| An under construction website is quite simply a | | | | If someone stumbles upon your website before you |
| website that is still a "work in progress". For once | | | | have created the Home Page there is absolutely |
| you DON'T want anyone to find your website! | | | | nothing to prevent them from clicking on these |
| Creating an under construction web page looks good. | | | | folders, seeing and even downloading your products. |
| But there is something more serious you need to | | | | Without opting in or paying for them! |
| take into consideration. Something which makes it | | | | So, what can you do to prevent this happening to |
| VITAL that you create one... | | | | you? |
| Let's just imagine you have uploaded your product(s) | | | | You just need to create an Under Construction Web |
| to your web hosting company but you have not yet | | | | page to act as the Home Page until such time as it is |
| created the home page. | | | | ready. You can create a simple page for free using a |
| When you type in your domain name a blank page | | | | free HTML editor like Kompozer - and save it as the |
| will appear which says index of/. Underneath this it | | | | index.html file. As long as it says something like "This |
| will say .cgi-bin/. And underneath this again you will | | | | website is under construction" you don't have to |
| see some folders. | | | | worry about adding much more to it, apart from a |
| Do you know what is in these folders? | | | | suitable image if you like. |
| Your Products! Can you see where this is leading to? | | | | |