Web Site Design Advice

So you are thinking about building your own website.  Here you will find some tips and great places for help building your own personal or business website.  I will tell you about two companies that I would recommend. 

I will talk most about 1&1 Web Hostingas they are the Web Hosting Company I use.  They have been a great company to work with.  I will also talk about GoDaddy, as they are another one of the best Web Hosting companies in the world.  I recommend both these Web Hosting Companies because they have everything you need to make and run a web site.  You pay one monthly price for a complete hosting package.

They have powerful tools that lets you construct a professional-looking site in minutes, with no programming experience or HTML know-how.  The handy wizards they have will guide you through the site-building process from start to publish, with easy-to-follow instructions and simple point-and-click prompts.  You will be able to have feedback forms, a visitor counter, guestbook, forums, shopping carts, and many other forms.

Steps to think about when building a website.

(I can’t stress this enough, but write everything down, plan, plan, plan.)

Step #1:  Ask yourself these questions

 Examples

Step #2:  Plan your content

Step #3:  Plan the hierarchy of your web pages

What is the order of your web pages?  Starting at your Main Home Page, layout on paper how each page links to other pages.

Step #4:  Pick your Domain Name

Try to pick a domain name that fits with your website content.  Pick a name or two and type them into a domain name checker like the one at 1&1 Web Hosting or GoDaddy.  You type in your Domain Name choice and it will tell you if it’s free to buy and also give you many other word combinations for you to pick from.

TIP:  If you can, you should always try to get a domain name that ends in “.com”.

Step #5:  Pick your Web Hosting Company

I use 1&1 Web Hosting and I also recommend GoDaddy Web Hosting.  Both companies are great and they both have many options for building websites. 

They have low cost options for the first time website builders.  The low cost websites start at $3.99 per month.  They both have all the options you could ever want.  From an Online Web Store to a personal web site.  You also will get hundreds of email accounts that you can use with your own domain name.

Step #6:  Pick your Template

Each web hosting company has many website templates to pick from.  They have many themes for all kinds of websites.  Pick your page layouts & color scheme.

Step #7:  Insert your Content

Now the fun part, designing your website.  Start with your Home Page and work from there.  Think about what kind of graphics you want.  Think about the placement of your content.  Make sure you use the build-in spell checker to make sure your content is grammatically correct.

Step #8:  Evaluate the website

Once the site is build, have someone else look at the finished project and give you constructive feedback. 

Ask these questions:

 Step #9:  Launch you New Website!

Now its time to show all your hard work to the world.  Publish your website on the Internet.  Submit your site to search engines and directories.

Congratulations on your new website!

how do you install it.. im downloading it from this site::

http://box156.bluehost.com/~aestudi1/forums/inteenimater/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30&sid=c9cc2497a1d7a12e78ce7e14e87444a5

and it says to extract the file to the downloads folder, but there is no dowloads folder. i tried creating one but it didnt work.. what do i do??

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As a Christian minister, it seemed only natural for me to try Christian Web Hosting. How exactly are we defining this? In a nutshell it simply refers a Christian owned web hosting provider. Sounds good right? Well actually my experience as a webmaster reveals that for the most part, using a one negatively effected the quality of my website as well my pocketbook. Ouch!

In our humble view you are better off going with a large affordable company with a long track record rather than a Christian Web Hosting service. Why? Let’s get into a few of the top reasons why this may not be such a good idea for your ministry.

* Most are Simply Not Christian

* These Services Have Higher Prices Than the Most Popular Web Hosting Companies

* The Vast Majority of Have Hidden Costs or Offer Sub-Par Features compared to the Major Web Hosting Providers

* Generally Christian Web Hosting Has Poor Tech Support

* The Top Cheap Web Hosting Providers Have Greater and Better Selections of Christian Web Designs and Christians Templates

However, most of the problems with this kind of hosting stems from the fact that:

1. They are simply too small to adequately service their clients

2. They by and large use reseller hosting. In other words they purchase servers from other large secular web hosts and slap their own name on them.

However, in order to turn a profit these Christian Web Hosting services have to charge more than the original web hosting company would. Some offer free web hosting but free web hosting comes with a terrible price, and in our view is not worth it.

Additionally, important features like bandwidth and storage space are severely limited because they simply don’t have large servers as those web hosting companies servicing 100,000s of webmasters. If you do want extra features, there will be additional costs that the Christian Web Host will pass along to you.

Finally, remember it’s likely that the Christian Web Hosting firm is a reseller which means if something goes wrong with your Christian site, they are serving only as a “middleman” between you and the parent web hosting company. This often translates into a longer waiting period to get your site up and running smoothly again.

Overall, the question begs itself. Why deal with a second rate company if you can can get better and cheaper web hosting else where, with better features, a better uptime ratio and a larger variety of templates?

I know some Christians may still wish to use a Christian Web Hosting company. If you do use one we suggest the following:

1. Speak to the head of the company regarding their Christian faith and how their business vision fits in with God’s plan for their lives

2. Research whether or not they actually owns their own servers. When you do this, make sure you also find the physical location of the Christian Web Hosting servers.

3. Carefully read the Terms of Service (TOS) of the Christian Web Hosting company to make sure you will not have to incur any additional hidden fees for simple features that should come free.

I would like to discuss web hosting plans and providers I placed at my web page www.andreyknure.narod.ru Have you ever dealt with these companies. What are your opinions about them? What is the most affordable web hosting provider?

Can I purchase available domain names for less than godaddy charges? I use godaddy and with their discount, I pay $7.49 per domain name. If there are other companies that provide this service for less, what are they and what do they charge?

We took a look at the Yahoo Web Hosting offer in detail, in particular, the Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting Plan: www.clickfire.com This Yahoo video review summarizes what we found. Today we’re taking a look at Yahoo’s web hosting service, a service that really gears itself for small business operations on the web. Is Yahoo the right hosting service for you? That’s the mystery that we’re going to solve today. If you’re going to learn about a web hosting service, you gotta start with the price. Yahoo’s pricing structure requires a little special. Like most other hosting companies, the longer you sign up for, the less you pay each month. You’ll notice that Yahoo makes the price more appealing with the price that gets hiked after the first three months. For a signup of 12 months, it’s 7.46 per month then 9.95 after the first three months. For signup of three months, you’ll start at 8.96 per month and up at 11.95 afterwards. At one month, you’ll have a flat rate of 12.95. This is a little pricier than some of the other hosting companies we’ve come across, but not outrageous. Sometimes you’ll have to remember that you get what you pay for What does voice get you? Unlimited disk space and bandwidth. Sweet! There’s a condition that says this space has to be used for your website so don’t try to use it as a file storage solution. Yahoo’s web hosting markets itself for people who are web hosting amateurs which means you’ll find a variety of templates and guides for setting up …