Re: How to move forward

Here's my first piece of advice... Only learn as much about the server
on the AS/400 as you need to know to get it running. Once it's running
you'll seldom need to touch it. I haven't looked at ours in over a year
and I'm the administrator. So, don't pour a lot of energy into it. Ask
others how to get it going (Shannon has helped here) and forget it.

Next, get a tool to develop web pages. Don't do them by hand at first.
Any basic tool will work such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage, etc. If you're
like me you learn by doing. Once you create a web page or two in one of
these tools it's easy to learn HTML by seeing what they create. I think
graphically so I like graphical tools and not text tools.

Finally, if you're serious about producing web pages that show data from
the AS/400 then get an AS/400 specific web tool.  We use Websmart here
but there are several good ones out there.  Almost all of them will give
you a 30 day trial.  Many, like Websmart, will extend that 30 days to
let you really have a chance to get acquainted.  Also, I've found that
BCD has helped me with many of the above non-Websmart issues such how to
do some Javascript, HTML and HTTP server items.  They've gone way above
the norm with getting me up and running.  If you're going to spend money
with a vendor make sure the don't limit their support to their specific
product!

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Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.