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Web design & hosting: Creating a website...for a rookie
Creating a website...for a rookie
by daps2k6 - 2/11/09 10:51 AMBasically, i want to create a website form scratch and be able to do whatever i want with it. The website is for a community and i want to know where to start from. I am not sure with the hosting of domains and how to spot a good deal so i need help
Starting out and questions
by ppcadcenter - 2/11/09 11:56 AM In reply to: Creating a website...for a rookie by daps2k6You should get a host with Fantastico in their control panel for an easy few click installation of blogs, forums or other content management systems. I'm happy with lunarpages, hostgator, and hostmonster. What kind of community is the website for and what would you like to do online with the community?
Here are some past CNET threads on starting out too:
<a href="http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=239223">Best Site For Web Hosting That Has Tools To Create Site</a>
<a href="http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=305846">Looking for a new host</a>
<a href="http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=253871">Best Web Host for Forum / Bulletin Board</a>
<a href="http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=328407">Web Hosting? Which one??</a>
Whoops... here are the urls to the CNET threads.
by ppcadcenter - 2/11/09 12:00 PM In reply to: Starting out and questions by ppcadcenterhttp://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=239223
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=305846
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=253871
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6616_102-0.html?forumID=37&threadID=328407
To Do List
by darenshawn - 2/11/09 5:37 PM In reply to: Creating a website...for a rookie by daps2k6Agree with ppcadcenter, a web hosting with Fantastico will help a lot for your case. (For your info Fantastico is a script library that comes with hosting plan. It allows easy scripts and software installation on your website, for example wordpress, joomla, forum and etc)
I guess what you need to do are:-
1) determine your objective of your website, a community=discussion board? forum? or social site?
2) check out the list of scripts in Fantastico, make sure there's one suitable for you. I think phpBB or SMF is what you need.
3) look for a web hosting that has the right version of Fantastico.(different version of Fantastico has slight difference in term of scripting)
4) check their review to make sure on their quality.
5) pick a right domain and register yourself with the hosting.
6) install the scripts and you are ready to go.
Item 1-3 have to be done by yourself while for item 4, you can check out the recommendations around here. for your information I do recommend Hostgator for their quality. However if you think they are too expensive, web hosting pad is a good budget hosting.
Music
by daps2k6 - 2/13/09 12:19 PM In reply to: To Do List by darenshawnIm in a A levels in Uk and its more of a music/art school. So its a website for members for my school to upload their songs to the site and share. Simple but elegant at first with blogs and other bits and bobs, but eventually i want to learn more about designing and coding of websites.
Youtube & Music Player
by darenshawn - 2/13/09 7:33 PM In reply to: Music by daps2k6I presume you are not planning to host the music files on the hosting right? Because that will consume a lot of storage space. Why not utilize the service like youtube and other online music player? You upload the music other place and you embed it into your website. That will be much easier for coding and maintenance wise.
But if you were planning to reinvent the wheel for the sake of learning, I hope you already have some guidances:)
hmmmmm.....
by daps2k6 - 2/14/09 9:51 AM In reply to: Youtube & Music Player by darenshawnthing is, people in my school want to be on just one site. Some people don't wanna join this and that making it difficult to select a site. I did know it was going to take a lot of storage but i wasn't sure how much considering that there is like 400 pupils in my school and not all of them do music related subjects
Caps
by santoslhelper - 2/16/09 9:25 AM In reply to: hmmmmm..... by daps2k6You could set a size limit for each students profile for uploads. 400 students maybe a 50 MB cap on each account for pictures and music files. Then if they want to put up videos have them upload to youtube and embed them on there profile page.
Greadt but..
by daps2k6 - 2/16/09 2:07 PM In reply to: Caps by santoslhelperThat is a fantastic idea but it is pointless when i don't know where to begin
It's insane to host all your files together....
by Sovereign
- 2/16/09 7:34 PM
In reply to: Greadt but.. by daps2k6
By cnet-jerry:
Seriously, I think you threw a tough question to the CNet folks right here. Although hosting companies are now offering "unlimited hosting" nowadays but you knew such offer is nothing more than some marketing gimmicks.
Opening up your storage capacity (on a shared hosting account) for 400 users to store musics? That's simply insane. [url='http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/web-hosting-review-bluehost/'[Bluehost[/url] will ban you for overloading their CPU; Hostgator will chase you away for over using the inodes.
Seeing that you might be a little new to this, what you can do is (seriously) take Darren's advice and start small. Install your WP blogs and get comfortable with your hosting and only then, you start to move forward.
Just my 2 cents...
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No links to that web site please.
~Sovereign
community site with animations, comments, votes, donations
by begin-again - 2/16/09 7:40 PM In reply to: Greadt but.. by daps2k6I also want to build a community Web site. I want to post interactive animations. People would be able to click on objects and move them within the animations as they learn about various topics. What is good (and hopefully inexpensive) software for creating such animations?
I also want people to post poetry (text) and artwork (image files). People can click to print out an enlarged image of the art. I want people to post comments and to vote on (or rate) what other people post (including images and animations). I want to moderate the comments.
I plan to organize the site into sections by topics. I want to create cross-links with other related sites. Eventually I may want to post paid links or ads through an ad management service. I also want people to be able to donate to keep the site running (a voluntary option, any amount of money they want). What is a good way to enable payments?
Can I do this all with a free blog site, or do I need to pay for other web hosting? I have some HTML and graphic design skills from several years ago, at an "intermediate" skill level.
So..
by daps2k6 - 2/17/09 2:16 AM In reply to: community site with animations, comments, votes, donations by begin-againI have heard a lot about these hosting sites, but is it necessary to use these sites or is this the only means of you making a website
Re: website
by Kees Bakker - 2/17/09 2:33 AM
In reply to: So.. by daps2k6
- You can make a website on your own PC. You can even run it for your own use. You don't need an ISP for that.
- You can even run ('host') your own webserver at home, but you'll need a fast Internet connection a good knowledge of security and practical things like registering it in the DNS infrastructure.
- But it's VERY common to have your website running at a hosting company if you want other people to see and use it.
Kees
Home or Datacenter
by ppcadcenter - 2/19/09 10:27 AM In reply to: So.. by daps2k6It's much easier going with a web hosting company rather than hosting on your home computer. Unless you are up for the challenge that is...
Datacenter
by preal78 - 3/1/09 1:27 AM In reply to: Home or Datacenter by ppcadcenterI would never host any Serious website server on local computers even if I had Multiple T1/T3 Lines, There is more attention needed then just bandwidth and I would rather concentrate on growing my website rather than something I can get for like $10-$20 a Month
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