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Some of the terminology that you will run into when establishing a web presence. Also includes information on web site components.
Internet Service Provider (ISP) - a company with a direct link to the Internet. Provides Internet Access and/or web hosting.
Internet Access - your point of access to the Internet, usually a telephone modem to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) or proprietary network like AOL. Allows the ability to view web pages and to send/receive email. Low end costs can range from free email (if you like advertising) to $20 per month that can include both email and a non-virtual web site.
Web Host - an ISP that provides disk space and an Internet connection to serve web pages to the public. On the low cost end, can range from a free non-virtual web site packaged with an email account to $30 per month for a virtual domain with an email mailbox, but no access.
[Check out low cost web hosts at budgetweb.com]
[Link to web hosts offering free sites.]
Non-virtual domain - an Internet address where you are living on someone else’s domain. Examples would be www.aol.com/yourname or www.theirisp.net/yourname.
Virtual domain - where you are the owner of the domain name. For example you would have complete control of www.yourname.com. A web host could help you get your domain name registered with InterNIC for a service fee that ranges from nothing to $100. InterNIC would also charge you $70 for the first two years and $35 per year from year three on.
HTML Editor - an editor that allows creation of web pages programmed in HTML (hypertext markup language). Can range from hard (down and dirty programming in a Notepad like editor) to easy (WYSIWYG, what you see is what you get)
- recommend the "easy" approach using FrontPage Express (a free program included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0).
- AOL and some ISP’s also provide free HTML editors.
Virtual web site components that may not be known to all:
Disk space on the web host’s server
Bytes of thruput to and from your web site to the Internet. Would include text, graphics email, and download files.
POP3 email account - a unique email address using your domain name, such as someone@yourname.com. You would log onto the POP3 mailbox thru your primary Internet access account if you are hosted on another ISP.
Email forwarding - automatic forwarding of email sent to one email account to another. For example, forward someone@yourname.com to you@yourisp.net. This allows multiple email addresses to be sent to your email address at your primary Internet access account.
FrontPage extensions - special function web bot components that can be programmed with Microsoft FrontPage and FrontPad.
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Last modified: September 23, 2008
