Hi all,
I have a task at work to create a simple website for a moving business.
Just a site that has the contact info and a little background about the company.
Does anyone have any advice about domain names, hosting, etc?
I’m new to this =)
A friend suggested godaddy and brinkster, are these simple to use for a newbie like me?
Thanks!!
Office Live Small Business from Microsoft is right up your alley. It helps you take care of everything from registering the domain to hosting the site to even building it via their templates. Take a look for yourself at the Office Live Small business homepage: http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/
The gallery has examples of sites built with the service which can give you a better understanding of the service.
Cheers,
Jeff
MSFT Office Live Outreach
Building a website isnt really for new comers, you do need some knowledge, but thios knowledge is easy to find.
Your find a lot of "easy build" website online, but being a designer myself many of my clients have had serious issues.
GoDaddy is okay, but i found is over complicated, but; again, it is quite cheap.
Heart Internet is by far the easiest to operate.
FastHost is a good hosting service, as is HeartInternet. I keep mine on a VPS (virtual private server) with WebFusion, who have been very helpful.
If you want something simple good cheap, aimed towards small business and and easy to use microsoft small business live, its 15 dollars per year to have a domain name and hosting…they have a site builder so you don’t need to have any website building experience…I left a link below…godaddy costs a bunch more and so does brinkster…so I would recommend microsoft small business live, and the godaddy site builder isn’t the best out there….hope I helped!
Hi. I can help you out.
These are the features of my services:
-Free website design.
-Unlimited storage of files to be posted online. Main menus (that you can change titles) are Home Company Information, About Us, -Products and Services, and News Section. Then add sub-menus as many as you want.
-Unlimited burst bandwidth. (You don’t have limited visitors.)
-Free write-ups for your site. (Just provide us with the info)
-Free 500 email accounts.
-Free domain name of your choice (if still available) .com/.org/.net
-Semi-dynamic page (which means you can edit/update your news section)
-No monthly hosting.
In Philippine Peso that cost only Php 5,500 or for International Clients, US$ 140.
If you are interested you can view the sample websites. Just tell me.
Since I am located in the Philippines, if we are going to have future transactions, you only have to send me the details, pictures, logos and contents that you want for your site. Email them to me.
camillecabaliza@yahoo.com
I would love to be of help.
Camille
If I were you i’d use hostmonster for the hosting and godaddy for the domain. I use these two together and they’re both great. Hostmonster has great support (live phone support) and quick linux based servers. Godaddy … well… actually I dont have a lot of insight into how good godaddy is in comparison to other registrars, because i’ve not used another in years, but they seem to be pretty cheap and it only takes 20 minutes or so to get a domain name set up.
For the design I’d suggest either taking a short HTML tutorial (its easy, dont worry) and using notepad, or using adobe dreamweaver, though there are a lot of good HTML editors out there.
Do you have programming knowledge? If so, GoDaddy is very easy to use, just need to upload the files and your good to go. I have not heard of brinkster, but I bet they are the same. If you know how to use FTP programs, it will make uploading the site even easier, as most sites like those 2 will have ftp access.
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