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 Introduction - Build Your Own ICQ Pages

This page is devoted to building an ICQ site. We will explain how to find web space, help you create your page, and provide you with links to help you publicize it with the many Internet search engines.
Check the following links after you've created your list. Each will give you more details for mastering your list/site:
Create an ICQ Web ring
Link up sites under the same theme. Create an ICQ Web ring.

Create an ICQ Mailing List
Create Mailing Lists, publish Newsletters, have E-Mail based discussions and send your word around by E-Mail on demand.


 Step 1: Find Yourself a Web Space

A number of web sites are freely hosting web pages. If you don't have your own web-site you may use one of those. Among them are:
Trailer Park Trailer Park at http://www.trailerpark.com
AngelFire AngelFire at http://www.angelfire.com
Trailer Park Tripod at http://www.tripod.com
GeoCities Geocities at http://www.geocities.com
Xoom Xoom at http://xoom.xoom.com
Free Webspace Provider Review 3.0 Free WebSpace Review at http://fwpreview.ngworld.net/
FortuneCity Free WebSpace Review at http://www.fortunecity.com
The Free Site Free WebSpace Services at http://www.123go.com/drw/webs/webpages.htm
Free Home Pages! A list of free web hosting service providers at http://starbase.neosoft.com/~peter/freepages.html
Many academic institutes and ISPs allow their members to have a free web-page. Consult your ISP or institute administrator for more details.


 Step 2: Creating a Site

For Builders of User Lists
For your convenience, ICQ has prepared special templates which will enable you to create your ICQ User List instantly. You may change or use any part of it. Make sure to change the HTML template to accommodate your page's information.

  • Download the ICQ ListMaker Template
  • View the ICQ ListMaker Template
Our users' download ICQ List site.
If you don't know HTML or can't be bothered with it, we now have an easier alternative: Create your own Interest Group in 3 minutes. All you have to do is fill in the information and your list is created automatically.

When you're done creating your list submit it to us. We will consider adding it on our ICQ Lists Directory.


Plain text-to-HTML converter - Convert new users' personal data into ready-to-post HTML script. Use the plain text-to-html converter to ease the process of posting of new members' data. Run the online version or download it.
When you're done to us.

We will consider adding it on our ICQ Lists Directory
View our Site Developers Zone and learn how to take advantage of the many services and features that ICQ has to offer.

For Builders of a Chat Entrance Page
For your convenience, ICQ has prepared special templates which will enable you to create your ICQ Chat Entrance Page instantly. You may change or use any part of it. Make sure to change the HTML template to accommodate your page's information.

  • Download the ICQ ChatMaker Template
  • View the ICQ ChatMaker Template
View our Site Developers Zone and learn how to take advantage of the many services and features that ICQ has to offer.

For Builders of other Pages
View our Site Developers Zone and learn how to take advantage of the many services and features that ICQ has to offer.


 Step 3: Get Your ICQ Panels

ICQ has three communication panels to help you interact with your site visitors. See our ICQ Panel Wizard to select and create an ICQ panel for your web communication needs.
Get Your ICQ Personal Homepage Panel
With ICQ 99a you get your own ICQ Personal Homepage. This panel enables you to invite your Web site visitors to view your very own self-hosted ICQ Page. You also get a search engine in your panel.
There are 2 options to get and install your ICQ Personal Homepage Panel:
  1. Use the ICQ Panel Wizard to create your panel.
  2. Download the ZIP file, edit the HTML code and install the panel in your Web site.
Download it now.

Get Your ICQ Communication Panel
It is very important for anyone that builds an ICQ Page to download and install the ICQ Communication Panel on their site. Download it now.

Get Your ICQ Web-Pager Panel
Provide visitors to your page the ability to page your instantly and easily. Install the Web Panel on your site.

Get Your ICQ Respond Online Panel
Install an ICQ Respond Online Panel and enable your visitors to see when you're online and communicate with you using ICQ.

Get Your ICQ Homepage Panel
Install an ICQ Homepage Panel and enable your visitors to see when you're online and communicate with you using ICQ. They may also see the status of your Personal ICQ Homepage.

Get Your ICQ Personal IRC Chat Panel
Install an ICQ Personal IRC Chat Panel and enable your enter into ICQ on IRC directly through your Web site.You can also enter personal messages to your visitors in the ICQ WebCast Panel.

Get Your ICQ Status Indicator
Select an ICQ Status Indicator, install it on your web page and enable your visitors to see when you're online or off.



 Step 4: Empower Your Site With Web Tools

See our Useful Resources To Empower Your Site:
ICQ Graphics, forums and message boards, counters, HTML and web design resources, graphics resources, banners, web hosting services, tracking and statistics, feedback forms, creating an ICQ Web ring, creating an ICQ Mailing List, Send a Greeting from your site, enable your site visitors to send greetings from your site, publicize your site and more.

Bells and Whistles
Count Your Hits - Place a Visits Counter On Your Chat Page.
Some web hosts (as GeoCities and Trailer Park) provide their members with a free visits counter. Consult your web host administrator for more details.
You can also try one of these free counter services:
Add an ICQ Guestbook to Your Site
Add an ICQ Topic Guestbook to your site so that visitors can post themselves and their ICQ number. Create an instant list of users interested in the same topic!


 Step 5: View Additional Resources


 Step 6: Publish Your ICQ Site With the Popular Search Engines

It is a good idea to send the URL of your list to the popular search engines.
For best and uniform results - include the words ICQ and your ICQ site type in the Keywords field.

Learn how to publicize your web-page.


 Create a Virtual Community

After mastering the tools above and learning the features and possibilities of "life in the cyber world", go on to creating your own cyber community. Learn how to and how ICQ tools can help you run and promote your community.



See Also:
The ICQ Site Creators Network Turn your Guestbook into an ICQ List Creating a Mailing List
Tools you can Install on your Site ICQ Tools Catalog Creating an ICQ Special Site
ICQ API for Developers Site Developers Publicize your Site


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