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1. What is a homepage?
   
2. How much disk space do I have for my personal homepage?
   
3. How do I create my homepage?
   
4. What password do I use to access my personal homepage?
   
5. Where is my homepage stored?
   
6. What is HTML?
   
7. How do I put my files up on the Internet?
   
8. Why does my homepage address appear as http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~youruserid?
   
9. I've uploaded my homepage but why can't I see it when I try to go to my homepage url at http://home.pacific.net.sg/~myuserid?
   
10. Can I edit my file later with EZHTML after I've created it?
    
11. To insert counter, we need to copy and paste some command into the html file. How can we do that if the file is created with EZHTML?
    
12. How will others find my homepage?

1. What is a homepage?

Homepages are also known as web pages, simply because they exist on the Internet. They are actually files, which end with "html" or "htm", very much the same as the word documents that you save as a "doc" file on your word processor. In this case, these "html" and "htm" files are stored on a server, which is a computer with special software that lets it send the pages to another person's computer.

2. How much disk space do I have for my personal homepage?

Pacnet gives you with 5 MB of free disk space for your personal homepage.

3. How do I create my homepage

You can create your homepage with our instant homepage generator, EZHTML if you don't know anything about HTML. Alternatively, you can create your homepage with HTML by using a program, such as notepad.

Creating your Personal Homepage require self-administration. Pacnet do not provide support on the use of any utilty.

4. What password do I use to access my personal homepage?

You should use your dial-in password.

5. Where is my homepage stored?

Your homepage is stored on one of our homepage servers. Your homepage address is http://home.pacific.net.sg/~youruserid. If you are using a FTP program, use your dial-in userID and dial-in password and login to the homepage server by inputting the address "http://home.pacific.net.sg". Then, make sure you go to the public_html directory and save your homepage files there.

6. What is HTML?

HTML is the acronym for Hyper-Text Markup Language. It is the language you use to write web pages.

7. How do I put my files up on the Internet?

You will need to upload your files to our server in order for others to access it on the Internet. You can do it either with the EZHTML file upload or use a FTP program.

8. Why does my homepage address appear as http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~youruserid?

Your homepage directory is assigned automatically to one of our homepage servers when your page is created. When you access your homepage via http://home.pacific.net.sg/~youruserid, our system maps this to one of our servers at http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~youruserid etc. The assignment may change when necessary, so please ALWAYS use http://home.pacific.net.sg/~youruserid.

9. I've uploaded my homepage but why can't I see it when I try to go to my homepage url at http://home.pacific.net.sg/~myuserid?

Did you name the first page of your homepage as index.html? Your homepage url will call up index.html by default, so you should name your first page index.html. If you haven't, what you can do is to re-save your file as index.html and upload it again.

10. Can I edit my file later with EZHTML after I've created it?

Yes, you can. All you have to do is to log in to EZHTML, select the Create/Edit Homepage function and call up the file you want to edit.

11. To insert counter, we need to copy and paste some command into the html file. How can we do that if the file is created with EZHTML?

You have to paste it in using a text editor, eg Notepad. You can check out our Homepage Tutorial for information and resources on how to do it.

12. How will others find my homepage?

You can submit it to various search engines such as Yahoo! and Google for listing.