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Post by lollipop on May 4, 2006 19:11:17 GMT
Ok, I am building a website for the craft company I have set up. I have bought a domain name, but I don't know what to do next. I have the software for designing pages, etc., but I think I'm missing a step before that. Do I need to buy web hosting or something? Or can I get it free? Or do I not need any at all?
What's the gap in between buying the name and having pages on the internet?
Any help would be much appreciated...
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Post by Goblin King on May 4, 2006 21:27:15 GMT
When I've designed websites for people we've often started out using the webspace which came free with their internet connection and email address. I recommend doing this before forking out extra money. The domain name (fake address) you have bought is then set up to point at the webspace (real address) ... Unless of course some webspace was sold to you with the domain name. Where/ Who did you buy it off? The only problem with freebie webspace is that it can be restrictive - it may lack certain features, or come with adverts (like Yahoo-Geocities pages). If you don't want to bother with the design so much you can use a content management style service (similar to a blog / live journal page, or Tinkerbell's famous "Turkey Pages") The important thing is that the domain name points to the webspace. An example of "domain name forwarding" : My friend Tom bought several domain names all with variations of the title of his company "Magis Books". I helped him design the website which we uploaded to his BT webspace. The domain name - the address his customers type in is: www.magisbooks.comOnce you get to the page you'll see that the website address changes ...to home.btconnect.com/MAGIS-BOOKS/ -his BT account where the pages are actually stored. - Normally you wouldn't see this, but we thought that was better than the banner adverts which came with the domain name when it was bought very cheaply from UK2.net. This isn't very common. Normally your purchased domain name will mask the alternative location of the pages. _____ Design Have you designed any web-pages before? Which programs are you the most comfortable with? |
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Post by Goblin King on May 4, 2006 21:33:20 GMT
Also Raggy should know a thing or two about this stuff.  |
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Post by lollipop on May 4, 2006 21:47:26 GMT
I asked him already and he referred me to one of his friends  But before he did that he mentioned the webspace that I might already have. How do I know if I have it? Where is it if I do? (*peers at computer*) None came with the domain name. I can buy some from the same website, but it's extra cost. I haven't designed any before but I'm using one of the for-dummies programs that is all visual and requires no programming languages or whatnot. *looks to find the name* Actual Drawing somethingorother. Although after I started playing with that I got a copy of Dreamweaver. /stop If I have any problems with the design I'll ask them later... |
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Post by Goblin King on May 5, 2006 11:57:46 GMT
Email the people who provide your connection and email address. That's what I do. (Often web-space is only "activated"/made available when customers make enquiries) |
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Post by Tinkerbell on May 5, 2006 16:13:02 GMT
I had a website, I had to pay for the domain and pay to host it. I used frontpage, it was crap. That's all I know lol
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Post by lollipop on May 7, 2006 20:01:49 GMT
Email the people who provide your connection and email address. That's what I do. (Often web-space is only "activated"/made available when customers make enquiries) Lol, how on earth do I find out who it is? I'm not the one who pays the bills. All I know is that we get btinternet broadband... how do I get an e-mail address to write to from that? |
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Post by Goblin King on May 7, 2006 21:50:54 GMT
Try typing in the second half of your email address as a web page and then look for technical support of FAQ links.
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Post by Goblin King on May 7, 2006 21:52:07 GMT
If you have the cheaper bt broadband (like me) you won't have any webspace. Set youself up a Yahoo geocities page.
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Post by lollipop on May 7, 2006 23:17:39 GMT
Ok I just looked at the BT help page. It's pretty confusing (I'll take a look when I am less tired) but it does seem to imply that I have to get hosting with geocities. How would I be able to do this and use my domain name? Or can't I?
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Post by Goblin King on May 8, 2006 16:28:22 GMT
Set up your web space - put some pages on it, and after that you tell your domain name to "point" at the webspace (there'll be a form on the webpage where you bought the domain name from). It's like a PO Box number in the real world. (Although I must confess I think you're a dummy for buying a domain name - before even checking you had webspace making your website  "I'm Lollipop, take my money ..." ) BT are really tight - they are one of the only internet providers who don't provide webspace as standard.  geocities.yahoo.com/ |
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Post by lollipop on May 9, 2006 14:17:09 GMT
It wasn't much money - my theory was that if I lost it, I lost it. I was worried about someone else taking it.
I contacted BT and they pointed me at geocities.
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Post by Goblin King on May 10, 2006 15:04:48 GMT
Fair enough.  You may want to check out Tripod as well. www.tripod.lycos.com/I think you can build online or upload your own code. |
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