I first setup my first Personal Web Page when I was in high school, partially to see if I could do it and partially because of the novelty of the thing. I used it to keep people up to date on what was going on in my life as a sort of public diary. It was a Blog (or Web LOG), and though few people knew what a Blog was back then, now just about everyone knows what a Blog is and what it can do.
For those who don't, a Blog is a website with usually consists of posts entered at successive dates; these posts are usually ordered in Chronological or reverse Chronological order, and can literally be about any topic you can imagine. Many Blog hosting sites also support inserting photographs, and all support Hyperlinks.
If you are looking to set up a Personal Web Page for the first time, a Blog is probably the easiest way to do it since all of the tough work is already done for you. You do not need to know HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) programming, the most common Internet Programming Language, or ever need to learn it for that matter.
Simply navigate to any one of the numerous free Blog hosting sites (Blogger and Livejournal are both very popular), setup your account with a valid email address and you are on the way to Blog online.
Almost all Blog hosting sites will allow you to setup your Personal Web Page for free and choose one of a number of different Templates, or formats, for your Web Page and Blogs. If you do take the time to learn HTML you can alter these templates even more to suit your individual style by changing colors, moving columns and banners around, and adding photographs and links to other Web Pages. Once you have everything setup you can start making posts whenever you like.
If you want to have an extreme personal blog and have those advance skills, you can also buy a Domain names with a hosting account and set up a WordPress Blog to be your Personal Web Page. With a Wordpress Blog and a personal hosting account, you can almost do whatever you want on your website. Further more, you can even earn money with Adsense or other online advertising Company.
It is almost the same as to make a Web Page with Web Page software and upload it to your server if you use paid and flexible online hosting. WordPress Blog is free software to integrate onto your Domain or hosting by the way, you do not need to pay anything to acquire a copy of this software.
On the other hand, you can choose to build your Web Pages on one folder of a Domain and install the Wordpress on another folder of that same Domain, in that case, providing interactivity for visitors that come to your Personal Web Page presentation. All at your imagination. (Back to Personal Web Page Part 1 )
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