['02 GT]

does anyone on these forums build and host websites, i think i want one made for my collection of cars.

[thomasusmc]

The webmaster I work with is always looking for side work. Shoot me a PM with your email addy so I can give it to him and the 2 of you can discuss details.

[shartley]

Are you looking for free advice and work, or are you looking to pay?

I say this because of the post above me.

I have been doing websites for a decade and have done from personal sites to full business sites with e-commerce and other "goodies". There is a very wide range of styles, software, and skills needed depending on what you really want to do. And many hosting companies come with everything from forum software, photo galleries, guest books, e-commerce tools, and you name it. Each of these things can be modified to match a general look and feel so be integrated together fairly seamlessly into a simple (yet appealing) base site.

And then you need to have fairly good graphics to go along with all of that. The “building” is only one part, you need to have it look nice too.

I have seen where many great graphics guys are lousy at making websites, and many web designers are lousy at making the graphics needed for a good looking site. BOTH are important for a good site. And you also need good layout and navigation as well.

So yes, there is a lot to think about and be careful of when putting up a site that is good.

[dawrr]

The easiest way to do it is create a website you like in MS Publisher, MS Frontpage, Dreamweaver, or go freelance. Those programs make creating a website a snap.

Save your work as a complete website- folders and all.

Go to a global free-host like geocities and make a cover page for your website (All it really has to say is "link")

Upload every file and folder you created earlier.
Have the main link go to the INDEX file of your website.


Tada. That's a cheap way to host free online without using the crappy limited online web designers.

If you need help, feel free to ask me.

[shartley]

Originally Posted by dawrr

The easiest way to do it is create a website you like in MS Publisher, MS Frontpage, Dreamweaver, or go freelance. Those programs make creating a website a snap.

Save your work as a complete website- folders and all.

Go to a global free-host like geocities and make a cover page for your website (All it really has to say is "link")

Upload every file and folder you created earlier.
Have the main link go to the INDEX file of your website.


Tada. That's a cheap way to host free online without using the crappy limited online web designers.

If you need help, feel free to ask me.

You get what you pay for with hosting. I don't subscribe to free hosting as a real solution, but for some it is fine I guess. Standard hostiong only costs a few bucks a month now days and comes with all the goodies anyone would want.

[Stanger98]

I made a website that was pure raw html, i don't see the benefit of using dreamweaver and all those other programs, you're not learning anything in the process.

Only thing about my site, is, that everything I used was free:

Free Web Hosting Services -- 50megs.com
Free URL Redirection, No Ads! Short Free Domain Name (you.co.nr) or Dot TK - Renaming The Internet

this is my site and there's a reason why it's free (damn ads):

BTM-Designs

['02 GT]

all right thanks for the help everyone

[dawrr]

Originally Posted by shartley

You get what you pay for with hosting. I don't subscribe to free hosting as a real solution, but for some it is fine I guess. Standard hostiong only costs a few bucks a month now days and comes with all the goodies anyone would want.

Right you are!
But I wouldn't invest in something if I wasn't too serious about it- even if it's a 15$ a month investment.

For my website, I created a Flash page with animated menus and cool effects and it only took up 12 megs. I threw that on Geocities and there it sat for 6 months until I took it down. Why did I take it down? I'm working on another...

Although, you are definitely right about paying for standard hosting. You usually get a LOT more bandwidth with standard hosting, and you get to choose your own address.

[shartley]

Originally Posted by dawrr

Right you are!
But I wouldn't invest in something if I wasn't too serious about it- even if it's a 15$ a month investment.

For my website, I created a Flash page with animated menus and cool effects and it only took up 12 megs. I threw that on Geocities and there it sat for 6 months until I took it down. Why did I take it down? I'm working on another...

Although, you are definitely right about paying for standard hosting. You usually get a LOT more bandwidth with standard hosting, and you get to choose your own address.

Very true.

And a lot of hosting accounts now even allow you to put multiple sites on one account so if you had a few different sites you wanted to do it would then be very worth doing. It just depends on the person’s needs and how they want to go about doing it. Things have come a LONG way since 25Meg accounts cost you $30-$100 a month with very little bandwidth and those were considered BIG hosting accounts. LOL

I just have an aversion to free hosting accounts because of the ads you have to put on them and all the darn pop-ups. I find that as soon as I go to one of those sites I tend to just leave as quick as I got there. And yes, that is even with my pop-up blocker on. You can still tell.

[dawrr]

Originally Posted by shartley

I just have an aversion to free hosting accounts because of the ads you have to put on them and all the darn pop-ups. I find that as soon as I go to one of those sites I tend to just leave as quick as I got there. And yes, that is even with my pop-up blocker on. You can still tell.

You don't get that if you only have your free-hosted website as a single page link to your main website...

I just use Geocities as the "door" to my real, ad-free website. IF they even try to use ads, I simply cover them with background through HTML or Javascript.