This is being posted ( by request to several lists ) if you have a problem let me know and I will not post to the offended list again) SYNERGY-NET on http://metro.turnpike.net/~pflaump RE: A consumer product ? Newbie and the InterNet: Are they confused ? The five million people a month, with new computers loaded with Windows 95, plus the 1/2 million updates, and many others without Windows 95, but who want to connect to the internet are not presented with a consumer product ! Our Newbie.htm is designed to help. Maybe they should use AoL, CompuServe, MSN until they get the basic systems in place. LETS TAKE A TOUR of the Internet. There are many good introductions to the Internet, including material from Synergy.htm on our Network Synergy pages. If you need help on E-mail, Chat (IRC) Suites, FTP, Newsgroups and newsletters, ping, IP id, finger, etc. let me know. Most of these programs will be intergrated into general service programs like Netscape. The intergrated packages reviewed by PC magazine cd-rom include emissary at http://www.twg.com/. I downloaded a trial demo version this morning at it sure is fast. The mail server and some other applications drove my 286 80 with 10 mb crazy. I will also try Mariner at "http://www.mariner.ncd.com/" MARINER which looks very much the same. (But works faster and better on my sustem) BUT.. they promise more than they can deliver. Eduora is a better mail server, WS_ftp32 is a much better FTP server, MIRC393 (mirc32.exe) is a better chat, etc.. Both will be $99 to buy and maybe be worth it but the pieces are free - netscape and Internet Explorer. First you need a "http://thelist.com/" local server: Then you need a browser: most of the stuff provided by servers is not very good. http://www.msn.com/ is "http://www.msn.com/" microsofts network home page. You can customize this page with the services and information you want. If you go to tutorials there is a nice - simple introduction to the web. Introduction, surfing, terms, and more advanced information. Now go back to software download arrow and find the internet explorer. Download this browser if you have not already done so. http://home.netscape.com/comprod/upgrades/index.html is where you down load "http://home.netscape.com/comprod/upgrades/index.html" Netscape Browser. Http://www.netscape.com is "http://www.netscape.com/ Netscapes home page and their "http://home.netscape.com/escapes/index.html" Explore the Web at http://home.netscape.com/escapes/index.html The next stop is "http://cwsapps.texas.net/win.html#auto-win" Strouds winsock page http://cwsapps.texas.net/win.html#auto-win which connects you to http://www.windows95.com. You will need to download a FTP, program. <P> http://www.windows95.com/apps/ has under http://www.windows95.com/apps/ftp.html the Ws-FTP32 that I use and several other "http://www.windows95.com/apps/ftp.html" gives basic tools. Now you are well on your way. Any problems let me know. Now go to http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~neuroses/ and <A "http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~neuroses/" check it out. Daly links "http://www.cris.com/~raydaly/dalylink.shtml" http://www.cris.com/~raydaly/dalylink.shtml has more than enough information on search engines and how to list your home pages. See our NEWS pages for more information on PR. http://www.ziff.com/~pcmag/" is ZIFF communications for the new NEWS.. "http://www.prodigy.com/" Prodigy Home Page not really playing in the big leagues "http://www.internetmci.com/" MCI Home Page Their fees are rather high but the service is good if you have a local access number. "http://www.compuserve.com/" CompuServe Home page They use a PPP connection so you can have your own browser - but why have time charges - it can get very expensive "http://www.aol.com/" America on Line Maybe they will get their browser to work (some day) and say there is direct connections - maybe You know about the search engines <A "http://www.yahoo.com" Yahoo and http://www.excite.com/ EXCITE and the others ? "http://www.ionet.net/~rowe/aaa1.html" gives Search engines, Virtual Tourist, Map, Autopilot, etc. Is a good place to start. They open from almost everywhere. See MSN search (above MSN home page) A great new engine is "http://www.altavista.digital.com/" Digital's search engine: Try key words: pflaump, synergy "http://www.microsoft.com/internet/gates.htm" is Bill Gates on the future When you enter ~pflaump there is the ="/~pflaump/" index page. which contains this page first.htm, the News page, the Start page etc. There are also the document files; the main files is "/~pflaump/document/" /document and under synergy documents several files /~pflaump/synergy/PATHOS/" PATHOS, (feelings and psychology, mind body materials); /~pflaump/synergy/ethos/" ETHOS (education, morals, values and being a person with character - the heart of education ) and /~pflaump/synergy/LOGOS/" LOGOS [ the rational and policy papers about organizations, management, government, theories of collective behavior) <H3>Note: IF these links don't work go back to /~pflaump (Index) and do it by hand - open /document or /synergy and it works. I don't know why sometimes the links work and sometimes they don't. Note: Case Sensitive Hyperlinks are case sensitive. The file manager in Windows doesn't show upper case, so when I made /synergy/ ethos, PATHOS, LOGOS, NEW, and PAGES some of the links don't work because of case. I am replacing and correcting as I find the problem. Another case of live and learn. The lesson is to use only lower case in file structure. Now since the search engines like Digital have listing of the locations, I can't just change file names without messing up these references. The lesson is to be careful with your file structure on the WEB because you are going to be stuck with it. I changed /~pflaump/pflaump to /~pflaump/synergy and it still haunts me. ( Unstable technology - see below ). A general tip on the web - try several times. The URL's have to be found and placed in the server. Sometimes the server need to do this more then once. If you don't get a fairly fast - found - waiting but it keeps looking - don't wait long - try again. I use more than one browser page at a time ( on Windows 95 ) and flip back and forth if it's slow. One reason I don't have an Index.htm page is to give you practice in open files and how they work. I've looked at the pages with a freenet http (text only), AoL, CompuServe, Prodigy, MS Internet Explorer, Netscape, Hot Java, and they all are different. What I see and experience is not the same as what you see and experience. I depend on your feedback. In the files you will find /~pflaump/synergy/PAGES/" sample pages along with /~pflaump/winhttpd/icons/" icons, and other materials for making your own home pages. A lot more information is on the week before first's page now the news page. This is a place to visit more than once and spend enough time to discover our meaning. It is not completely user friendly - we are working on it. Have a nice visit and let me know what you think ? Directions to the NEWS and Synergy Network Pages Each week or so, the comments, ideas and suggestions on the FIRST page become the NEWS page. the last NEWS page becomes doc5.htm, the doc4.htm, etc. SYNERGY-NET on http://metro.turnpike.net/~pflaump is where YOU can collaborate with the future using Interactive Education and Training on your own Web pages. Join, Beta Testers free. ** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ***************************************************************** SYNERGY-NET on http://emporium.turnpike.net/~pflaump or http://metro.turnpike.net/~pflaum [log in to unmask] ** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 [log in to unmask] *****************************************************************