Hi, if you've reached this page,
here's what you need to do........

• HTML: If your pages aren't made yet, you'll need some sort of html software. If you've got no experience with HTML, you'll probably want to make a point of looking for a WYSIWYG HTML editor: with these, you work on what looks like the actual webpage, and the program writes the HTML code. WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get.
  
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• FTP: You can't upload your webpages with your net browser. You need to get some ftp software to upload with. WS-FTP and CuteFTP are considered very good for PCs.
  
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• PROBLEMS: As always, feel free to take any questions you may have to freepages-help-L@rootsweb.com or the HelpDesk. Do try to give as much information as you can about the problem; "I uploaded a file called fred.htm to my pets_html folder and can't see it; my account is ~fredsmom" will get help much faster than "I uploaded. Where is it?" You will lose much time with the latter request, as the first thing anyone will have to ask you is for the sort of information in the first example.
  
  
• SOFTWARE: A good source for downloadable html and/or ftp software is http://download.com/, which is a site owned by the TV show C|Net Central.
  
  
• LISTING: If you've lost the address to get your page linked from, it's freepages@rootsweb.com. We can't answer questions at that address about problems, however; please take those to one of the recommended lists.