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Fulcrum Shift

Hi, My name is Will and I am an average guy who has written
a Fantasy novel called Fulcrum Shift. You can do it too! For inspiration
go to my writers page.

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The Free and easy way to make your
own website in less than 30 minutes.
Step 1: Print this webpage on your printer. I will
be sending you off to other places and if you have this printed on paper
it will be easy to refer to it.
Step 2: You will be going to a web hosting company
shortly.. The company will give you 50 Megabytes of free webspace on their
server. there are two catches: 1. You will have to allow them to put pop-up
windows on your site and 2) you will not have a root level domain name
like "Science-Fiction-Nut.com". Your website address will be
under their domain name so it will be something like this: Science-Fiction-Nut.50Megs.com
I have already made this webpage so you can go take a look at it if you
want. It will give you an idea of what your website will look like. And
you can see the advertisements that they will put on your site. I think
the advertisements are a small price to pay- seeing as they are allowing
you to have a website for free on their server.
Go take a look at the free website I have created then come right back.
There is a link on that page that will bring you back here or you can
use the back button on your browser.
OKAY Now complete step 2 and go to the hosting company 50megs.com
<Click here
Step 3: Now You are at 50megs.com
- Look for the Get a free site button and click it.
- You are at the new member signup. Fill out the information and give
yourself a password. (Write this password down so you don't forget it.)
and press submit.
- 50Megs now offers you several options for pay extras and bonuses.
Look through them and continue on
- Select the button that says "Build a Website"
- Now choose a template based on the type of site you want to build
Hobby, resume, etc. A template is a preset look and layout of your page.
It will give you a nice look and background - all you will have to do
is type in the information and insert the pictures. Here is an example
of one of the templates:

(template example)
- For my page I chose "Custom Site" It gives you a little
bit more control over how the site looks and feels. If this is all new
to you then I suggest you choose one of the premade templates. You can
browse through them until you decide which one you like.
- After you choose your template it will become your home page. But
you will want this to link to other pages and 50megs.com allows you
to also set up other pages that automatically link to your home page.
You are now asked to choose your sites pages like an about page, a photo
page and a what's new page. These pages will appear as links. In the
template illustration above they are the word links in the dark blue
section.
- Now choose a page to work on by selecting "Edit Page". Choose
home page first.
- A Page will appear. This is your home page on the internet! you can
put in whatever content you like. It is as simple as that! Now fill
it up with your content.
- You click on the little red edit tags and enter the information or
pictures you want.
- When you are done making your first page click on save then click
on quit
- You can now continue the process with the other pages on your site
such as the about page
- Remember that at any time now or in the future you can change the
template, colors, pictures or words in your site. just remember your
password and where to go. 50megs will send you an email with all the
necessary information.
- Now admire your new website by visiting it! And don't forget to email
all your friends and tell them about it.
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Lots of Resources for webmasters
Will's Picks at Amazon.com
Learning
Web Design : A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond -- by
Jennifer Niederst, Richard Koman; Paperback
Web
Design in a Nutshell -- by Jennifer Niederst; Paperback
Web
Design for Dummies (For Dummies) -- by Lisa Lopuck; Paperback
Creating
Web Pages for Dummies (6th Edition) -- by Arthur Bebak, et al; Paperback
Microsoft
FrontPage 2002 for Dummies (With CD-ROM) by Asha Dornfest (Paperback
- June 2001)
Web
Site Design Goodies by Joe Burns
SOFTWARE
Jasc
Paint Shop Pro 7.0 Anniversary Edition by Jasc Software (This is
a really great, inexpensive art program that gives you professional tools
at a budget price. I use this program for all my web art needs)
Dreamweaver
4.0/Fireworks 4.0 Studio by Macromedia
Microsoft
FrontPage 2002 by Microsoft
Free
Clip Art
Free
Fantasy Animations
Free
sound effects
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