Web Hosting

[paul bruesch]

Matthew,

I'll enthusiastically second exactly what John said... that's excellent
advice, all of it.  If you do go with a hosting service (e.g. godaddy.com or
1and1.com) I'll simply add that I've been very happy with a2hosting.com.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:53 AM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Matthew Todd <toddpianoworks at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am in the process of beginning work on a website.  I see some of your
>> sites actually have forms people fill out online to schedule a tuning.  Does
>> that work well?
>>
>> Where would be a good place to look for hosting packages?  I am not too
>> familiar with HTML coding so preferably a hosting package that allows me to
>> simply point and click.
>>
>
> I use GoDaddy for hosting, but there are others ... like www.1and1.com.
>  (In fact, I've been wanting to change over from GoDaddy because of their
> advertising (the buxom female that doesn't seem to want to wear much in the
> first place, or stay in her shirt in the second place) ... but my email
> address is tied to their servers, and down time with a change, and ... well,
> I just haven't taken time to do it yet.)
>
> One free thing that would be user-friendly is to buy your web domain (e.g.
> www.toddpianoworks.com).  Then "point" that domain to your blog site (like
> wordpress.com or blogspot.com).  You can design a decent looking site via
> wordpress.com that is basically point and click.   There are limitations
> (since the service is "free"), but it might work well if you're in the
> process of building your business and didn't want to spend much money on web
> advertising.  All it would cost is $10 per year for the domain, and then the
> blog site is free.
>
> As your business grows, you will probably want to spend more money for a
> nicer site.  I'd recommend finding a professional designer and have him do
> the site for you.  It will save you much money in the long run, and look
> nicer too (unless you're coming from a web design background and know how to
> do that sort of thing).
>
> --
> JF
>
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