Now, whenever anyone views pages containing those directives, server will place contents of text files in appropriate place and viewer will see header and footer. Whenever a change is needed within header or footer, only ONE file needs to be edited, text file. All of pages using that file will be "automatically" updated. Changing copyright date or address or phone number on every page of your web site will now take only 30 seconds because only one file has to be edited!

The easiest way to do this is to create a web page with everything you'd like to have on it. Those parts that will recur on every other page are where you will use SSI. All you have to do is "cut & paste" all of html that will be used on each page, pasting it into a text file. Where you "cut" html, replace it with directive, such as:

Do same thing for footer, if needed. Save HTML files using SSI with extension ".shtml". Also, depending on how your server is set up with your host, you may have to make sure text file is in same directory as .shtml file.

This also makes initial design and development of web sites go much smoother. You can now have a "template" for each page using header and footer directive, then simply add content in between for each page.

I guarantee that this little trick will save you hours and hours of tedious work. As I stated at beginning, if you've been through these "simple" edits before, you will need very little convincing!

*Provide Free Services Such as Free Classifieds on Your Site or in Your Ezine. This is a great way for beginners or people on a tight budget to get in some advertising.

*Put a Message Board on Your Site or Start an Email Discussion List. This gives people a way to actually "talk" to other people who have been in their shoes and have learned by experience. You can share your knowledge and experience and help others in process.

*Do Ad Swaps with Other Publishers (even if they do not have as many subscribers) I have had only one publisher turn me down for a swap because I did not have enough subscribers. I do not believe in this. Besides helping out new publisher, you could possibly gain more subs than from a bigger ezine.

When doing business on net, you must not forget that there are people on other end of your screen and you cannot lose that person to person contact that we need to succeed. And not only are you helping others in their business, but you are building a reputation for you and your business! So in closing, I would like to thank all publishers and webmasters who provide some or all of these services. There are many of us who are very grateful