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I'm using "Namesco" hosting company for my website. They provide hosting package for £5.99 per month and my domain name costs me £20 every 2 years.

 

I built my website myself using "WebSite X5 Professional 9", it's not the most advanced website creation software but it's easy to use and I think I've created a good enough site for my needs.

 

Wondering if anyone else has there own website and what software they use to create it.



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I built and maintained our website for 10 years. Over that entire range of time I found that simple programs were the best. I relied on Frontpage and Notepad for 75% of my work and coded the rest by hand. However that put me in a position where I was using out-dated tools and techniques and when when I wanted something new I had to either find a code snippet or learn how to do it myself via trial and error. I learned to do Flash that way ... very very trial and error! LOL.

 

Our website is gone now and we just use SmugMug and Facebook for everything. Much easier on the brain to work with and modify prebuilt templates.



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My site is partially handcoded in emacs and partially made in Dreamweaver. The Project 52 part is made with Aperture's web authoring tools, but with a handcoded template.

I run it on my own server under MacOs 10.6 Server.



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Thanks Merco, just checked out your site, some great pictures on there. Sorry i couldnt read the wording though. I have wanted to try Dreamweaver but though it might be a little to advanced for me. Is it an easy programe to use?



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I have used http://www.squarespace.com for my site found it easy to use and well priced my page is here its a work in-progress but would like some feedback on its progress so far .

www.mhifp.net



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Thanks Merco, just checked out your site, some great pictures on there. Sorry i couldnt read the wording though. I have wanted to try Dreamweaver but though it might be a little to advanced for me. Is it an easy programe to use?

Dreamweaver is easy to get started in, but there are at least three ways of doing anything you can think of in it. There is the old Macromedia way with keyboard commands, there is the Adobe way with the toolboxes and you can use it as a proofing environment while handcoding.

 

The Project 52 part translates acceptably with Google translate. here's a link. Link



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I have used http://www.squarespace.com for my site found it easy to use and well priced my page is here its a work in-progress but would like some feedback on its progress so far .

www.mhifp.net

Hi Wedgtail, thats a good looking site you have there, very classy looking. As it's a work in progress, I can see you havent got that many images up yet. It would be good to see a "gallery" of images where potential clients could view your work. And maybe somewhere that clients could leave some comments afterwards. I like your pricing range and your specifying the Watermark too.

 

Looking farward to seeing the finished site though.



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I'm a bit different :) I have my own unmanaged server at datacentre in Paris. I used to design and code websites and trade domain names (aftermarket) but not anymore - I have no time for all the stuff within my fields of interest. So I host only my own and friends websites - no hassle with support, my own php, mysql etc. settings and lots of space and transfer for my stuff - I'm free and I have 100% uptime for over 5 years :)  And it costs me a bit more than decent hosting. Where is the catch? You need to know how to set up and manage your own linux based server :)

 

With regards to websites in most cases I was using Joomla or Wordpress (depending on site content and "size") with custom-made templates. Simple static pages were always hand coded using Notepad++  (the best text editor I've ever used and it's free).



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Ok, hope you don't mind me piggy backing on this thread but i am really interested in making up my own webspace, I can see that a few of you on here have done it so i am really just looking for some advice/tips.  How easy was it, i am computer savvy but by no means an expert.  What software would you recommend, obviously is there any good free ones out there :D  How much time did you actually invest in the creation and how long does it take to manage, etc etc.

 

Basically, i do not keep well quite a bit of my time and when not working i need something to keep me busy and focused and this might just be the project i'm looking for.

 

Thanks in advance for you assistance.

 

Keep smiling, Ian.



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Ok, hope you don't mind me piggy backing on this thread but i am really interested in making up my own webspace, I can see that a few of you on here have done it so i am really just looking for some advice/tips.  How easy was it, i am computer savvy but by no means an expert.  What software would you recommend, obviously is there any good free ones out there :D  How much time did you actually invest in the creation and how long does it take to manage, etc etc.

 

Basically, i do not keep well quite a bit of my time and when not working i need something to keep me busy and focused and this might just be the project i'm looking for.

 

Thanks in advance for you assistance.

 

Keep smiling, Ian.

Hi Ian, I use Namsco for hosting my site, they also provide advice and help in designing, running and maintenance. I use website x5 to build the actual site, it's really easy to use and has a lot of templates if your not up for doing your own.



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Thanks Rob, i did check it out from your earlier post and like what you have done, as long as it is layman friendly then i may end up the same route  :D

 

I did get as far as a domain name today tho so that's a start. 







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