Ravencajun, even that site refuses to open for me, thanks anyway. I got smart and told the group whose web site I am doing to download it themselves then they do not need to give me the password to their email address. Problem solved. MSN, I too get curious about how those offering web counters earn money. They need the hits returned to them so they can evaluate the times on pages and new or returning hits for us to analyse so we have little choice. Having used them for a few short years I have found no reason to give them up regarding Spam or the like and they do provide valuable feedback.

Do you have webspace (a host), a place to put your webpages? Most likely you do have, it isn't hard to get. Even your ISP (Internet Service Provider) probably has some to offer that comes with your membership, whether it is suitable for your needs is another matter. Don't be silly, being a senior isn't a disadvantage to building a website! The PayPal option isn't hard to do. First you sign up for the service which I think involves giving them some financial info. (bank acct. or credit card acct. I think), then you copy and paste a bit of code (where you want it) into your site and the button appears and is ready for use. One html help site also that is good for beginners is www.lissaexplains.com it says help for kids but it is help for everybody, they also have a popular help forum. Will

I've got clients using the free space that came with one of their DirecTV subscriptions, and they are (relatively) happy with it. On the (nearly) free hosting packages, often access to expanded features is harshly limited (or services a web server normally provides by "default" are turned off), and more fully featured packages at those same sites are substantialy above industry rates. If (when) you move to a better hosting package, look for something in the $99 a year range with a good feature bundle including PHP, MySQL database, and a variety of pre-configured scripts you can integrate into your site. UNIX based hosting will suit your needs just fine. Many plans in this range will support FrontPage, but I'd suggest staying away from Frontpage in the first place. Using Frontpage (or Express) ties future development of that site to Frontpage software on webservers supporting Frontpage because of all the proprietary junk it crams in. When I inherit a site that was previously developed in Frontpage (or with MS Office products), its often easier for me to paste all the site text into a plaintext editor (to strip the formatting) and then back into new documents, rebuilding the site and all its links and formatting from scratch. That's a lot more labor that my client gets charged for, when using a less obnoxious development program (and Netscape Composer is fine) would ahve let me either cut and pasted directly (preserving the internal links) or just modifying existing pages to incorporate the new "look and feel".

Oh, thank you! This is my next big decision.