METHOD FOR BUILDING HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for building a homepage on the
internet, and in particular to a method for building a homepage on the internet which
is capable of easily building an internet newspaper or a home shopping mall based
on a menu provided on the internet in such a manner that a user buys a card(or CD)
having an ID number and visits a corresponding internet site and inputs an ID
number for an authentication, and it is possible to manage a homepage for a certain
period for example 30days and to continuously manage a homepage by paying a rate
of use.
2. Description of the Background Art
Generally, in order to build a homepage such as an internet newspaper
which is displayed on the internet, it is needed to request a building of a homepage
to a homepage building service company or a user builds his own homepage by
obtaining various information concerning a homepage building.
However, in the case that a homepage building is requested to a homepage
building service company, a cost needed for building a homepage is high, and it
takes a long time to build a homepage.
In addition, a requester is not fully satisfied with a homepage built by a
homepage building service company.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the
problems encountered in the conventional art.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for building
a homepage in such a manner that a user buys a certain card having an ID number,
connects to a corresponding internet site, inputs an ID number and selects one of
homepage types which includes an internet newspaper type, a shopping mall type, a
catalogue type A, a catalogue type B, a company homepage type, a shop homepage
type, a personal homepage type, an auction mall homepage type, a
groupware(intranet) homepage type, a school homepage type, a yellow homepage
type, an alumni association homepage type, a theme total homepage type, a job
offering and job seeking homepage type, a life information homepage type, a
coupon homepage type, etc., so that the user can easily build his own homepage.
To achieve the above objects, there is provided a method for building a
homepage on the internet, comprising the steps of a first step in which a user buys a
certain card having an ID number, a second step in which the user connects to a
corresponding internet homepage, and the homepage is displayed, a third step in
which the user selects one of the displayed various internet homepage types such as
an internet newspaper type, a shopping mall type, a catalogue type A, a catalogue
type B, a company homepage type, a shop homepage type, a personal homepage
type, an auction mall homepage type, a groupware(intranet) homepage type, a
school homepage type, a yellow homepage type, an alumni association homepage
type, a theme total homepage type, a job offering and job seeking homepage type, a
life information homepage type, a coupon homepage type, etc., and clicks a request
section, a fourth step in which an agreement of use is displayed, and when the user
agrees with the displayed agreement, the user inputs a member information, a fifth
step in which the user inputs a service time period, a payment method, and a card
number inputted in the ID card, a sixth step in which when the inputted number of
the card is authenticated, a homepage building screen is displayed, a seventh step in
which the user clicks an administrator homepage, and an administrator menu and
initial screen are displayed, an eighth step in which the user selects a certain menu
from the administrator menu and clicks the selected menu and inputs a necessary
content, and a ninth step in which the user uses the built homepage for a set time
period, and when the user wants a time extension for using the built homepage, the
user pays a certain amount of money to a service company and clicks the extension
request section, so that the period of the use of the homepage is extended.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will become better understood with reference to the
accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are not
limitative of the present invention, wherein;
Figure 1 is a view illustrating the construction of a homepage building
method using an internet according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method for building a homepage on the internet
according to the present invention;
Figure 3 is a view illustrating an initial screen of an administrator menu
according to the present invention;
Figure 4 is a view illustrating a screen concerning an iNEWS publication and
change according to the present invention;
Figure 5 is a view illustrating a section or channel building screen according
to the present invention; and
Figure 6 is a view illustrating a screen for building a box according to the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Figure 1 is a view illustrating the entire construction of a method for
building a homepage on the internet according to the present invention. As shown
therein, there are provided a card 10 with an ID number, a personal computer(PC) 20
which is controlled by a user in connection with an internet network 30, a main
server 40 which is connected with the internet 30 and manages a corresponding
internet site, an iNEWS DB 41 which is connected with the main server 40 and
stores and provides a certain information, a shopping mall DB 42, a catalogue A DB
43, a catalogue B DB 44, and a payment approval system 50 which is connected
with the main server 40 and approves a homepage operation extension payment.
In the drawings, there are provided only the iNEWS DB 41, the shopping
mall DB 42, the catalogue A DB 43, and the catalogue B DB 44. The present
invention is not limited to the above construction. Namely, there may be provided
various databases such as a company DB, a shop DB, a personal DB, an auction
mall DB, a groupware(interanet) DB, a school DB, a yellow DB, an alumni
association DB, a theme total DB, a job offering and job seeking DB, a life
information DB, a coupon DB, etc. In the following descriptions, the databases
concerning the iNEWS DB 41, the shopping mall DB 42, the catalogue A DB 43
and the catalogue B DB 44 will be described.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in
detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the present invention, a user is connected to the internet and visits a
corresponding homepage. In the homepage, each sample and application sections
such as the iNEWS, shopping mall, catalogue A, catalogue B, etc.
At this time, the user selects and clocks a desired one for thereby watching
a sample. In addition, the user may selects and clocks an application section for
building a desired homepage.
For example, when the user clicks a sample section formed in the lower
portion of the iNEWS for seeing the iNEWS among the samples of the homepage, a
homepage concerning the iNEWS is displayed, so that the user can see the sample
concerning the iNEWS.
Here, in the homepage of the iNEWS, there are displayed some menu
concerning a total news, international, politics, economy, social affairs, sports,
condolence, personnel change, etc. When the user clicks a desired menu, a
corresponding content will be displayed.
In the case that the user wants to build an internet newspaper, the request
section of the iNEWS is selected and clicked.
The agreement of the use is displayed, and a message of "Agree" and "Not
agree" are displayed on the lower portion.
Therefore, in the case that the user agrees with the agreement, "Agree" is
clicked. When the user clicks "Agree", the section in which the user inputs his
personal information is displayed. The user inputs the ID and password, and then
inputs a name, contact information, and e-mail address.
In the next stage, the service period, payment method and card number are
inputted.
Therefore, when the user inputs the ID number formed of 12 numerals in
the card into the card number input section, an authentication is achieved. Next, the
section for inputting an information concerning the homepage is displayed.
Namely, the user randomly inputs a title and address in the title section of
the homepage and the address section of the homepage.
As the above procedure is finished, the message "Congratulation" which
means that the registration of the homepage is welcomed, is displayed, and a certain
section for building the homepage is displayed. Various menu are displayed in one
side of the screen.
Therefore, the user can build the internet newspaper, the shopping mall or
the catalogue that the user wants to build.
Namely, when the user clicks an administrator page, an initial screen as
shown in Figure 3 is displayed, and the menu concerning the iNEWS
publication/change, section or channel production, box production, news writing,
basic setting, left side link management, design management, member service
management, and FAQ are displayed in the left side of the screen.
The homepage building procedure according to the present invention will
be described with reference to Figures 3 through 6.
Figure 3 is a view illustrating a function that the left side menu is actually
used as an initial screen of the administrator menu.
When the left side menu is clicked like the common windows, the
director(menu) is displayed in the lower side.
In the case that the screen is not changed when the contents are changed
using each menu, the right button of the mouse is clicked, and the information is
updated with a latest information.
Namely, the number of the visits of the user, the number of members and a
non-processed reader's news are recorded in the initial screen as a homepage
information.
In addition, a homepage registered date, a homepage expiration date, a
homepage related question, and a homepage agreement are displayed in the
homepage agreement related information section.
Figure 4 is a view illustrating the iNEWS publication/change. As shown
therein, when the iNEWS publication and change is clicked in the initial screen, the
screen of Figure 4 is displayed.
The number of issues of a new publication, the business start date of the
iNEWS formed of year, month and date are inputted. In the case of the publication, a
new publication is clicked.
In addition, the number of the issues may be modified or deleted in the
lower portion of the new publication.
Namely, the publication of a new iNEWS and the number of the issues and
a publishing date may be modified. The iNEWS which is not publicized is
automatically displayed on a designated date.
Figure 5 is a view illustrating a section or channel production. When the
user clicks a section or channel production, the screen of Figure 5 is displayed.
When the section or channel production screen is displayed, a section or
channel output method is displayed. It is selected whether the upper side is outputted
or the box is selected.
Therefore, the user selects a section or channel output method. The section
or channel title is inputted in the section or channel production blank. When an add
is clicked, the contents inputted in the section or channel title section are added as
the section or channel title of the homepage.
In addition, the title concerning the section or channel is inputted or
modified in the lower portion of the section or channel title. The position of the
same may be changed.
Figure 6 shows a box production function. When the box production is
clicked in the initial screen, the screen of Figure 6 is displayed.
Therefore, it is possible to write a news in the center or right side of the top
page. The news writing of the section or channel portion is implemented using a
news writing menu.
A box news may include an additional option such as a stock information
and a substitution information, and the right side box news indicates a news
registered in the latest issue.
In addition, only the right side box news may selects a background color
and a character color.
The card is directed to providing a right for building the homepage on the
internet. The type of the homepage built by using the card may be selected from the
internet newspaper type, the shopping mall type, the catalogue type A, and the
catalogue type B. A desired homepage type may be selected. The card is available
during the valid period. The homepage built using the card may be used for 30days.
In the case that the user wants to use the homepage for a certain period, the user
must pay the charge concerning the added time period.
In the above description of the present invention, the operation that the ID
number was inputted into the card was described. The present invention is not
limited thereto. The ID number may be included in the CD, etc. The CD containing
an advertisement may be provided.
As described above, according to the present invention, a user buys a card
with an ID number, and connects to the internet and inputs the ID number at a
corresponding internet site. In the internet site, various homepage types such as an
internet newspaper type, a shopping mall type, a catalogue type A, a catalogue type
B, a company homepage type, a shop homepage type, a personal homepage type, an
auction mall homepage type, a groupware(intranet) homepage type, a school
homepage type, a yellow homepage type, an alumni association homepage type, a
theme total homepage type, a job offering and job seeking homepage type, a life
information homepage type, a coupon homepage type, etc., are displayed, so that the
user selects a desired one and inputs a certain contents on the internet for thereby
building his own desired homepage easily.
As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without
departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be
understood that the above-described' examples are not limited by any of the details
of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be
construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and
therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the
claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be
embraced by the appended claims.