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Web Site Hosting |
Once you have developed some web pages, you are going to want to share them with your audience. So, you will need a place on the internet where you web page will be available. |
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| Product | Price | Link | Notes |
| Fortune City | free | Fortune City | free web hosting |
| GeoCities | free | GeoCities | free web hosting |
| Homestead | free | Homestead | free web hosting |
| Tripod | free | Tripod | free web hosting |
| InterLand | from $20/month | InterLand | commercial web hosting |
| MindSpring | from $20/month | MindSpring | commercial web hosting |
| Flashnet | from $20/month | Flash.net | commercial web hosting |
Discussion Groups |
Discussion Groups let members of your group "talk" to each other on the internet. They provide a good way of discussing current events, develop strategies, and keep up to date. You can host you own discussion groups or use one of the sites that offer free discussion groups. |
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| Product | Price | Link | Notes |
| eCircles | free | eCircles | Provides discussion groups at their site. Well rated. |
| Delphi | free | Delphi | Provides discussion groups at their site. Well rated. |
| eGroups | free | eGroups | Provides discussion groups at their site. |
| Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions | $149 | Microsoft | For use on your own server. Many web hosting companies provide the extensions for free. Be sure to check out what is included before signing a contract for commercial space. |
| O'Reilly WebBoard | 1199 | O'Reilly | Offers customized discussion groups. |
Hardware |
You don't need this hardware if you are going to host your web at a commercial host. |
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| Computer | For IBM compatible computers, you should have a computer with at least a 233 MHz Pentium (or equivalent) processor and preferably running Windows NT. For Macintosh computers, you should use a PowerMac or G3 running System 7.5.5 or later. The computer should have a CD-ROM drive (for installing software) and a minimum of 64 Mb of memory. More memory will boost the performance of the computer. | ||
| Internet Connection | from $40 | To host a web site from your own computer, you must have a fixed (permanent) IP address, and you be connected to the internet all the time. The minimum connection should be DSL. If you are part of a large organization, you probably have a fast connection already. | |
Web Server |
If you plan to have others view web pages from your computer, you will need this. |
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| Product | Mac | PC | Price | Link | Notes |
| Microsoft Personal Web Server | Yes | Yes | free | Microsoft | Shipped with FrontPage. Also available from Microsoft's web site. |
| Quid Pro Quo | Yes | - | free | Social Engineering | Pretty good web server. A little slow. |
| Apple Personal Web Sharing | Yes | - | free | Apple | Part of newer Apple OS's. |
| NetPresenz | Yes | - | $10 | Stairways Software | Includes FTP services. Well rated. |
| Microsoft Internet Information Server | - | Yes | free | Microsoft | Part of the Window NT Option Pack. Even though it says Windows NT, it does work well with Windows 95 and 98. Available from Microsoft's web site. It is also included with Window 2000. |
| WebStar | Yes | - | $599 | StarNine | High-end web serving package. Fast. |
Database |
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| Product | Mac | PC | Price | Link | Notes |
| Microsoft Access | - | Yes | Commercial | Microsoft | Use only for low-end databases. |
| FileMaker Pro | Yes | Yes | $199 to 999 | Claris | Sold in several different configurations. |
| Power Builder | Yes | Yes | expensive | Sybase | High-end product. |
| Microsoft SQL | - | Yes | 5 client: $1399 | Microsoft | High-end product. |
| Oracle | ? | Yes | expensive | Oracle | High-end product. |
Domain Names |
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| Product | Price | Link | Notes |
| Domain name | $70 for first 2 years plus small service fee | Network Solutions | By registering your web site, you can have a domain name like all the popular sites (e.g., www.microsoft.com). Many commercial web hosting services will do this for you at no charge. |
Domain Name Server |
Once you register a domain name, you will need a domain name server to send internet traffic to your site. |
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| Product | Price | Link | Notes |
| Public DNS Service | free | Granite Canyon | Sorry, we don't have any experience with them. If you do, give us some feedback (at webmaster@iihe.org). |
| Your company's DNS server | free | - | Talk to your IS department. They may be able to set it up for you. If your IS department is slow to respond, you should probably go elsewhere. It won't matter how fast they respond until you have trouble with your web site host and have to move your web site, then you're going to want quick service (since nobody can get at your web site). |
| MyDomain | free | MyDomain | Menu driven and fast. Changes that you make take effect in less than 15 minutes. Includes 5 email forwarding addresses. |
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