*** 25 Steps to Building a Website ***
Converted from a joke letter by Brad and Dave at BRAVENET free web services

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1. Download a piece of totally confusing HTML editing software. 
   Install it...get totally confused...uninstall it. 
   Download another program...install it...get totally confused...uninstall it.
   Download a third program...install it. Choose to keep it, but close it for now.
	90 Minutes

2. Think about what you want to put on your Web page. 
   Decide you're going to build an online family tree.
   Plan your site. - 30 Seconds

3. Buy a $500 scanner to scan your images. Decide to scan the entire family photo album.
   Attempt to hook up the scanner. -1 Week

4. Re-download the HTML editing software since the new version has just been released
   and the old one has expired. - 20 Minutes.

5. Decide to just steal some images and awards to put on your site since you have
   no clue how to use your scanner - 1 Minute. 

6. Visit sites to find images and awards, find 5 of them that you like.
   Steal them. - 4 Days. 

7. HTML software expired...download again. - 20 Minutes

8. Install and run the software, click all toolbar buttons to see what they do.
   Decide you'll just wing it. - 4 Hours. 

9. Give up on designing your own site and just view the source of other peoples
   pages, steal some, change a few words here and there. - 4 Hours. 

10. Preview your Web page using the HTML software. - 1 Minute. 

11. Try to horizontally line up two related images - 6 Hours. 

12. Remove one of the images - 10 Seconds. 

13. Set the text's font color to the same color as your background, then spend hours
    wondering why all your text is gone. - 4 Hours. 

14. Download and install a Bravenet counter. - 4 Minutes. 

15. Try to figure out where your counter is on your site since you have no idea
    where you pasted the code. - 3 Hours. 

16. Solve the counter problem. Look at it. Decide it looks like your site is too new.
    Go into the Bravenet Members' Area and increase your count to 25,897 visitors.

17. Prepare to load your Web page on your ISP.
    Accidentally delete your complete web page. - 1 Second. 

18. Recreate your web page - 2 Days. 

19. Try to figure out how to load your Web page onto your ISP's server - 3 Weeks. 

20. Contact your ISP for instructions on how to upload your page - 3 More Weeks. 

21. Download FTP software - 15 Minutes. 

22. Figure out how to use your FTP software - 2 Weeks. 

23. Upload your web page to your ISP's server - 10 Minutes. 

24. Connect to your web page after spending hours trying to figure out
    what your URL is - 2 Hours.

25. Put a link on your site offering your services as a web page designer. - 1 Minute