Westbury Web Site Information Page.

The Web Site.

This Web site is produced as a hobby, and it is designed to be of some small benefit to the town.

The idea to produce a Web site came about some time after I read an article in a PC magazine about free ISP's, which explained that it was possible to connect to the Internet without paying a monthly charge. That was followed by the purchase of a modem and NetConnect2 internet software from Active Technologies, so I installed a phone cable extension lead, rang the free ISP that was recommended in the magazine article, Freenet, and was soon on-line.

Once on-line I was able to see that Westbury did not have a Web site that was indexed by the main Search Engines, and at about this time Neil Bothwick's "UsingHTML" articles started appearing in Amiga Format magazine, so I started to make a simple Web site for the town, then I uploaded it, and wrote to the Town Council to let them know, but they did not bother to reply, although I did get a phone call from someone who was producing a Web site that was more advanced than mine!

Next step was to have a look at this rival web site, and I had to admit he had done a lot more work, gathering content and such, so I decided on a slimmed down site that still said something to the benefit of the town, and that was also quick to load and easy to use. What's more my site is free-of-charge to the town.

While building the Web site I was pleased with another purchase I made, and that was a book called HTML 4 For The World Wide Web by Elizabeth Castro priced at $17.95, ISBN 0-201-69696-7, it has all the tags clearly laid out accompanied by sceengrabs throughout, it has compatibility and colour charts, and I would suggest you have a look at it, if you haven't already got such a book.

My AMIGA 1200 computer

Next, a little about the Amiga 1200 computer that I use to produce the Web site you are looking at now.

It was made in 1995 and it has been upgraded quite a bit, and using some of the internet software as above, plus programs that I already had installed I am able to type up the text in a text editor, draw the graphics in Personal Paint v.7.1 (coverdisk), converting them with Image Studio 2.3 (coverdisk), enter the HTML code in the text editor - WordPad (e-mailware), just as I am doing now, then checking it displays OK in Voyager, a fast browser (shareware), and uploading it to my ISP using AmFTP, which is a program that forms part of the Internet software that I use.

I have since moved the web site to UKOnline and it is now accessed via the domain name of "westburywilts.co.uk", which was supplied by Firevision, who also set-up the redirection needed.

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Note. Neither the author nor anyone else associated with this site makes any claim as to the validity or accuracy of the information presented on this site. Useage is at the user's own risk.

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Produced for Westbury, Wilts by Michael Badger © 2000 Michael Badger Updated: Nov. 2003