Own Website

[Princess]

I really want to set up my own website but I don't have a clue where to start. Can anyone help me?

[Layne]

there is freewebs but it ain't that reliable!! But you can always try,
Luv ya
Layne
x x x

[Princess]

Thanks but I've been thinking about it and I don't really think I could run my own website!

[Meh]

Are you talking about having just a webpage hosted somewhere, or your own dedicated site>

[SoapRach]

Mordor - I know Princess didn't reply to this but I'd like some advice - I want to do my own dedicated site - I have some knowledge of writing HTML but seems a bit extreme for an entire site - but I don't want to invest in a piece of software like dreamweaver. What are the options in between?

[Trinity]

I used dreamweaver when I set up a site for a local sports club. I found it really easy to use and I didn't need any knowledge of HTML. I went on a course for HTML at work and I haven't used it once in a year and a half of being a webmaster.

[Meh]

I'll give you an example of the costs and whats involved.


Purchase a domain name (eg. mysite.com). Cost approx £10 if you buy from 123-reg (http://www.123-reg.co.uk/). OneAndOne (http://www.oneandone.co.uk/) are also cheap.
Buy hosting. This can be cheap as £10 for the year or £15/month for a decent hosting plan. The £10/year offers are very good if your site is going to be small
Point your DNS servers (accessible from the company from where you purched the domain i.e. in (1) above), to the DNS specified by your new hosting company (ie (2) above).
FTP up your new site and you're away!
You don't need Dreamweaver to develop your site. There's plenty of free tools out there that do a similar job.

[SoapRach]

can you recommend any of the free tools?

[Meh]

Here's some:

NVU (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/nvu.html)
XGEN (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/xgen.html)
Arachnophilia (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/arachnophilia.html)

There's a whole list (http://www.snapfiles.com/downloadfind.php?st=web+development&search=Search&action=s) of shareware ones as well.

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

I got two sites on freewebs.com its good if its nothing to do with buisnesses just about you or help ing things like both of mine.

[Tori]

i use freewebs, you don't have to use html, you can just put in a paragraph and type, but i'm moving into HTML, and i write any HTML code i don't know with frontpage at school. dynamic drive are good for website html

[~*~Leanne~*~]

bravenet does free web hosting

[sarah1990]

if u have msn u can create ur own space which is kinda like a website, i have a freewebs 1 as well & probaby more but i cant remember

[Behemoth]

Geocities is good for free web hosting.

[Behemoth]

123reg is good for cheap domain names (i.e. www.soapboards.co.uk)

[Meh]

www.oneandone.co.uk is ok as well, but 123reg is better

[.:Kitz:.]

my friends use freewebspace and it seems pretty good. But i don't think its that relieable.

[SarahWakefield]

I Use Piczo Its Completly Free And Really Good! www.piczo.com

[CrazyLea]

i use piczo too its really easy and you can have lots of pages

[Eastenders_4ev@]

Ive made my own website using freewebs it quite easy, lol well if i can do it then it is.
www.freewebs.com

Hope this helps

[Rach33]

Me and my mate where considering setting up our own site so I'm gonna give it a try now

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

I got site on piczo and two sites freewebs...

[Tori]

ugh, i hate piczo. for some reason it won't work well for me

[Lisa321]

Piczos the best! Its so easy to use!
xx

[eastenderfan_91]

yer goto freewebs they're quite good

[Tori]

freewebs is easy- and you can choose to do html or design view aswell, which is good!