1. Web Sites

2. Web Sites
When the Internet first came popular, people wanted a way to get:
Known
Get their opinions out
Make money
Creating a web site was a way to achieve this

3. Creating a Web Site Had to have HTML knowledge Get a Domain name
HyperText Markup Language
Get a Domain name
Find a Host (Server) to hold your site
Domain & Server cost Money

4. Early Web Creation Sites
GeoCities
Free web builder/host site
Basic in its capabilities
Mostly Text, ClipArt & Links
Bought out by Yahoo
Now only available in Japan
Angelfire
Was originally a free web host
Still around and also improved web builder tools
Now have to pay to use

5. Weebly
A web-hosting service that allows a user to create a web site with a “Drag & Drop” builder
Made it easy for anyone to build a personal web site
Founded in 2006
3 students at Penn State created
Wanted an easier way to create an Internet portfolio
Very easy-to-use and is quite powerful
This is what we will use in this class

6. Google Sites A wiki- and web page creation tool Created in 2008
Free to use and hosted by Google
Allows to be used and maintained by group of people (wiki aspect)
Google Sites was initially confusing to use, but “NEW” sites is much better

7. Other Web Site Creators
Web.com
Wix
Squarespace
iPage
GoDaddy
Many more…
Not all these sites are Free