Homepage Basics
Q. What is the internet?
Q. What is a homepage?
Q. What is Rediff Homepages?
Q. What is a URL?
Q. What are the advantages of having a homepage at Rediff?
Q. What makes Rediff homepages better than other homepage providers?
Q. How do i register for Rediff homepages?
Q. Is Rediff homepages FREE?
Q. What can i use my homepages for?
Q. How much disk space do I get to build my page ?
Q. What can i do with 10 MB of space? Is it enough to create a good website?
Q. What is the internet?
The Internet is a vast number of computers connected together.
Consider it like a web made up of thousands of networks worldwide. No one knows exactly how many computers are connected to the Internet, although estimates are ongoing. It is certain, however, that these number are in the millions and are increasing at a rapid rate.
Information is present on the internet in the form of web pages. There are virtually millions of web pages with information on every conceivable topic.
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Q. What is a homepage?
Consider your homepage to be your home on the internet where people will visit and
find out more about you and your interests. You can have anything on your homepage
from your personal resume to your favorite music or information about your pet.
Anything is possible !!!
Technically a homepage is simply a file stored on a computer on the internet. We at rediff homepages save you the bother of finding a computer to host your page on with our homepages service.
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Q. What is Rediff Homepages?
Rediff Homepages is a free homepage provider. We provide 10 MB of webspace in which to create your website for absolutely free. We also have additional tools with which to create and enhance your pages. For the newbies we have the ready-to-use templates.
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Q. What is a URL?
URL : Uniform Resource Locator
It is a standard way of expressing the location and data type of a resource on the net. The resource could be a webpage, image etc.
Eg. This URL points to the Rediff homepage,
http://www.rediff.com
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Q. What are the advantages of having a homepage at Rediff?
Q. What makes Rediff homepages better than other homepage providers?
Rediff homepages is the foremost and the best homepage service in India with lakhs of resident and non-resident Indians putting up their homepages on the site for free. The best part of this site is its simplicity, ease of use and the community feeling it creates.
Rediff homepages provides 10 Mb of free online space, with which you can create about a thousand average sized webpages and then some.
What makes rediff homepages special is the community feeling and the active encouragment that is given to both new users as well as the experienced webmasters.
There is the 'homepage of the month' award which is given every month to the best designed and content oriented page. Its a prize all the members strive for, because it brings recognisition as well as the much wanted 'hits' (page visitors).
Side by side every week good pages are also put on display on the main page so that the members can share the great work and get to know the other members as well.
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Q. How do i register for Rediff homepages?
The link for registration is on the main page at
http://members.rediff.com/
Click on the 'New users, register here' link. Fill out the form with the correct details. You will be given a Rediff ID and password which you can use to login to your account.
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Q. Is Rediff homepages FREE?
The Rediff homepages service is completely FREE!!
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Q. What can i use my homepages for?
There are a variety of uses for your homepages from business to just pure entertainment. In case you are wondering, here are the top ten reasons to create your homepage...
- You just love yourself too much and want to tell the world how great you really are!!
- Love is in the air and you want to tell the world about him/her!!
- You're the proud parents of a bouncing baby and you want to tell the world.
- A family page so that all those relatives abroad can come and see what you and are upto!!
- Just climbed Mount Everest? Went river rafting in the Ganges? Share those unforgetable experiences with the snazzy travel page.
- Bored everyone in sight with the joys of stamp collecting? Need someone who shares your hobbies? Ride your hobby horse with a page dedicated to your favorite pastime.
- You want to bring back those wonderful college memories with a alumini page. Its also great for keeping in touch with old chums.
- You want to put your uncles shop on the net. Might as well take advantage of the ecommerce buzz.
- You need to suck up to the college proffessor/principal and the only way out is a page about your college.
- Because your Mom told you to make one.
You get the idea!! So go ahead, decide on a topic and start building now.
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Q. How much disk space do I get to build my page ?
Q. What can i do with 10 MB of space? Is it enough to create a good website?
You get 10 MB (mega bytes) of space to create your page. Its enough to create more than a hundred average sized webpages. Quite enough for a large website.
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