Setting up a website...

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:22 am

Any useful tips for setting up a website to advertise your business?

A friend of mine went with a free one and was just Inundated with other people trying to advertise through him.

Thanks

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:35 am

Go check out fatcow

Seriously nice tools and gadgets to get them going

And ver cheap

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:38 am

flopstock;1404076 wrote: Go check out fatcow

Seriously nice tools and gadgets to get them going

And ver cheap

Thanks Flop... will have a look tonight.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:43 am

What are you advertising ?

One page website for a local business or an online store ?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:17 pm

Bruv;1404078 wrote: What are you advertising ?

One page website for a local business or an online store ? Local business.... oh and I want a site where customers can leave feedback.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:58 pm

I just thought of something...

Over here, intuits website tonight offers business free small websites. they have feedback forms it the kit.

for a fee they can add e-commerce

Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:01 pm

flopstock;1404130 wrote: I just thought of something...

Over here, intuits website tonight offers business free small websites. they have feedback forms it the kit.

for a fee they can add e-commerceIf that's Create a business website, build a site in minutes - Intuit Websites. I don't see the free offer. Is it on another page?

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:12 pm

Google offers free web sites.

Post by **spot** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:14 pm

Links really would be helpful for these suggestions, Google's immense.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:16 pm

spot;1404131 wrote: If that's Create a business website, build a site in minutes - Intuit Websites. I don't see the free offer. Is it on another page?

I may be remembering wrong but I think google bought it. i know they made an offer to the states small businesses.

Intuit Websites | Build Your Own Website for Free

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:20 pm

flopstock;1404140 wrote: I may be remembering wrong but I think google bought it. i know they made an offer to the states small businesses.

Intuit Websites | Build Your Own Website for Free

Thank you Flop.... that's a massive help.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:24 pm

Ahso!;1404137 wrote: Google offers free web sites.http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... JQ&cad=rja

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:24 pm

Get some free website building software and make your own, hosting is not very expensive, and it is all yours.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:27 pm

Bruv;1404145 wrote: Get some free website building software and make your own, hosting is not very expensive, and it is all yours.
Where would I get the software?

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:27 pm

Bruv;1404145 wrote: Get some free website building software and make your own, hosting is not very expensive, and it is all yours.I use inmotion they have a special for $3.85 per month (two years paid upfront). http://www.inmotionhosting.com/

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:31 pm

oscar;1404147 wrote: Where would I get the software?All the software you need comes with the account. It's part of the price.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:36 pm

oscar;1404147 wrote: Where would I get the software?

There are others, but here is one

And hosting is best not free, if you are serious.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:44 pm

Bruv;1404152 wrote: There are others, but here is one

And hosting is best not free, if you are serious. I'm looking at all options. Not so much concerned about getting one for free... Yes, I'm serious... only way to compete these days locally........ Thanks for your help.

Fiend · Post by **Fiend** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:03 pm

If you need a website, you need to take care of 3 components - domain, hosting and actually creating a website.

When it comes to the domain and hosting, which I'd suggest paying for as it comes up to appx $50 a year, and otherwise you get flooded with ads. I use Whois Lookup & IP | Whois.net though there are many others, with mostly similar offers, if you just Google website hosting you'll come up with dozens of viable options.

As for actually building a website, if you have a larger budget it's easiest and probably best to pay a professional to build it for you. If your budget is limited, a good option is CSM Made Simple

Open Source Content Management System - Open Source CMS - CMS PHP - CMS Made Simple

It is open source, the basic package is fairly easy to install, and there is a pretty wide choice of modules you can add to suit your needs. If you have any basic web design skills, or have spare time to go digging around, you should be able to get all you need, and more, out of it. This is a site a friend and I created using purely CMS Made Simple (apart from the forum bit)

Home | Nothing Exchange

We had barely any prior experience with web design, so I'd say it worked out pretty well.

I think there are other similar systems out there as well, but I've never used them, so I can't really speak for how good they are.