The next five chapters should help get you up and running on the Web as quickly as possible. By the end of Chapter 8, your presence on the Internet is guaranteed. Here are the highlights:
- Chapter 4, "Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking and TCP/IP," describes the configuration of the fundamental Internet software on Windows 95.
- Chapter 5, "Webmasters Guide to Exchange and Eudora," discusses two programs that serve the most frequently used Internet function: e-mail. Using Exchange or Eudora is essential to getting up and running on the Web.
- Chapter 6, "Webmasters Guide to Explorer and Navigator," goes one step further and describes the configuration of these two popular Web browsers. Getting your browser up and running is also an essential step to building your Web site.
- Chapter 7 is titled "Webmasters Guide to FTP and the Newsgroups." This chapter teaches the fundamentals of two relatively unknown Internet shareware programs. You won't believe the potential for research and information retrieval buried in
Cute FTP and News Xpress.
- Chapter 8, "Putting Your Windows 95 Web Server Online," is where things really start cooking. You'll install the HTTP Server and get your first home page online.