Anyone can create a website. You would be surprised at how simple it is. Im talking about more than a webpage but less than a web server. Something with a theme.
You can get a domain name for as cheaply as $5/year (and even less). For that price why NOT have one? Now I mean JUST the domain name. Not one of the many "domain name plus hosting your web pages" packages that are out there. Those are for simplicity but you do NOT have to go that route. Once you have a domain name then you can "point it" at the site you choose to host your website. Those can also be as cheap, even free. Of course, as always I am NOT saying that this is the BEST way to do things. Im only pointing out the simplest, cheapest, it-can-be-done method.
You might find a site which offers you everything you want for your domain. If you do, then dont tell everyone and get it flooded out of existence. :) But chances are that you will find a site for very cheap which gives you some of what you want. You need to realize that not everything has to be offered by the same site. Your pages can link to anywhere on the net.
A) the service which handles the registry of your domain name and the internet pointers telling the internet where everything is, and probably the DNS service which keeps your domain online.
B) Main page. Simple and eye-catching.
C) Email for your website
D) forms such as guest books or contact forms
E) graphics, sound, downloadable files. Anything which might take up alot of bandwidth
F) a forum, or a wiki, or a blog
G) a shop where you might create/sell items that fit your theme
H) online live chats or online games
And many other items. NONE of those absolutely have to be offered by the same site. Possibly the site that hosts your main page is fantastic, but it has a heavy bandwidth charge. So you find a site to keep your pictures and music and files someplace else, then link to them.
Maybe you get mad at your present providor about the email service. Dont leave them and start searching the net for someone who will do everything you want perfectly. That would likely be a very long and frustrating search. (and please, no one start telling me of services they have that are perfect. Not everyones needs are the same so it still would amount to being perfect for you and not veryone else.) If you dont like their email service, then find another and have it handle the email for your domain. You are much more likely to find an email service that does everything you want than you are ar finding an internet hosting service that does everything you want.
I also know of many sites that have been saved by this "not putting all eggs in one basket" approach. Sometimes services go bad, or fail, or just plain disappear. Of course everyone should keep copies of everything on their own machines but still, a site can be recreated easier if only one piece of it fails than if the whole thing goes away suddenly.
Gandalf Parker
You can get a domain name for as cheaply as $5/year (and even less). For that price why NOT have one? Now I mean JUST the domain name. Not one of the many "domain name plus hosting your web pages" packages that are out there. Those are for simplicity but you do NOT have to go that route. Once you have a domain name then you can "point it" at the site you choose to host your website. Those can also be as cheap, even free. Of course, as always I am NOT saying that this is the BEST way to do things. Im only pointing out the simplest, cheapest, it-can-be-done method.
You might find a site which offers you everything you want for your domain. If you do, then dont tell everyone and get it flooded out of existence. :) But chances are that you will find a site for very cheap which gives you some of what you want. You need to realize that not everything has to be offered by the same site. Your pages can link to anywhere on the net.
A) the service which handles the registry of your domain name and the internet pointers telling the internet where everything is, and probably the DNS service which keeps your domain online.
B) Main page. Simple and eye-catching.
C) Email for your website
D) forms such as guest books or contact forms
E) graphics, sound, downloadable files. Anything which might take up alot of bandwidth
F) a forum, or a wiki, or a blog
G) a shop where you might create/sell items that fit your theme
H) online live chats or online games
And many other items. NONE of those absolutely have to be offered by the same site. Possibly the site that hosts your main page is fantastic, but it has a heavy bandwidth charge. So you find a site to keep your pictures and music and files someplace else, then link to them.
Maybe you get mad at your present providor about the email service. Dont leave them and start searching the net for someone who will do everything you want perfectly. That would likely be a very long and frustrating search. (and please, no one start telling me of services they have that are perfect. Not everyones needs are the same so it still would amount to being perfect for you and not veryone else.) If you dont like their email service, then find another and have it handle the email for your domain. You are much more likely to find an email service that does everything you want than you are ar finding an internet hosting service that does everything you want.
I also know of many sites that have been saved by this "not putting all eggs in one basket" approach. Sometimes services go bad, or fail, or just plain disappear. Of course everyone should keep copies of everything on their own machines but still, a site can be recreated easier if only one piece of it fails than if the whole thing goes away suddenly.
Gandalf Parker
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