Era Might Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Anyone know how I can go about creating a website? How much it costs, what I need, etc. I really have no idea how it works. I know you need to buy a domain name, but other than that I don't know what's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 try going to weebly.com or webs.com . i think you could "buy" domain name there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 There's a bald tubby guy in Dallas who makes them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 One word: Wordpress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 You need a domain and hosting, most likely they're sold in combination. As far as the website, it depends how elaborate you want to get. You could just start a blog and publish it to your domain name. If that's all you want though, you might as well just get a free blog and forget buying a domain (unless you think it will drive up traffic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1291909580' post='2191747'] There's a bald tubby guy in Dallas who makes them. [/quote] Nolan Ryan? [quote name='thedude' timestamp='1291918578' post='2191793'] You need a domain and hosting, most likely they're sold in combination. As far as the website, it depends how elaborate you want to get. You could just start a blog and publish it to your domain name. If that's all you want though, you might as well just get a free blog and forget buying a domain (unless you think it will drive up traffic). [/quote] No, it's not a personal blog. It's an entire website. But for now the most important part of it will be the forum (no, I'm not creating a website to rival Phatmass. It's not a Catholic-related website). Throw out a number, just so I have an idea how much it might cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) So you want users, then? If you want to host it yourself, you need a machine and a constant internet connection - with a static IP - could be hundreds of dollars to set up and an extra $50 monthly for upgraded internet service, if you use free and open source software, like PHP (which dUST uses). If you want someone else to host it, you're looking at $20-$30 monthly overall for the service, and this number can change dramatically depending on what exactly you're looking for. Could end up being $100 monthly. Could also be $5 monthly if you don't need a database to store info. If you want proprietary software (Microsoft, Coldfusion, etc...) you're looking at thousands of dollars for initial set up (if you want to host yourself). CORRECTION: Actually, it looks like $5/month can get you hooked up with a database, also. Most places, though, will charge you up front ($5/month for 1 year...). Edited December 9, 2010 by fides' Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Cost depends on the traffic you get. You pay for certain bandwidth levels, so you can start small and see where it goes. I had good service from this place back when I had a domain: http://www.siteground.com/ Looks like they are starting at $4 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 [quote name='thedude' timestamp='1291920028' post='2191799'] Cost depends on the traffic you get. You pay for certain bandwidth levels, so you can start small and see where it goes. I had good service from this place back when I had a domain: http://www.siteground.com/ Looks like they are starting at $4 a month. [/quote] Cool thanks. How much does the actual design of a site cost? I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something easy to navigate and easy on the eyes. [quote name='fides' Jack' timestamp='1291919732' post='2191798']CORRECTION: Actually, it looks like $5/month can get you hooked up with a database, also. Most places, though, will charge you up front ($5/month for 1 year...). [/quote] Yeah, part of the website is going to be a document library, so I'll need space to store the documents. But documents are relatively small so I don't think they'll take up tremendous space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 [quote name='Era Might' timestamp='1291935793' post='2191853'] Cool thanks. How much does the actual design of a site cost? I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something easy to navigate and easy on the eyes. [/quote] Hmmm... I don't know for sure, I always made my own. You can probably buy a design cheap somewhere online (if you can edit it yourself), but if you want someone to build a whole site for you from scratch they usually charge a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 [quote name='Era Might' timestamp='1291935793' post='2191853'] Cool thanks. How much does the actual design of a site cost? I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something easy to navigate and easy on the eyes. Yeah, part of the website is going to be a document library, so I'll need space to store the documents. But documents are relatively small so I don't think they'll take up tremendous space. [/quote] Actually, documents are much larger than other forms of data saved in a database. You could save them in binary format in the database, or have a folder/file system which keeps the files. I'm honestly not sure which option would have the least amount of overhead (in size). As far as the cost to actually design a site - that really depends, too. I'm not completely sure how much a good design would cost - I do it myself, and I'm in a company where I don't know how much my labor costs to the customer. For professional work, though, you might expect $70-$100 hourly. You could put the job up on a freelance site, and have someone in India do it for as little as $10/hour, but everything I've read and heard about going this route would make me rethink it. If you go with the higher cost freelance people, closer to $50/hour, you'll get a better job, you'll be able to understand the designer, and the code will be easier to work with for the next person who needs to look at it. Ah - gotta go finish up the semester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSoG Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I would answer this since I am a computer information systems major going into website development but at the moment...brain doesn't work...finals *twitch* too much work *twitch* When my brain works I will give a more solid answer *twitch* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1291909580' post='2191747'] There's a bald tubby guy in Dallas who makes them. [/quote] [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/lol.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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