This has changed. Big on-line services such as CompuServe, Prodigy, and America Online now offer all members the tools for a personal Web site at little or no extra cost. Smaller local Internet providers will soon follow the leaders. The electronic facilities are only half the story. Very dull books of 800 pages are written on the subject.
Software is now available that makes HTML invisible.
The software looks like just another word processor, but its output files are in HTML format. To show how easy it is, I will describe my experiences with CompuServe's Home Page Wizard, but it is not the only product available. Unlike the comic strip character, I did not work through the night. My first four-page Web site was on the Internet three hours after I first saw the software. Basic membership also includes e-mail, forums, databases, and Internet access.