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Looking to setup my own website, dont have a clue really how to do it, probs get someone to do it for me
But ................. i have seen a name i want for it & i dont know if its available so i have a couple of questions
1> How would i go about obtaining this
2> Do you know of any good company's to set this up (cheap as its just something i want to try)
3> Do you pay any costs month to month for this privlege
Thanks for your help
Stephen
But ................. i have seen a name i want for it & i dont know if its available so i have a couple of questions
1> How would i go about obtaining this
2> Do you know of any good company's to set this up (cheap as its just something i want to try)
3> Do you pay any costs month to month for this privlege
Thanks for your help
Stephen
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If you just want to register a domain (and then think about web space later), I would recommend www.123reg.co.uk. Quick, cheap and painless.
Steve.
If you just want to register a domain (and then think about web space later), I would recommend www.123reg.co.uk. Quick, cheap and painless.
Steve.
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You can easily register the name with something like
www.namesecure.com
And host it whereever you like.
Or you could register the name & take out a hosting package with someone like
www.titanhosts.net
All the sites have search facilities so you can check and see if the domain you want is available.
Mark
www.namesecure.com
And host it whereever you like.
Or you could register the name & take out a hosting package with someone like
www.titanhosts.net
All the sites have search facilities so you can check and see if the domain you want is available.
Mark
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Stephen, i used 1&1 to register my first domain with. They have an excellent User Control Panel which helps when you want to meddle with things and saves countless phonecalls etc. However, now i want to transfer my domain away from them they're proving a *bit* of a nightmare to deal with.
Anyway, once you've registered the domain i've found the best thing to do (if it's a personal site) is to host the site on some free webspace (your ISP will have allocated you some) and to use the domain as a forwarder to this space. Then your only cost is the domain registration fee.
There's a search box on the Titan homepage that will tell you if your domain is already registered or not.
If you need a hand just give me a shout bud.
Anyway, once you've registered the domain i've found the best thing to do (if it's a personal site) is to host the site on some free webspace (your ISP will have allocated you some) and to use the domain as a forwarder to this space. Then your only cost is the domain registration fee.
There's a search box on the Titan homepage that will tell you if your domain is already registered or not.
If you need a hand just give me a shout bud.
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for about £20/year (plus VAT), you get a .co.uk domain, 50mb web hosting, 50 email address and other goodies. have a look at www.hostplus.co.uk.
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Yeah, didn't mention it before but i have several packages with Host Plus and they aren't bad either. Good support dept but again, they are the other half of the problem in my current domain transfer wrangle so don't feel like singing their praises too much.
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yep got shed loads of stuff with 1&1 they're very good for domain name checking I normally use uk2.net because it searches all suffixes, do not host with them though they are pretty dire.
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Never go for the cheapest vendor... if they dissapear you have to try and locate them to transfer the domain to a new keeper.. not easy as we personally found out!
Stick to the big boys.
Hosting on free webspace will not guarantee up-time as much as paying for your webspace. Plus of course you will not benefit from 'domain named' email addresses. You can sucessfully and cheaply host your domain with a number of competative hosts these days.... from as little as $5 a month - but don't expect too much from those in respect of facilites.
I pay $20 a month and benefit from the full compliment of Mail
Webmail
Change Password
Parked Domains
Addon Domains
FTP Manager
File Manager
Disk usage
Backup
Password Protect Directories
Error pages
Subdomains
MySQL Databases
SSH/Shell Access
Redirects
Frontpage Extensions
Web/FTP Stats
Raw Access Logs
Raw Log Manager
Error log
Subdomain Stats
Search Engine Submit
Chatroom
PhpMyChat
Bulletin Board
CGI Center
Scripts Library
Agora Shopping Cart
Cron jobs
Network Tools
MIME Types
Apache Handlers
Manage OpenPGP Keys
HotLink Protection
Index Manager
IP Deny Manager
SSL Manager
............... as for the hard part of finding a name you liek that's available.... http://www.nauseating-bimbo.com has just surfaced - I didn't renew
Stick to the big boys.
Hosting on free webspace will not guarantee up-time as much as paying for your webspace. Plus of course you will not benefit from 'domain named' email addresses. You can sucessfully and cheaply host your domain with a number of competative hosts these days.... from as little as $5 a month - but don't expect too much from those in respect of facilites.
I pay $20 a month and benefit from the full compliment of Mail
Webmail
Change Password
Parked Domains
Addon Domains
FTP Manager
File Manager
Disk usage
Backup
Password Protect Directories
Error pages
Subdomains
MySQL Databases
SSH/Shell Access
Redirects
Frontpage Extensions
Web/FTP Stats
Raw Access Logs
Raw Log Manager
Error log
Subdomain Stats
Search Engine Submit
Chatroom
PhpMyChat
Bulletin Board
CGI Center
Scripts Library
Agora Shopping Cart
Cron jobs
Network Tools
MIME Types
Apache Handlers
Manage OpenPGP Keys
HotLink Protection
Index Manager
IP Deny Manager
SSL Manager
............... as for the hard part of finding a name you liek that's available.... http://www.nauseating-bimbo.com has just surfaced - I didn't renew
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Originally Posted by Soulgirl
Plus of course you will not benefit from 'domain named' email addresses.
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