The cross-section of the population that peruses the Web is geographically diverse and still relatively small, so the benefits of publishing a web page are limited. Our own American Academy of Ophthalmology Home Page , under the brilliant direction of Drs. Stephen Fransen and Lloyd Hildebrand from the University of Oklahoma's Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, allows both Academy members and interested laypeople to access countless tidbits of information. As all of the sites become linked to each other, the ophthalmic community is gradually developing its own Ophthalmology Web. If you're a newcomer to the Internet, there are a couple of things you need to do before building a Web page.
Most universities have just such a server.
However, if you don't have access to one, you can usually find a private vendor. It's also possible to access the Web through commercial services such as America Online, CompuServe, Prodigy and the like. Services like AOL include their own browsers. If you choose to get direct access to the Internet, you can buy the most popular browser, Netscape Navigator, at computer stores. Once you decide on content, you need two basic building blocks to turn the content into a Web page.