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Need some suggestions on making a website

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PCNoob101

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I am interested in creating my own website. Does anyone have any suggestions or helpful resources on the topic. What would be best program to use to make a website? I hear Dreamweaver is really good. What about domain names? Are they free? I would start off using my ISP webspace. How would I make it so when someone types in my domain name that it would redirect to my webspace through cox? Any input would be helpful. Thanks
 
As for domain names, they are not free, but they are pretty close.

I would go with NameCheap or GoDaddy. Both are reasonable.

I wouldn't host your site with cox either. For just a few bucks a year, you can get a decent webhost. If you just want to experiment, contact RossMan. You can find his site at GottaDeal. I believe he will answer questions via PM from the forums on his site.

Hope that is some help.
 
Dreamweaver MX 2004. If you want to know how to get it, contact me.

Domain names like TK and INFO are free. But I rather you get a .com or .net or .ws from Godaddy for $7.95.

When you buy a domain name, you get the option of forwarding it (if you have a free host or ISP.) You go to the site which you registered the name from and in the settings you put your URL there. Your .com is nothing but a nameserver that redirects to your site.

You have the choice of masking it or not. Masking means it puts your site in a frame and the title stays the same and if you refresh you go to the main page. If you do not mask it will show your real url. (home.comcast.net/~urlhere).

For example, on my signature, that's my .com. I registered it. But I masked it to my real URL. (Check the source code for that.)



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As for webhosting, I have an awesome web host. 100MB space, 2 Gigs monthly transfer, PHP, SQL, Perl, CGI, everything for FREE ( no ads or popups ). Cycorpfree.com. I think registration is down though.
 
Ok, so to start I could create the site and just put it on my ISP webspace? Is putting the webpage on the internet fairly straightforward? After putting the site up will anyone be able to access it? Will my website come up on google and yahoo searches? Is there anything else I should know before I try to begin? How can I see the traffic or see how many hits my site gets? Thanks for the help.
 
You have to submit your url to google and yahoo. Go to google and search for "add url". Then you add your site. It takes 6 weeks or less to get on google. Since a billion sites are being crawled.

To see traffic, you need a counter. I suggest s-tracking.com. Best one i've seen.
 
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