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Publisher's Support Page


This page is maintained specifically for those organizations publishing at MAIN. If you are not publishing at MAIN this page could be a little confusing. More documentation will be added as we introduce new services. Remember to bookmark this page.



Client Mailing List

When organizations set up an account with MAIN (publish a web site) we add them to our clients@main.org mailing list. This list is used by MAIN to communicate with organizations (clients) publishing at MAIN. Mostly you can expect announcements of new services.

Documents About Publishing at MAIN

This is the same information you get by selecting the Free Web Pages option on the MAIN Home page. We thought it might come in handy.

FTP Instructions

Here is every thing you need to know about your FTP account at MAIN.

Usage Logs

A good way to see how much your pages are being used. Select a month and then scroll down the report until you start seeing your directory. The directory/page activity information is the last section in the report.


Adding Forms To Your Web Pages

Now you can add forms for comments, membership applications, conference registrations, surveys and much more.

Page Hit Counter Documentation

Just in case you can't remember how to add a hit counter to your page, or want to see the new font options.

Optimizing Your Web Site

This page talks about things you can do to improve your web site's indexing with MAIN's and other search engines.

HTML Reference Guide

A collection of good reference resources on the Internet, or at MAIN.

Want some help picking an HTML editor?
Here are some we like. This is a mix of freeware, shareware and commercial software. Don't judge a package by its price. Arachnophilia, for example, is a very nice Windows 95 HTML editor that is FREE.