Setting Up A Web Site
For those of you who have asked how difficult it is to set-up a Web Site, I thought I'd provide a step-by-step guide and the approximate time involved with each one to help you get started.
Use G*ogle.com to locate free Web Authoring software--5 minutes
Download some free Web Authoring software--20 minutes
Think what you want to put on your Web Site--6 weeks
Download the updated Web Authoring software--20 minutes
Decide to steal some images and awards to put on your site--1 minute
Visit sites to find images and awards, save the ones you like--4 days
Run setup of your Web Authoring software--3 minutes
Download Web Authoring software again -- your copy won't work--25 minutes
Run setup again, load the software--2 minutes
Delete all the FAQ and Read-Me files to avoid clutter--15 seconds
Click all the toolbar buttons to see what they do--1 hour and 15 minutes
Put everything back the way it should be after you screwed it up--2 weeks, 1 day
Delete all of your Web Pages--5 seconds
View the source of other sites, copy and save the ones you like--7 hours
Edit your stolen material, making some changes here and there--4 hours
Preview your new Web Pages using the Web Authoring software--1 minute
Don't click on any toolbars at all for any reason--0 seconds
Try to line-up all your images--6 hours
Remove half of the images--20 seconds
Re-Set the text & background colors to reduce eye strain--4 hours
Download a counter from your ISP--4 minutes
Try to figure out why your counter won't work--3 hours
Select a GuestBook--1 hour
Increase "White Space" on your Pages using blank lines--8 hours
Fine-tune the text, check spelling--40 minutes
Accidentally delete all of your Web Site Pages--1 second
Recreate your Web Pages by revisiting the sites you stole from--8 days
Make a Back-up of your Web Pages--7 minutes
Try to figure out how to load your Web Pages onto your ISP--3 weeks
Call your ISP support to learn about FTP--2 hours and 30 minutes
Download FTP software--10 minutes
Call your ISP support team again--35 minutes
Upload your Web Pages onto your ISP's server--10 minutes
Repeat any and all of the previous steps as necessary--Remainder of your Lifetime