About
web-friend.com
What is web-friend trying to say? What is it? What does it offer?
The primary goal of this site is to offer computer and Internet help to everyone. Since the time it was first conceived back in 1997, it has gone through many changes, and many directions. Here are the the goals, directions, and objectives as of May 2003.
Beyond those goals, I also use web-friend as my place on the Internet to voice my personal enjoyments.
As far as the "who, what, when, where, how" questions ...
Who:
This site is owned and
operated by one person: Charles H. Davis, (nick-name "Ched").
I am not a major company with many employees creating tons of new pages every
day. I work hard to provide the best site I can, ... when I can.
What:
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This site is an effort to provide surfers with
valuable resources in the computer and Internet fields. I also offer the
best entertainment I can in the form of original 3D wallpaper, Java Rooms, and
NASCAR related information.
"web-friend" is a repository for:
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This is a site where you can find some quality help, graphics, 'java' pages, flash movies, and links to the webs best sites. This site is my attempt to give back a little helpful insight to the computer industry; from someone who has been involved with the 'technology' since the early 1980s. While I do offer free samples of everything the site has to offer, hopefully, in time the member section will actually produce enough income to help off-set the costs of maintaining such a complex web site.
What visiting web-friend.com is: Hopefully a pleasant experience.
What "web-friend" is NOT - You will NOT find pop-up adds here, you will NOT get cookies downloaded to your computer from here, you will NOT get spam mail from here. You will NOT get spyware downloaded from here by any type of harvesting companies like fastclick, or doubleclick. I would like to keep the site that way, and with donations and memberships I'll continue to be able to provide a top quality site with no adds, pop-ups, or cookie type of infestations.
web-friend.com It is not an Internet
dating service. I don't provide a "connection" for people to meet other
"friends" here, I'm sorry, I just don't have the time or resources for that.
(I have some of those sites listed on the "Friends"
page.) I chose the name web-friend, because I wanted to be a surfers "friend"
on the Internet.
When:
The
domain name web-friend.com was registered through Network Solutions,
as an international entity through InterNIC in September 26, 1998.
The web site name is currently registered through October 2003.
Where:
Both
City-Net and your webmaster are located in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
USA area.
All
"web-friend" related addresses (links - web-friend.com/???anything) are
directed to the my personal account and directory on the City-Net server(s).
There is room for approximately 50 Meg. of files on the city-net.com servers.
For more information about City-Net and the services they provide,
visit their web-site at http://www.city-net.com
Why:
I
got into the computer field in the mid-1980s, and fell in love with computers
and the Internet.
I worked on several mid-sized networks, and have had many folks asking me the same questions over and over. The easiest way to provide them answers was to create some "Help" files they could look up at anytime, to that end - I started creating helpful "HTML" or web-site files, and posting them on the local network.
How:
The site was created with many tools:
web pages were/are designed with: Dreamweaver,
Netscape Composer, Front Page, SoThink DHTML, Macromedia
Flash, - pages are tweaked with a text editor, and graphics
designed with: Poser, Bryce, Vue d'Esprit, 3D Font Creator, Irfan View,
Paint Shop Pro, ULead Suite 3.5, Smart Saver Pro, and the Corel suite
(3-8).
Misc. Tools: WS_FTP, ThumbsPlus
3, and a FANTASTIC ISP.
The first pages were created on a home built computer, and a 14" monitor. The site was tested and reviewed with 19", 17" and 15" monitors; with Windows 3.1 - 2000, and Linux. Browsers: Netscape (3 - 6x), IE (3.x - 6x). I did this type of testing for many years, and sources say the site has been pulled up in the Macs' Apple, OS/2, AIX, Solaris, Compuserve, NT, Banyan, AOL's proprietary browser, Winweb, etc. - with no compatability complaints yet. At present, I primarily use a Dell Dimension 4400 (P4 1.6 Ghz, 256 RAM) and a 17" and 19"Monitor. with 256 DSL
History:
This site started out as a 5 Meg. personal
home page web site on my providers server in early 1998. I actually signed
up with City-Net in late 95 or early 96 to "surf" the web, and posted a page
in the fall of 1997. Prior to that I had accounts with AOL and CompuServe.
I outgrew my 5 Meg. of personal space - I expanded into web-friend in 1998,
and the site went through a 2nd major overhaul. The site has gone through
many changes, so I guess you could say that you are currently experiencing web-friend.com
version 2K3. The reason I started the site was to learn a little bit about
HTML, increase my "computer" abilities (and hopefully my income), and provide
a little information to the Internet community. For more site history,
click on the "History" tab.
Technical details and Contact information:
Internic and Network Solutions Inc.
registration information.
Domain Name: WEB-FRIEND.COM
Administrative Contact:
Davis, Ched (******) ched@CITY-NET.COM
724-693-8118
724.356.4045
412.580.0098
Technical Contact,
Zone Contact:
Davidson, G. Douglas (****) douglas@CITY-NET.COM (*** withheld)
412-481-5406
Billing Contact:
Davis, Ched (******) ched@CITY-NET.COM
724-693-8118
Record created on
26-Sep-98.
Record expires on 26-Sep-2003.
Record last updated on 21-Sept-2000.
Updated: 2001-05-04
Database last updated on 12-Oct-00 04:19:10 EDT.
Domain Servers:
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