This page contains answers to common questions handled by our support staff, along with some tips and tricks that we have found useful and presented here as questions.

  1. How do I download?
  2. Where can I find web builders resources?
  3. Where can I find free web hosting?
  4. Why should I pay for a website?
  5. Where are some good website hosts?
  6. Where can I go to get more information?

How do I download?

Download - To download a program you will need a Zip file uncompressing utility. There are plenty of good ones out there, and here is a link to WinZip. Go to the Developers' Resources page and click on the program you wish to get. Your computer will ask you if you want to open the program or store it to your disk.  Select the store option. Next, select a directory to store the program.   The computer will do the rest.

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Where can I find web builders resources?

There is so much good and useful information out there it almost becomes difficult to know where to begin. Go to the website Builders' Resources area within the Developers' Resources page to see some of the places I've found to be of interest. 

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Where can I find free web hosting?

There are plenty of sites that offer free web hosting. Most provide this service because they will place advertising on your pages in the hope that your site will be popular. Links to free web host can be found within the Free Web Hosting section of the Developers' Resources page.

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Why should I pay for a website?

There are two main reasons you may want to choose to pay for a website provider.   The first is to avoid the advertising on your pages, and the second is free web hosts seldom provide access to your own cgi_bin, which will prevent you from performing many tasks which make websites dynamic.

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Where are some good website providers?

The Professional Website Host section of the Developers' Resources page provides many links to quality website providers.  There are two major types of website providers. The first type of provider will be running on a NT system, the other will be running on a UNIX type system. Each system has its pro's and con's.  If your using Microsoft products for website development, then the NT server will provide the most useful backbone for your website. if you are familiar with the UNIX system, CGI, or PEARL, then a Unix server will be the best choice.

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Where can I get more information?

There is an incredible amount of information available concerning website development that it's difficult to know just where to start. The Shareware/Freeware section of Developers' Resources provides several links to some fine places where you can find information about site development in HTML, DHTML and  WYSIWYG formats.

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