Introduction: About Personal Web Hosting and / or Virtual Hosting

ISOT Supports Web Hosting via several popular methods, they include (but are not limited to): 

  1. Page Hosting Via FTP
  2. Hosting via Internet Explorer?or Netscape Communicator
  3. Page Hosting Via FrontPage?2000
  4. Other Alternatives for Web Hosting

What to do if you are new to HTML? 

Many resources could be found about creating a personal WebPages.  Few sites that we recommend for beginners are:

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html
(A Beginner's Guide to HTML).
http://www.w3.org/ 
(World Wide Web Consortium)

Ok.. But I am just really new to this so called `HTML' and don't know about web hosting.. What should I do? 

HTML is not for people that is new to the Internet.  Some will grasp the concept faster then the others, while some will never learn by themselves.  It takes unique personality to pickup things quickly, and of course, it will take a lot of patience and reading.  At ISOT, we believe in the value of self learning.  How good you will be in any aspect of your life depend heavily on your talent, and time you are willing (and able) to spent on your area of interest. 

Understanding creating a web site is a complex process, CTC (Central Texas College) currently have course offering at central campus to assist those members who would like to learn on how to create a professional web page. Contact information are listed below:

Internet / HTML Lab - 1 Credit Hour
2351 COSC 211001
Internet / HTML Fundamentals - 3 Credit Hours
2350 COSC 231001

Course Registration: Bldg 119, Rm 103, Number 526-1131
Computer Science: Building 121, Room 211, 526-1165

I am certain they will have these courses open for summer and fall semester. Consult the number listed above for course description.

Page Hosting Page Via FTP:

  1. You may upload your html content directly to your page.  For example, you have registered and parked you domain with ISOT, and your domain name is your_domain.com, all you need to do is open an ftp client and connect to ftp.your_domain.com and enter your assigned user_name and password.  For most members with personal web page, point your ftp client to connect to members.isot.com to access your HTML files.  You are now in your root directory of web page.  This place is where your index.html (Your Main Page) file should be placed.  This file must be created in order for your domain to show up, and allow you to link your main page to any other pages who you wish to create. 
  2. To obtain an ftp client, click here to download a FTP client directly from ISOT, or visit TuCows FTP client download page. 
  3. Here is how to use CuteFTP to login and start file transfer session with your virtual hosting account. 

Page Hosting Using Internet Explorer?or Netscape?Communicator: 

  1. Assume we give you a login name, called user_name
  2. Assume we give your a password, called password
  3. Assume you registered your domain, called your_domain.com
    (For Normal users, this would be members.isot.com.)
  4. Your Address to access your ftp would be, ftp://user_name:password@ftp.your_domain.com
  5. You can then drag and drop the file you created offline, either by using a wordpad or any other web/HTML/Text editors directly into this screen below. 

Example is illustrated below:

Page Hosting Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000?nbsp;

With FrontPage 2000, you can edit complex pages, mange sophisticated links with ease.  It is a highly integrated webpage development environment and are for those who intend to construct large, complex, and manageable web-pages. 

To Learn about Microsoft Frontpage 2000 and it's unique capabilities, Click HERE for more information. 

  1. Click on File | Open Web...
  2. Then in Folder Name, enter your web (URL Address). 

Page Hosting With Other HTML Editors

There are lots (and I mean a LOT) of other way to create HTML efficiently besides FrontPage and upload your page using FTP.  We can not possibly cover every one of them here. But I think you will find some links below useful to download and learn more about them, you can try them out (at least) before buying them. And yes, their are plenty of free ones out their.  

Free HTML Editors For Beginners:
http://tucows-m1.aust.tx.verio.net/htmlbeginner95.html
HTML Editor for more advanced folks:
http://tucows-m1.aust.tx.verio.net/htmledit95.html

I hope these information might be helpful.. Email me at yu@isot.com should you need more assistance.