1. The first thing you will need to do is visit the Netfirms web site at www.netfirms.com.

2. Find a link labeled "Free Web Hosting" in the lower-left corner of the page and click it.

3. After clicking the "signup now" button, you will be asked to choose a domain name. A domain name is like a street address-a label that allows your web site to be kept distinct from others. Amazon's domain name, for example, is amazon.com. The domain name for the University of Illinois Department of Psychology is psych.uiuc.edu. If you would like to create a truly customized domain name, you will need to register it and pay a fee. If you would like your domain name to be a subdomain of netfirms.com (e.g., amazon.netfirms.com or psychuiuc.netfirms.com), you can choose a subdomain name for free by clicking the "I prefer a free Netfirms sub domain." You should choose this option for now; if you change your mind later, you can upgrade your account. Simply select a name and, if the name is not already in use, Netfirms will take you to the next stage in which you review and place your order.

4. Once the registration process is complete, Netfirms will e-mail you a username and password for accessing your new web site. I'll show you how to use the site at the workshop, but please feel free to experiment with it in the meantime. If you chose "myname" as your domain name, you should be able to view your "home" or "default" web page at the following address: http://myname.netfirms.com/. I'll show you how to modify that default page later.