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You have to code your own Web pages, which, while not diicult,
does require a certain amount of technical knowledge.
You'll spend a lot of time maintaining the containers for your content
(the pages) as well as the content itself.
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You may have to hire a designer to make your pages visually interesting.
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You'll miss out on a lot of plug-ins and other ways that blog sotware
and wikis add functionality.
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essentials
A tutorial on HTML is totally outside the scope of this topic, and frankly I
wouldn't recommend creating your own site unless you have an informa-
tion structure in mind that just doesn't work within the conines of a hosted
blog site or wiki, unless you already have extensive HTML skills and some
experience as a site builder.
Basic HTML skills
Basic HTML skills can be acquired through any number of topics. But
there are online tutorials available as well. Check out the HTML Goodies
page (htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/), which has a seven-part HTML
primer that's designed to take one week to complete. HTML Code Tuto-
rial (htmlcodetutorial.com/) has a whole domain dedicated to teaching
the ins and outs of HTML. And if you want something really exhaustive,
which when gathered into a PDF document weighs in at over 300 pages,
check out mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/lessons.html.
Planning a Web site
If you have an idea for a very small Web site, it might not even occur to you
that you have to plan out a Web site. But take it from me, even the most
modestly considered Web sites have a tendency to grow like Topsy. Mak-
ing he Net Work has an overview article that gives several salient points
about which you should think when planning a Web site: makingthenet-
work.org/toolbox/tools/webguide.htm. An article at Sitepoint breaks down
what you'll need to do, step by step, as you plan your Web site: sitepoint.
com/article/site-planner.
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