By Seamus Dolly
There is a unique freedom of expression that is available with websites/webpages, comparable to none. Text, images, hyperlinks, forms, specialized scripts, counters, clocks, pop-up's and unders, and thousands of other features, can be easily enough manipulated, to present almost anything that you want, to the on-line world. If you like, access can be limited, to the few people, of your choosing that have/or have access to, your URL( uniform remote location, or web address).
Limit it to your family, a membership site, or choose to blast it into cyberspace. The latter requires some techniques or lots of techniques. The latter requires some tact.
Anyone with some disposable income, can do any, or all of the above. Find a “host". Simply put, it is someone else's computer where your files are stored and are available 24/7. Some are free, and almost all are available ( use a search engine ). It may often seem complicated, but if you can read this, then it is within your grasp.
There is some technical jargon but you don't have to take it all in at once. Play around with it instead of “becoming overwhelmed". There is always an e-mail address for support. I suggest trying to figure it out yourself, at least for a while, as this is part of a learning process.
You should by now, have a name/domain, and rented cyber accommodation for your files. A file is anything that you have in a file other than www.yourselectedname.com with the same server. A WYSIWYG (WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET ) editor, is helpful and is sometimes supplied by your host. All this means is that you can make a webpage in the same way that I initially typed/created this document in Microsoft Word. That is to say, font, colour, spacing, paragraphs, indents, caps, etc, are as you see them ( without the html tags or other coding ). You can buy your own products with re-selling rights, meaning that after the initial cost, all of the profits are yours. Digital products are simplest as they are deliverable via the internet (downloadable to the purchaser, almost instantly ). In some countries, electronically deliverable product are tax exempt.
These products include e-books, the main advantage being their deliverability, both from the seller and buyers point of view. These are normally in PDF format due to its cross-platform compatibility ( viewable on Macs and Windows ). The software for creating e-books is widely available, again, some having more security features than others. A virtual book cover to display on your site is easily done and customisable. If you have a topic/report/information of widespread appeal, you are more than half way there. An affiliate program can be set up to sell for you. One particular company will even track your affiliate sales. Selling any of the above “editors", or indeed creating them, if you have experience in that area is done via a website. An affiliate program will boost any sales if your product is “saleable", and of reasonable value. Only your imagination can stop you now.
Seamus Dolly is a webmaster and author, with a background in mechanical engineering and analogue electronics.
Add to it, delete it, change or update it, make money from it, reveal your inner-most thoughts, invent your thoughts, invent your graphics, write poetry, suggest cookery tips, suggest tips to avoid cooking, write an article, write an article on not writing articles, write and give away/sell, a book or e-book, publish a publishing site or publish a blank page, seek out subscribers, inform the public, reform the public, write an article on “not being able to reform the public", write an e-book on “being actually able to reform the public"( possible best seller ), publish a picture of your dog, publish your dog's delightful bark( sound, if any ), tell everyone about “that time", tell everyone that you weren't even there, and finally, suggest to people when they should stop “rambling".
The first thing to do is to register a “domain". Relatively cheap and usually a one or two year contract. Choose a name for your site. If its not available (already taken, yes!, there are other people with a similar imagination ), you will be told, whereby, you have the choice to “go again".
You are then www.yourselectedname.com or more properly http://www.yourselectedname.com , for example. This will be your main page.
DOT COM is in no way essential. Americans can opt for http://www.yourselectedname.us
and Australians can opt for http://www.yourselectedname.au Other examples are .net, .org and lots of others.
N.B. You select this when registering your domain.
Example; www.yourselectedname.com/yournamedfile
Anyways, you can get such an editor from other sources, if your host doesn't supply them (search engine, again ).
Free html editors are widespread and some knowledge of this is worth the effort.
In my opinion, this is cheaper that POD (printing on demand), but perhaps lacks traditional literature appeal. Indeed, both are relatively new concepts and both concepts are good.
Imagine it, you might have been through a war, tragedy, illness, abduction by aliens, non abduction by aliens, or just about anything, and people will want to know about it. You are not over the hill, if your memory or imagination is relatively intact. Neither are you below the hill if you are young, assuming you possess one of the aforementioned attributes, let alone, two.
You no longer need to belong to an exclusive or traditionally “tight" club to gain exposure.
A website is REAL MAGIC.
P.S. A platform such as this website is invaluable.
By Anonymous
WASHINGTON, D.C. June 21, 2004 -- Eco-Artware.com is demonstrating how to put oldies but goodies to a new use. For music aficianados, album collectors or retro-minded fashion divas: one of a kind fashion statements made from classic long playing records.
These unique tote bags feature velcro-enclosed clear vinyl sides that hold two different authentic record jackets: a Beatles, Rolling Stones, or Bruce Springsteen album cover on one side, and a random rock favorite on the second side. Created by designer Meg Musick-Makely, these bags are very cool because of their smooth lines and practicality. When a new look - or musical theme - is desired, the covers can be recycled with others in your collection. Two amplifier knobs (that actually turn) decorate the sides and the two-inch wide shoulder strap is adjustable.
See the Vintage Vinyl Record Bracelet by Meg Musick-Makeley. When her pre-teen daughter dropped and cracked a favorite 33-1/3 record, Meg cut out the label to preserve the wonderful associations she had with the record. As she sliced across the surface, she got the idea to transform the label into a bracelet. The rest is record-breaking history, and we're proud to feature these vinyl cuff bracelets featuring various artists.
Still not rockin' enough? One of eco-Artware's most popular items continues to be Jeff Davis' Vinyl Record Bowls - deocrative centerpiece bowls molded from genuine LPs. The labels are sealed with mylar so that nothing falls through the spindle hole and are great for holding non-liquid food items or display pieces. The bowls can be accented by a set of Vinyl Record Coasters or the very timely Vinyl Record Clock.
Everyone from aspiring lylricists to autograph seekers will love our one-of-a-kind Album Cover Notebooks. Each is designed using authentic vintage LP album covers. And if that alone isn't cool enough, the notebook's paper is made with 100 percent recovered cotton denim, harvested from denim clothing manufacturers in the U.S. (We don't know, however, how mucyh of the denim comes from bell-bottoms).
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By Anonymous
AURORA, Ontario, October 27, 2003 -- Knowledge Probe Inc announces the availability of the first of a family of unique computerized Alarm Clocks for MS/Windows®. Two initial products, Free Cellular Alarm Clock and CellAlarm, are directed towards users with cellular phones. Without any predecessors in the software marketplace, these PC-based productivity tools allow users to virtually pre-program their cellular phones with appointments, wake-up calls and reminders. No matter where they are, cell phone users can receive their important alarms and reminders at the times needed.
Created out of the necessity of scheduling varied wake-up times, the Cellular Alarms are useful for more than just wake-up calls. The company's website lists a myriad of uses from existing users. One user is quoted as using a pre-programmed alarm as a way of getting out of a boring meeting early. Another corporate user is using the tool to automatically remind staff away from the office to submit reports.
This simple application has already been downloaded by thousands of users in places as remote as Mauritius in the Pacific Ocean. According to the company, all one needs is a cellular provider that supports text messaging. Over 250 cellular providers across the globe are listed as being able to support the cellular alarms.
"I created CellAlarm to give my teenage son a way of getting up for college at different times each weekday. Seems teenagers respond better to telephone calls than alarm clocks", said Mark Kolb, President of Knowledge Probe Inc. Mr. Kolb further adds "You only need to program CellAlarm once. That's better than changing your alarm clock each night for the next morning - day in-day out".
In an interest marketing strategy, the Free Cellular Alarm version is available to any corporate sponsor at no cost for the purpose of branding their logo and targetted message within the product.
The Free Cellular Alarm Clock allows a user to program a single alarm at a time for his/her cell phone, while CellAlarm allows a user to program up to five cell phones (family/friends/staff) with up to 99 alarms. CellAlarm retails for $10 (US). Both products are delivered via the Internet.
With CellAlarm, users have the convenience of a novel way of being reminded anywhere they are of the things they need to do - provided they keep their cell phones handy.
About Knowledge Probe:
Knowledge Probe Inc primarily develops educational software in the form of mathematical, language and word games for all ages. Its free hit game "Mixed-Up Math" is used by tens of thousands of parents, teachers and kids all over the world.
MS/Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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