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  • #17683
    TurksMeister
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    Right… Parents are having a big joint 60th (which none of you are invited to!)… They have asked me to make a website for it, so this will be the start of a very long process… (The party is in October!).

    First off… I need a domain name and webspace… anyone got any suggestions/reccomendations?

    #64326
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    Ooooo just to add some more info – I think they are inviting 200 or so people… so presume about that many will be checking the site… I need to display information about guest houses around the area, so presume it will get quite a bit of repeat views… I know fuck all about bandwidth etc… but have heard you can get shafted if you use more than your allocation… so need to take that in to account…

    #64327
    xdc magicker
    Participant

    turks – you cant go wrong with this – works out 24 quid for the year inc domain name

    http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/Hosting;jsessionid=8DFB992B5C79D3760F8F6FBDB9E8EEEF.TC31b?__frame=_top&__lf=Static

    other wise if you want a bit of hand holding bung me 15 quid and i will setup you up with some space and domain name.

    #64328
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    Cheers for the offer mate, but think I should do it the hard way – get to know the ropes…

    Will give the site a look – any idea on which package I should go for, with the above useage in mind?

    cheers

    #64329
    XDC_Wolf
    Participant

    erm Ithink 1and1 were the people that the rats just cancelled their forums with, I know it’s not going to be that hardcore, but just check with them to make sure mate

    #64330
    XDCiNSANE
    Participant

    Pfft… just typed a tutorial which took me best part of 3 hours.. realised I wasnt invited and thought.. Well F You then and deleted.

    😛

    #64331
    xdc magicker
    Participant

    @TurksMeister wrote:

    Cheers for the offer mate, but think I should do it the hard way – get to know the ropes…

    Will give the site a look – any idea on which package I should go for, with the above useage in mind?

    cheers

    i wasn’t offering to set your website up – just offering some cheap webspace and a domain name for you

    you just need the cheapest package from 1and1 or i will host your site for 10 quid cheaper

    #64332
    XDC_Wolf
    Participant

    Plus he’d be your bitch for the duration of the contract!

    #64333
    Lensman
    Participant

    You could always give Dataflame a go. I guess they are like 1and1, and provide a hosting service. But you also get a load of freebies that are easy to install and give a wide variety of choices for website authoring – everything from vanilla HTML through full content management system. There’s no significant bandwidth limits.

    I’ve used them for a few years, and (famous last words) they’ve been pretty good.

    #64334
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    @=xdc= magicker wrote:

    @TurksMeister wrote:

    Cheers for the offer mate, but think I should do it the hard way – get to know the ropes…

    Will give the site a look – any idea on which package I should go for, with the above useage in mind?

    cheers

    i wasn’t offering to set your website up – just offering some cheap webspace and a domain name for you

    you just need the cheapest package from 1and1 or i will host your site for 10 quid cheaper

    Oooo can you build the website for that tenner!?

    #64335
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    Soooo… I am making this website, and Im stuck at the first hurdle:

    How come the text is so far apart?! How can I make it closer together? Fuck front page is stressful!

    #64336
    Zulu
    Participant

    http://www.123-reg.co.uk is ideal for you.

    register a cheap domain and they give you a 10 page website that you can make using easy templates.

    Even have a message page like a mini forum for questions etc.

    hope this helps

    #64337
    XDC wild egg tamer
    Participant

    If you’re using frontpage, get used to editing HTML, you will end up stripping out about 1/2 of it……

    Now i mention HTML, have a go at messing around with the tags within the HTML editor of frontpage (i assume it has one), you should soon find a way of tidying up the text exactly how you want it……i would offer to help but its been years since i messed around with it.

    #64338
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    Will give it a go…

    Think I need more freedom than that Mr Zulu – and a hell of a lot more pages! I have made sites before, just pinched free templates off the net, and fiddled with them – never made my own one from scratch before… Its a steep learning curve 🙂

    #64339
    xdc magicker
    Participant

    turks

    pressing shift-enter will move you to the next line – the equivalent of the
    tag

    pressing enter will move you down 2 lines the equivalent of the

    tag

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