Where do you start when wanting to set up a web page simpply being able to display your work? How much does it cost?
Thanks!
Where do you start when wanting to set up a web page simpply being able to display your work? How much does it cost?
Thanks!
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Get yourself a domain name reserved. (godaddy.com is one place to do this). Call your ISP and get the account set up to handle the site. Then decide if you want to design your own site, or pay someone to do it, ranging from a kid who will make it work technically, or a designer who will make it look good and work. If you do your own, it'll be a bit of a learning curve, but programs like MS FrontPage make it relatively easy, so long as you use one of the templates provided.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
"Call your ISP and get the account set up to handle the site." Mike, could you elucidate? I had a domain at one time, hosted by a different company than my ISP, but I didn't have to deal with the ISP concerning it. What situation would necessitate coordination with the ISP??forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
To the extent a carrier or service provider hosts a web site, they ARE to some extent an ISP. It may be a different one than you use for the rest of your stuff, or the same one. User's choice.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
PS: FG, I just remembered what I had to make 2" deep mortises on the TS for -- since I did another set today -- breadboard ends on an A&C table. Used the lift-the-blade-into-the-work method. Still works fine fer me. YMMV, and prob'ly does. ;-)
Domain name registration just gives you rights to the name. It doesn't exist as a place on the Internet until you find someone to host the domain for you (or else do it yourself, which almost no one except large organizations does anymore). It's the hosting service that is provided by an ISP.
-Steve
I figured out where I got confused. When I got my domain, I registered through a web-hosting service, so they handled both the domain registration and the hosting. But they were not my ISP -- I had Earthlink for internet service at home and at the store. Dellhost was my hosting service for the web site.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Hi Jamie!Long time no talk. Hope all is well with you.Here is one of my webistes http://redristracards.com/that I created about two years ago. The software is Mac only, so I'm not sure if this will work for you. A little voice in my head is telling me you're a PC person. If you are, then my solution won't work for you.Again, from my mac.com account, here is another website:http://preview.tinyurl.com/ysocweThis will be updated very soon. But Apple makes these websites very easy to make and are very effective.Creating a website can be easy or a very daunting task. Everything is relative.Take care.
Good to hear from you, Phillip. Hopefully, Pita will see your post to me -- he's the person looking for web hosting. I'll check out the web site anyway, though!
Cheers!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
I use GeoCities/Yahoo. About $9 a month for 2 gigabytes of storage. I write my own HTML. They provide a your choice of URL when you sign up.
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I am a designer by trade. I use godaddy.com exclusively, for both registering the domain and for hosting. They offer different packages for hosting and e-mail, all of which are relatively inexpensive.
I'd recommend finding a freelance designer to design your site. I usually charge $400-$600 for an average website.
Jeff
You can get a bare-bones site up and running for less than $20/month, but you would be responsible for taking care of all of the details. The basics aren't hard, but if you want something that looks professional, it would pay to hire a professional to at least get it set up for you. Once it's set up, adding and removing items (gallery photos, for exampel) should be fairly painless.
-Steve
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