Most clients come to Chairboy because he's the world leader in fun and affordable web design. But Chairboy is also the perfect choice if you want to learn more about the web. Why does Chairboy want to share his bounty of knowledge? Because the more a client knows about the web, the better s/he is able to articulate and achieve the website of his/her dreams.

So what the hell is the web, and what are servers, and HTML, and DHTML, and ISPs, and Flash, and domain name servers, and those numbers with all the dots? What the hell is a domain name and do I need one to have a web page? How do I find out if the domain name I want is already taken? What's the difference between .com and .org and .edu and all the rest of that alphabet soup?

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