<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Matthew Todd <<a href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">toddpianoworks@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div>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?</div> <div> </div> <div>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.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I use GoDaddy for hosting, but there are others ... like <a href="http://www.1and1.com">www.1and1.com</a>. (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.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>One free thing that would be user-friendly is to buy your web domain (e.g. <a href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com">www.toddpianoworks.com</a>). Then "point" that domain to your blog site (like <a href="http://wordpress.com">wordpress.com</a> or <a href="http://blogspot.com">blogspot.com</a>). You can design a decent looking site via <a href="http://wordpress.com">wordpress.com</a> 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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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).</div>
</div><br>-- <br>JF<br>