Web hosts

[derbyshire surfer]

Hi everyone,

Just in the process of creating a website,I have a .co.uk address and was wondering if anyone has anyon hosts they can recommend? I guess £3-£5 a month should be fine, not going to be a 'business' site but would like it to look good

Also which software do you use and find easiest to get on with? i.e is it worth buying Dreamweaver when I have Frontpage?

Cheers

[isaluteyou]

i use hostgator.com never had a problem. Also used 1and1.com but after they charged over charged me for bandwidth use and domains i no longer wanted i cancelled

Ive always used dreamweaver for building websites gives you so much control and isnt too hard to get the jist of the program (of course you dont actually have to buy it ) Frontpage is okay but i never got on with it pluss dreamweaver cs3 makes it a breeze.

[derbyshire surfer]

Cheers for the reply! I'll have a look at them now.....I ahve 'stumbled' across a copy of Dreamweaver lol!

Cheers

[Jimi]

Bah... what program do you use!? Use the best... "Notepad"

Saves a LOT of verbose script that is a waste of space and slows down your page.

How much space do you need? There's plenty of reasonable hosts around for free, that don't require you to place any adverts on your page, and are reliable. The only prob is it's usually less that 100mb space with under 1gig of bandwidth per month.

[Real Pol]

Ooooh oooh!!!

I'm just about to do the same as Derbyshire and create my own website, but have no idea what to do. Should I basically create it all offline first then look for a host afterwards?

How do I go about getting a .co.uk or a .com with a specific name and no other names of the host or that sort of stuff?

I'll be putting videos on mine.

I'll nip down the shops and get dreamweaver now.

[Real Pol]

fleshin'. I stuck already.

[derbyshire surfer]

I got my .co.uk address from www.nominet.org.uk,

just learning some HTML now...then have to figure which host to use...all fun! Let's hope it's all worth it eh?

[isaluteyou]

a free hosting service like awardspace.com allow you tochange the dns settings on your domain (nameservers) and point them to their servers thus allowing you to use your own domain on their free hosting service (sounds more complicated than it is)

I run some important sites so my applications demand a trustworthy host.

Also if you intend on running videos on your site or any media application be sure you have a decent amount of bandwidth and such. You dont need the best packages im with hostgator.com and have the top package cause i get unlimited bandwidth but then iam running some serious applications if its just small stuff and its not gonna be a high traffic site then theres no reason to get more than you need. I used to own my own servers a while back and actually ran a small hosting company more often than not it just sounds confusing but isnt really

As far as learning HTMl no need any graphical web developer software pretty nulls the need for understanding it doesnt do any harm mind you. PLuss dreamweaver CX3 makes it a breeze particually with CSS in mind although i mainly still use photoshop call me old fasioned

Designing a website is a lot of fun and a lot easier than it used to be which is one of the reasons i hardly design for money anymore because any body with a computer and some rudementary knowledge can churn something half decent out:wink:

[Real Pol]

Found what looks like a good tutorial here http://www.vtc.com/dreamweaver-mx.htm

I'm looking forward to getting stuck in!

[derbyshire surfer]

Cool, and great advice 'isaluteyou'! Thanks!

Here's another tutorial I'm finding handy 'Real Pol'

www.w3schools.com