[ic] I'm Lost!

Jim Balcom interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Thu Jul 12 18:20:00 2001


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On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Owner & Director of Investigations wrote:

O&DoI>>Hello, I just bought a hosting package and I'm trying to figure out how
O&DoI>>to get set up. I use webtv to access the internet because I travel for
O&DoI>>six or eight months at a time in my work, so I'm pretty limited. Can you
O&DoI>>tell me where I can find some un-complicated instructions. I've been
O&DoI>>with tripod for almost 3 years and I built my own website from scratch,
O&DoI>>so I do know some things about websites. But this seems to be a whole
O&DoI>>new ball game! Any assistance would be appreciated.
O&DoI>>Thanks,

Friend, I think that you are in WAAAAYYYY over your head!

First of all, I strongly suggest that you find a different way to
connect to the Internet. Even (uuuggghhh!) AOHell is better than webtv!
You can access AOL from anywhere in the country (and perhaps the
world?)

WebTV is just too limited in its capabilities to do very much.

If you are going to use InterChange, you need to find a different web
page server than Tripod, Geocities, or any other free hosting service.
An InterChange Server needs to be set up on the server, and in most
cases, needs root access to get it going. You will need to pay someone
to host your store.

While you can probably struggle along with getting your pages updated,
and do your system work via FTP, it's going to be laborious and very
time consuming. Having shell access into the server speeds this process
up dramatically.

If the question in your mind at this very moment is "What is shell
access?", then you need to go to Barnes & Noble, Borders Books,
Amazon.com, etc and buy the book "Unix For Dummies", or "Linux Or
Dummies". 

Interchange is powerful stuff! My business has grown dramatically since
I put it on-line. While it is cheap, it sure ain't easy!

-= Jim =-

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