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Going Live!

Validators - Web Hosts

Validate!

You are ready for your page to go live! Before you do, have an HTML Validator check your coding. Check the LINKS listings for Link Checkers and Validators.


The next step will be to either set up your domain name or check with your "web service provider" on their guidelines for URLs.


Domain Name

It generally is cheaper to register your domain name with your web space provider. Many of the free and inexpensive providers will also offer a registration discount. More information is available under the LINKs section on Web Hosts.


Free Web Space

Many of the ISP's will provide a small amount of free space. Additionally, there are quite a few websites that offer free space. Check out the listings under Web Hosts.

Several that are locally recommended:

150m.com
Host Save
Net Firms
Freeservers


Promoting Your Page

Once you have your page created, you are ready to transfer your files to a web server. Most providers ask that you FTP the files - they will provide instructions on how to do this.

If you name the main home page http://www….index.html, your server will automatically know which page is the first page for your web site. You can then save visitors the extra time of typing the file name.

Ready to promote your page? Each search engine has a form you can fill out for adding your web page to their database.

But, you can also submit your page to several search engines simultaneously through a submit service. Check the LINKS listings under Search Engine for submit services.

Don't stop here! Advertise, tell your friends, join link rings and ask others to link to your pages.

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