Introduction

April 19, 2007

• Start at the Beginning

  When we are learning, it makes sense to follow the advice of Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter: “Start at the beginning and when you come to the end, stop."  The question we then must answer is: "Where is the beginning, and how do we know when we are at the end?"
  For our purposes in developing a personal website or blog, we will actually have three beginning-points, and each will be placed in one of the following categories:

  Getting a domain

  Choosing a web host and platform

  Optimization and monetization

  Naturally, some of the topics will end sooner than others.  Indeed, the final item of optimization and monetization, will probably never end. 

April 17, 2007

• Introduction

  I have spent countless hours of research and experimentation developing websites for the purpose of presenting material that interests me, and at the same time tried to monitize them to produce a sustainable source of income which would at least pay for the domain and hosting fees. (…)