What involved in creating a site?

mc_bob

mc_bob

mc_bob

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Hi,
I would like to make a internet site and I have a few question maybe you can answer.
To be honest I dont have much of a clue about this.
I know I have to register a Domain, but then what.
Have to get an FTP aswell dont I?
Could someone tell me where I go from there?
What would I create the site in? Is it all HTML.
How much would I expect to pay?
And also I would eventually like to create a forum.

a lot of Questions I know but please give me a hand.
Thanks a lot in advance people.

Nathan
 
Lol,
So your saying even though I don't really ahve a clue I should just get a domain and learn as I go along?
Thanks

MC_Bob
 
Lol, I really don't feel to comfortable doing that lol.
What do I pay for aswell?
A domain,
Storage,
What else?
I dont exactly know what I would be buying and £52 for starting seems a bit steep.

Thanks.

MC_Bob
 
Thanks a lot people.
Any reccomandations for a monthly deal instead?
And do they do Paypal since my age?
Don't have a credit Card and don't want to use my 'Rents.

Thanks
MC_Bob
 
Ok, so I think I'll go with Vidahost since they accept Paypal and have a good rating.
Starter package. 8.99 with setup for first month. Not bad just to try out and see if I like it.
But how would I go about setting it up?
Lol, I really wouldn't know the next step.
Should I just go ahead and buy it and the rest will be obvious?
Thanks a lot for allllll your help :)


MC_Bob


EDIT - Yeah I agree Blade, these are the specs of the starter package.
  • 350mb space
    25GB transfer
    10 POP/SMTP/IMAP E-mail accounts
    20 subdomains
    20 MySQL databases
    5 add-on and parked domains
    10 FTP accounts

EDIT again - Does this also buy me my Domain?
Thanks :cool:
 
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Ok,
So another Q
Where would I design the site?
In Frontpage, or is it like a wizard similiar to free sites eg Freewebs.


#Thanks
MC_Bob
 
So I'll pay the 7.99 and see how it goes.

Thanks and I'll post back with how it goes.

MC_Bob
 
Ok slightly confused when registering.

I have to write 2 DNS entries :S

Enter DNS entries for unhosted domains
DNS 0 :
DNS 1 :
Click to expand...

What should I enter?

MC_Bob
 
Ok so I got all my infomation now.
Im just super confuzzled lol.
Where do I even start?
Please help lol, I can't do anything lol.

MC_Bob
 
KK,
Im installing Word Press and Ive got to step 5.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

Do I have to wait for my domain to be set up.
In the email it says up to 48 hours for the internet to "catch up".
Is there not an alternative way for me to log on?

I installed it to the root directory so it tells me to
If you installed into the root directory of your web site,
you would visit http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php.
Click to expand...

This is what it says in the email:
As domain names take upto 48 hours to be properly setup, you can use the IP address '69.93.55.52' as the FTP host address to begin uploading content to our servers before the domain is correctly configured, so your site is ready as quickly as possible.
Click to expand...

Thanks
 
Ok, So is there anyway of me opening this file without having to wait the maybe 48hrs?

MC_Bob
 
Meh, I just deleted that Wordpress, Ill wait till everything like the domain is ready.

Is there anything I can actually do in the meantime?
How do I actually go about designing the site?

Thanks :)

MC_Bob
 
Meh, silly me.
Thanks dude ;)

MC_Bob

EDIT - So I installed Word Press.
But wtf does it actually do lol.
Do I edit the site through that?
thanks
 
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Yep, Found that but I actually couldn't log in with my credentials given :confused:

Senjour BeanSprout has magically fixed that though ;) Don't ask me how he just did.

Thanks for your help Wesley and the rest, my Domain works now aswell so that's good :)

MC_Bob
 
Hey, another update.

I want to upload some a review of mine onto the website.
But I am unsure how I would be going about it.

It should be :
Homepage -->Reviews -->Click the review you want -->Review is shown in about 5 different pages.

Does anybody know how I go about doing this?

The site is here : www.UltimateOC.co.uk

Thanks

MC_Bob
 
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