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Beginner Stories - How Did Personal Web Sites Start

How did these women get started writing their Web sites? Let them tell you how they found out about personal Web sites and why they decided to start one of their own.
From Newbie To Expert
"Joyce went from knowing nothing about Web pages to running a business doing them for other people in no time. Find out how she did it."
AbanDoned X-preSsionz
Curiousity makes a good Web site. See the site that Carla build and read through her blog.
Actor Finds Time And Does Great
Actor Trygve Lode tells you how and why he created his "vanity page" and why he keeps doing it.
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Anyone Can Build a Web Site!
Robin wants to tell you how she discovered personal Web pages, how she created her own and how, if she can do it, you can do it too.
Ashan Jay's Web Site
He discovered he could make his own personal Web site when a friend told him about it. Now he has a Web site that looks so good you would think him to be a professional developer.
Basement Builders
Teaching himself html was hard, but know he's done it and he's done good. This Website is to be the start of his business but also tells about him. Find out who he is and what he's doing in his life.
Beth's Extra Time
This is what friends these days do with their spare time.
The Bicycling Guitarist Beginner Story
His first Web page started as part of a college class project. A couple years later he got his own domain name and his site has grown ever since.
Click, Click, Clicked Her Way To Web Pages
Discover how she designed her Web pages all without and coding. She just went click, click and there it was. You can do it too.
Cult Of Bhakti Project
Starting without any knowledge was what he did to create a Web site for his cult religion.
Cyndy: DAN FLOOD PTA invites you to Catch The Fever
Cyndy wrote a whole Web site for her PTA using MS Word and MS Publisher 98 and she knew nothing about Web design when she started.
Ed's Higher Faith
Discover who this man writes his pages for, how it came about, and why it's his faith that keeps him going.
Emma Learns To Lighten Her Load
Web pages can help you get through hard times in your life. Find out how Emma went about learning this.
Flag Of Remebrance
How the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001 inspired the creation of this site.
Flavors of the South
Her Web site gives recipes of some of her favorite southern fare. Many of the recipes are spicy some are not. There is also a section on the site about digital photography. By Ms Chile.
The Friar's Great Internet Adventure
Discover how this Friar from the Order of St. Augustine discovered the Internet and how he created his Web site.
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Generations: The Poetry of Helen & Diane Graebner
"I have always enjoyed poetry, and particularly enjoyed hearing my Grandmother share her own poems. When I was in High School, she compiled her poems into a collection..."
Inspiration From Depression
She helps people through her writings. In the three years her site has been online she has gathered a rather large following. In helping others she has also helped herself through some really tough times.
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Inspired By Frogs
How a frog can change a persons life and inspire a whole and extensive Web site. Find out how it changed hers.
Jossie's Budget
Find out just how simple and inexpensive setting up a Web site can be.
Last Day Of My Life
He's homeless now but was a journalism major in his younger days. This is the online journal of a 32 year old homeless man living in Tampa, Florida.
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A Little Journey Of Learning
She had many doubts about her ability to create her own site, but create one she did. Come see the world she has created to show off her life and visit her Wizardry Shop and craft gallery.
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Lori Recreates John Dillinger
Her love of the infamous John Dillinger drove her to create a site dedicated just to him. Come see how wonderful and fun history can be.
Myght's Short, Short Story
Short and to the point. Find out how he learned HTML.
Personal Website Extraordinaire of Katherine Carrera
She has compiled all of her works into one place. Read her Web site and see all that she's written and see her pics too.
Poetry is the Beginning & Art by D. Duchene
What started out as a place for her poetry has turned into several sites. See photos from the history of her family and read her moving poetry.
Reflection on the Mona Lisa Web Site
This high school teacher encouraged his students to answer the question "Why is theMona Lisa Smiling?" Find out what the result was and how it became an ongoing project and why you can find it in museums.
Rocky Star Science on the Web
"Science can be fun. Come see just how much you can learn without trying."
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Simple Template Turned World Class
A climber of the Sierra, Nevada mountains he managed, with a little help, to create a great site about climbing. The pictures on his site are majestic.
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Student Center Casino Creation
How the student center casino was created at StudentCenter.org, by Darren of StudentCenter.org.
Survivor Of The Un-Illness
It started as a way to research her family tree and turned into a quest to inform people of the "The Illness That No One Talks About". Learn more about this woman and how she managed to create a great Web site.
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Ulrich Iserloh - Portfolio
This site was started before Web design programs where readily accessible. Learn how he went about learning the design principles of Web design.
Vickie's "Big" Achievements
She started small and now has five Web sites and some Webrings she runs. She's blond and says that if she can do it you can do it too.
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Viki's Little Corner of the W
In her search to learn about her father's family she created a Web site and discovered and recreated her families past.
Wall Street Club - First Time Web Page Building Adventure
This site will help you with financial matters. Learn to read stock prices, find online calculators and more, by Duke the Coward.
Wow website!
With a little help from her friends and family she has learned to create a great Web site. She is now learning Visual Basic programming and loves it all.
Year Of Frustrations
Find out all she went through to learn to design her really great Web site.
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