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Net Gains (May 07, 99) |
The first question that people ask when you mention creating a
homepage inevitably is, "What do I put on my homepage?"
Good question. You'll discover the answer for yourself if you
visit reader Amit's page. Amit's Homepage is typical example of
what a personal homepage is all about. It starts off with a welcome
message "Welcome to Amit's homepage", and a counter
showing you just how many people have been there before you. Then
comes the statutory list of links to other pages that Amit has
created. You'll find the mandatory "About Me" page where
he talks about himself, the things he likes doing, his favourite
hobbies, music groups, games, and what have you. You'll also find
snaps of himself, his friends, his car (people with pets usually
have their snaps up there). Now there has to be a links section,
featuring some of Amit's favourite links on the Internet. Putting
these up helps visitors find sites they might never have heard
of before, or stumble across otherwise. The final section usually
focuses on something that the webpage creator is interested in
- humour and some love lines in Amit's case. And like any typical
personal homepage, you'll find an "under construction"
sign somewhere on these pages (in this case, on the humour page).
Being an engineer, Amit also has some cute little JavaScripts
on his pages that tell you the time of day, the browser you are
using (as if you didn't know), but also tell you how much time
you spent on the page - 267 seconds - uh oh! time for me to move
onto other pages now…
Devesh Tanna moves a step ahead than Amit. In addition to a page
about himself, he has pages that give more details about his business
- the card and gift shops he runs. And the bonus for visitors
to his homepage is the "Urmila page" he's created with
her filmography , 20 snaps of the sultry lady, and her contact
details.
While Devesh had just one page dedicated to his favourite actress,
there are others who choose to dedicate their entire mini-website
to their favourite hero / heroine / model. Two good examples are
Sachin Sawe's Aishwarya Rai Gallery and Prateek Rastogi's "Best
of Aishwarya Rai"
. Both these guys have been smitten by the
lady and they have used to pages to create shrines to the lady.
I know where they're coming from - there was a time when I was
infatuated with Ms. Rai (she even patted my left shoulder), but
sorry Ash, some of us graduate to more realisable dreams!
Sachin has dozens of neatly categorised pictures of Ash in his
photo gallery. So if you want to see the traditional Aishwarya,
or the black and white snaps, see her in different moods, or just
some close-ups, this is the page to go to. Sachin's put a lot
of effort into these pages, and it shows!
Prateek Rastogi on the other hand, has much more than pictures
- you can learn more about Ash, download some songs, see some
movie clips, join the fan club and receive Aishwarya newsletters.
Hidden somewhere in these pages is a bit about Prateek, and why
he's created this online dedication to Ash.
A variation of the above, Sanjay's homepage has a different focus
each week - MP3, wallpapers, and jokes being a few. This week's
focus was music and he's done a great job of putting together
lists of a great collection of links to pages on different music
artistes and groups from all around the Net. I found my favourite
Shania Twain there - log on, you'll find yours too.
Needless to say, these graphic intensive sites require a TCP/IP
connection for you to fully experience the pages, all is not lost
if you have a shell account. Saurabh and Nitin have created pages
to show other shell account users to optimise their shell accounts
and make the most of it. Get your tips, software for shell accounts
from their pages.
If you still have any questions regarding a personal homepage,
do email me.