Did you also purchase hosting somewhere? Because registering a domain name is only half of the picture for setting this up before making a site.
Creating a website
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Did you also purchase hosting somewhere? Because registering a domain name is only half of the picture for setting this up before making a site.
Nice site. Simple like it should be, and good graphics and use of font in the graphics. Not a big fan of vertical scrolling though, but at least you don't have TONS of it.
That's what I figured, and no, not yet. There appear to be some creation/hosting packages to choose from, so I'm looking for advice on the best combo.
Looking at InMotion Hosting. Seems to have the best overall reviews. $5.95/mo includes 2 website builders and a whole bunch of other stuff. Honestly, I intend to teach myself how to do what I don't know (I edited our company website, but just the simpler stuff) so I really don't know what some of that stuff is or whether I need it or not.
Business Web Hosting | InMotion Hosting
Business Web Hosting | InMotion Hosting
It really depends on what kind of site you're looking to build. Is it just an informational site for the most part? Will there be any forms (i.e."Contact")? How much traffic do you expect to get?
Those are a few important first questions. If it's an information site (i.e. a blog, or a simple site for a restaurant or something) and you don't plan on having tons of traffic, you can get away with buying hosting for a few bucks a month. There are sites though (GoDaddy, although they are being weird lately) which come loaded with a ton of stuff you probably won't need but are still very, very cheap.
Kind of a political blog type site, but with links to interesting stories, maybe a forum, but that is getting way ahead of myself. Traffic? Probably not so much. Just want to do it for the process of doing it, and if anything comes of it, great.
Yeah that looks like a good deal for $6/month if they are legit. The one thing you'll have to look up is their speed/up time. For example, GoDaddy is a good deal, but their speeds are slow as all ****. Not terrible though, just make sure everything isn't a slow crawl type of deal. Looks like a good deal though if they're legit.
And if you have any questions about any of that stuff, go ahead and ask. I am a web developer/business consultant for a living, and I know another guy up there is a web designer for a living.
Cool. Much appreciated. I found this one by googling "best web host", and picking a common name from the top five sites with lists.
I see. Yeah they're listed in the top 7 of one I see. I would just read a few more reviews just to make sure, but overall looks like a great deal if it is legit. I just hope it's not slow..
If you know wordpress and are comfortable with it, just use that. You can skin it so many different ways.
I do, though not the html. I basically added images and links, and organized our company web pages the way I wanted. So I basically know how to edit pages, create pages, etc., but that's all at this point.
Oh yeah, I was planning on videos that automatically play, huge banners that pop up randomly when you scroll across it...the whole thing. Should make it really enjoyable.
If you know wordpress then I would stick with that. I've done webpages through raw css/html/php and used wordpress; I've transitioned to doing them completely through a base of wordpress and then customizing the css, etc. to get the look I want.
The Recruit Lists pages are done completely through WordPress (see signature).
The Recruit Lists pages are done completely through WordPress (see signature).
I think Wordpress is quickly heading toward being a "standard solution" for putting up a basic website, so if you're familiar with Wordpress already and can make it do what you need for your site that would seem like an easy decision.
Joomla may also be worth checking out--it's free and reasonably well supported. I find it to be somewhat more complicated to set up and administer than Wordpress, though probably more powerful/flexible overall. For a more exhaustive list of what's out there for CMS software check out List of content management systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In terms of web hosting... be very careful picking a host based on their ranking on "Top 10 Web Host" sites--a lot of those are paid placement / scams. You can find much more reliable and enlightening web host reviews by searching sites like webhostingtalk.com . I moved my site to a new host about six months ago and did a fair amount of research... I ended up going with Hawkhost and have been quite happy with them thus far; HostGator was also on my short list. I've not previously heard of Inmotion--so they might be fine--but I'd suggest digging a bit deeper before you use them for anything that's very mission-critical.
I also wouldn't put a lot of stock in uptime guarantees... if they fail to meet the stated uptime any refund is probably going to be pro-rated, and if you're paying $6/month that works out to about 20 cents per day--not exactly a huge financial incentive for them to fix things quickly when they break.
Joomla may also be worth checking out--it's free and reasonably well supported. I find it to be somewhat more complicated to set up and administer than Wordpress, though probably more powerful/flexible overall. For a more exhaustive list of what's out there for CMS software check out List of content management systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In terms of web hosting... be very careful picking a host based on their ranking on "Top 10 Web Host" sites--a lot of those are paid placement / scams. You can find much more reliable and enlightening web host reviews by searching sites like webhostingtalk.com . I moved my site to a new host about six months ago and did a fair amount of research... I ended up going with Hawkhost and have been quite happy with them thus far; HostGator was also on my short list. I've not previously heard of Inmotion--so they might be fine--but I'd suggest digging a bit deeper before you use them for anything that's very mission-critical.
I also wouldn't put a lot of stock in uptime guarantees... if they fail to meet the stated uptime any refund is probably going to be pro-rated, and if you're paying $6/month that works out to about 20 cents per day--not exactly a huge financial incentive for them to fix things quickly when they break.
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