CHAPTER FOUR: A COMPUTER CAN MAKE YOU MONEY

YOUR OWN WEB PAGES

Don't want to learn how to make a web page? Then let some else's computer generate one for you. There are literally thousands of helpful sites. Here are some places to start:

Keypals Club http://www.worldkids.net/clubs/kci/homepage.html (yes, it's for kids but it's fun and you can learn a lot.)

Webspawner http://www.webspawner.com

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To find a list of advertisers who will pay to advertise on your web site go to Adbility

Want to get serious about building web pages? Hyper Text Markup Language is what you must use to create pages that are recognized by most web browsers.

HTML editors can make creating a web page easy for any amateur. http://www.win.net/web__info/editors.html

Want to learn more? There are literally thousands of sites to teach you how to produce professional quality web pages. Try here. http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/

A Beginner's Guide to HTML http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html

How Do They Do That With HTML? http://www.nashville.net/~carl/htmlguide/index.html

Web Mastery has news forums and resource lists to help you overcome any problem. http://www.umr.edu/~oldfield/webmastery/

Learn something new, like JAVA http://www.wsabstract.com/

The power of 37 and more. http://37.com/

Make exciting, cutting-edge pages by learning how to do animation for fun and profit.

Here's where to start: How to make an animated gif

and here's where to learn more: http://members.aol.com/royalef/toolbox.htm

For the ultimate in tips, tricks and graphics check out the Ultimatorium. http://www.pacificcoast.net/~mudhoney/psycho2.htm

One place that will buy graphics and animations you make is http://members.xoom.com/royjay/

Resource-A-Day sends out a daily newsletter with helpful programming tips that make it easy for beginners.

The Animated Gif Artists Guild can help with any questions you have. http://www.agag.com/

Make a screen saver for yourself or your friends. It's a great promotional product for your business. Screen Paver is a nifty little program that lets you set up a slide show of up to one hundred JPEG images for use as a screen saver. It's available for a free demo from http://www.download.com or from the author at http://tni.net/~mlindell/ScreenPaver.html

Make a rotating cube screen saver that displays your company's logo and related photographs. Download Fotocube by searching here: http://www.hotfiles.com/ or from the developer here: SoftSeek

Remember: if you enjoy using these products, please pay the authors. They work hard to develop these programs and must compete against big software companies.

How would you like to get inside someone else's computer to view, use and repair their files, without ever leaving your home? Carbon Copy lets you do it.

TUTORIALS

Embrace life! Keep learning! Don't let your age or physical disability prevent you from attaining your education goals. Learn, in your own home, on your own time.

The Electronic University Network - provides fully accredited college and university education entirely online. Their online campus provides students with courses, libraries, and support services, including a student union for socializing, buying books and university paraphernalia http://www.wcc-eun.com/

Distance Education Facilities - allow you to experience education world wide for an eclectic learning experience. Never boring, they utilize novel methods to minister to your needs. http://ccism.pc.athabascau.ca/html/ccism/deresrce/institut.htm

Distance Education Guru - a list of excellent resources for improving your mind. These Internet Universities and Training Institutes will give you professionally recognized degrees and training courses to advance your career credentials. Continuing professional education is arranged through mail, FAX, modem, and online means. http://home.rmci.net/michael/index6.htm

American Institute of Computer Sciences - just one of many virtual campuses http://www.aics.edu

SETTING UP OTHER SURFERS

Who needs the Internet? Everybody!

Are you lonesome tonight? Join in a rousing game of bridge with partners three thousand miles away. http://www.igl.net/

BINGO! It's free. http://www.bingozone.com

Listen radio stations around the world. http://www.ontheair.com now part of icast.

Are your typing fingers tired? Try chatting with someone on the next continent using one of these voice programs. http://www.onlive.com

DOMAIN NAMES

In Canada, you can apply for a CA domain at CAIP or at dot.ca It used to be free - until the money grubers got their mitts on it.

To find out where to register a two-letter domain name in other countries go here: http://www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html

Find out if anyone else is using the name you want by checking WHOIS http://rs.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois

Learn more about domain names and apply for your own at http://rs.internic.net/

For those of you who don't like the InterNIC monopoly, try an alternative domain registry http://www.alternic.net/

For those of you who dream of having your own domain name but want to avoid the expense, consider using a site that starts with travel.to or surf.to or come.to. This can be a clever way of having a memorable domain name without the bother. To find out how this works go to http://come.to

Addme allows you to submit your website to thirty-five popular search engines, for free. http://www.addme.com/

Increase your web traffic with many tips and tricks supplied at http://www.submit-it.com/

Business sites might consider getting a link at http://www.bargainseeker.com/ or at Recommend-It