Chapter 17
Making a Splash Online
In This Chapter
Putting material on the web
Showing off your family photos online
Posting documents and calendars online for viewing and editing by other people
Making your own website from scratch
Creating an online store or just selling random stuff
Back at the dawn of the World Wide Web (in 1989), the plan was that people all over the world would communicate among themselves — a virtual rustic global village. That isn’t exactly how it turned out, with giant megamalls like Amazon.com making the web a distinctly nonrustic experience. But after you’ve browsed the web for a while, you’ll probably think of putting your own material online. Hey, you’ve got interesting things to say, probably more interesting than a lot of websites you’ve surfed past!
Yes, it’s time to stop just browsing the web and start putting yourself out there in various ways. This chapter walks you through a bunch of ways to post information on the web and explains how to start ...
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