HTML/CSS tutorials
Part one
Web site introduction
Before you start your web site you need to have space on the Internet in order to show it. You get this space from an Internet Service Provider (ISP). These come in many shapes and sizes. Some are local businesses, some are web sites that offer free hosting, sometimes you can host your own at home. From whoever you get your surfing account can also help you with hosting your own web site. They will tell you lots of the technical details of setting up. This document is an overview of getting your first site online.
Web site addresses
A web site is comprised of files that reside on a computer that is connected to the internet. That computer is called a web server. That server has an address in the form of a number called an IP address. An IP address looks like this: 67.30.129.145. But numbers are hard to remember so they are associated with "domain names". This is how 67.30.129.145 becomes www.upwithabang.com. When you enter a web site address into your browser it will find the the web site using the domain name mapped to the IP address. From that it can find the server hosting the web site and then show it to you.
Web site files
Files that comprise a web site are stored on the server. These files can be in many different formats but primarily they are of 3 types: HTML files, style sheets, and image files. The server stores these files in directories (folders) on its hard drive then sends them to the browser when ever a browser asks for them. When you make a web site you must copy your files from your computer to the web server. Normally you do this using an FTP program.
Normally an FTP program will show you 2 lists, one list are the files on your computer, and the list are the files on the server. The FTP program makes it very easy to copy files from your local directories to the web server. This is called "uploading". You will need to contact your ISP (internet service provider) to find out how to set up your FTP program so it can talk to the server.
