If you never made a homepage yet. Please make it first. Though it is possible someone has a MessageBoard and the MessageBoard only, people usually add a MessageBoard (or GuestBook or BBS or any other name) to their homepage. If you are going to make a homepage sooner or later, make it before you work with a MessageBoard. An ordinary homepage requires HTML knowledge only. While a MessageBoard requires both HTML and CGI knowledge. Learn HTML a little, experience file upload and come back here. You never regret.