Website Help

[Golayitdown]

Brehs, I need some help setting up a website for my wife's business. Basically, I need the most reasonable place to get a domain, the best webhosting and some site layout ideas.

Any info is appreciated.

 

[Golayitdown]

@badvillain @Liquid

 

[Brooklynzson]

@badvillain @Liquid

Namecheap.com (buy the domain name)>>Bluehost (Hosting)>>Use the one click wordpress install>>>Themeforest.com for wordpress themes

 

[Liquid]

First time setting something up?

I always recommend GoDaddy starting out...it just streamlines things and installs the CMS for you after a few clicks and info is punched in.

Buy the Domain + Hosting
Install a CMS (I recommend Wordpress)
Look for a theme within wordpress (in appearance tab)
Start cooking

 

[Golayitdown]

Namecheap.com (buy the domain name)>>Bluehost (Hosting)>>Use the one click wordpress install>>>Themeforest.com for wordpress themes

Thanks breh. Forgot to @ you and @cook

Anything I need to know or look out for with the fine print? I don't see us having more than a couple hundred hits a day, but I want to be prepared just in case it takes off.

 

[Liquid]

Namecheap.com (buy the domain name)>>Bluehost (Hosting)>>Use the one click wordpress install>>>Themeforest.com for wordpress themes

This is a better option, but he seems new at this...I think GoDaddy is the easiest option overall though.

 

[Liquid]

Thanks breh. Forgot to @ you and @cook

Anything I need to know or look out for with the fine print? I don't see us having more than a couple hundred hits a day, but I want to be prepared just in case it takes off.

You should be fine with even the lowest level hosting if you only expect a few hundred hits a day. The only thing you would really have to worry about is if your website starts to get flooded with hundreds or thousands browsing at the same time.

 

[Golayitdown]

First time setting something up?

I always recommend GoDaddy starting out...it just streamlines things and installs the CMS for you after a few clicks and info is punched in.

Buy the Domain + Hosting
Install a CMS (I recommend Wordpress)
Look for a theme within wordpress (in appearance tab)
Start cooking

First time setting something up, but I'm technically literate. I'm a software developer and I've been looking for an opportunity to start dabbling in web design as well. I've read some mixed reviews about GoDaddy, so I didn't want to go through them or do all my setup (domain + hosting) through them. I'd rather set up everything separately just in case I need to move around.

 

[Liquid]

First time setting something up, but I'm technically literate. I'm a software developer and I've been looking for an opportunity to start dabbling in web design as well. I've read some mixed reviews about GoDaddy, so I didn't want to go through them or do all my setup (domain + hosting) through them.

If you are comfortable then definitely go with what @Brooklynzson suggested.

GoDaddy is for the ones who will have trouble with the smallest things.

 

[Brooklynzson]

Thanks breh. Forgot to @ you and @cook

Anything I need to know or look out for with the fine print? I don't see us having more than a couple hundred hits a day, but I want to be prepared just in case it takes off.

You should be fine with even the lowest level hosting if you only expect a few hundred hits a day. The only thing you would really have to worry about is if your website starts to get flooded with hundreds or thousands browsing at the same time.

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First time setting something up, but I'm technically literate. I'm a software developer and I've been looking for an opportunity to start dabbling in web design as well. I've read some mixed reviews about GoDaddy, so I didn't want to go through them or do all my setup (domain + hosting) through them. I'd rather set up everything separately just in case I need to move around.

You'll be good then, its basically self explanatory...

 

[Auger]

Dreamhost will do all of that in one for you

Domain registration
Hosting
CMS
one click wordpress install

They're also pretty affordable

 

[badvillain]

Better late than never, and since you already got all the wordpress/themeforest tips; I'll give you an alternative...

Squarespace.com:
- Custom templates that have been QAed(quality assured), A/B tested and are modern(code and aesthetics).
- Slick CMS
- Store integration. If you at any point want to open up an online shop, Squarespace makes it easy. Additionally, they integrate with stripe so you won't have a wack paypal checkout.
- They're developer friendly (offer's GIT version control if you ever hire a developer, they'll appreciate this).

Domain registration: Godaddy for domain only (they propagate very fast).

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If you go the wordpress route; you need to upgrade versions with caution, do mysql backups and constantly monitor your htaccess files(one of wordpress hackers favorite tricks is editing your root .htaccess file to point your site to other domains or edit the site's meta info in google search results).