domain name
• Design and produce the web pages using software on your pc
• Transfer the web pages to your web host's web serve
• Test out your new or changed web site
• Update and maintain your website on your pc, then load the changes to your web host

Option 2 Build the website at a web host site

• Use a website builder program at a web host to build your web site and then publish it to the Internet
• Update and maintain your website through the web host’s software at their site

• www.tripod.com
• www.weebly.com
• www.godaddy.com

Mozilla Composer software at www.mozilla.com
Go to the downloads page and download the Seamonkey suite

Blog builder: www.blogger.com (owned by Google)

Create Your Own Website (4th Edition)
by Scott Mitchell

designing web graphics.4 (4th Edition)
by Lynda Weinman

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly (Hardcover)
by David Meerman Scott (Author)

Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual
by David McFarland (Author)

How to Create a Successful Web Site For Nothing (or Almost Nothing)
By Vauhini Vara
This free article can be found at the Wall Street Journal website for small business:
www.startupjournal.com Look under the tab: "Using Technology"

Demonstration Sites

• http://joevangsness.tripod.com was built using Tripod's software
• www.thebestoftherest.weebly.com was built using Weebly.com’s software
• www.vangsness.weebly.com was also built using Weebly.com's software

Prepared by:

Joe Vangsness
Vangsness Consulting Inc.
833 W. Chicago Ave. Suite 204
Chicago, IL 60622