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Tools I'm using-
The first step is to sign up for a
hosting package with
HostMonster.com. I have to pay annually to get the
$6.95 per month deal, but it is totally worth it in my
mind.
Teach me sites is where I will teach you how I handle my
websites. This will include everything from buying the
domain to setting up your email. As time goes on I hope
to post lots of information about my process. This whole
process of building websites and web pages takes some
time. Starting the
site is the easy part. It's when it comes down to the
site layout and maintenance where I spend most the my
time. I don't want to scare your off by making you think
it will be tons of work to get your site up and running.
This is one of those areas in my life where I really
enjoy doing the work. So I have a tendency to get sucked
into it.
I have sat down with a customer and with in 10
minutes had their website running on my host. You can
literally take a website from being a concept to a
reality in just minutes once one know "how" to do it.
Your site
might not be the best, but it
can be up and running fast!
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The Domain
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The Domain name is the name that is associated with
your website address. Your website actually lives at
an IP (Internet Protocol) address. To make life
easier, we use domains to remember the address. Can
you imagine how offten you would respond to
advertisements when they said, "Visit us at
123.99.74.91".
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When I look for domains, I try to find the exact
name I'm looking for. Many times those names are
taken. I just find another name that is pretty much
what I need. My logic is that once I do my thing and
promote my site, the name is the name, so it doesn't
really matter, but it does help.
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You can buy any domain name that is currently
available. Some names are for sale, but you will pay
a lot more for those names.
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You can purchase the name from many different
locations. Networksolutions.com godaddy.com are 2 of
my favorites. Just a bit of my history with these
two. Networksolutions.com is the site where I used
to buy the domains. They cost a lot more there. I do
still use them when I'm shopping for domains. The
reason is that they let you search multiple names at
once, then they let you delete taken names, so you
can see a list of the available names you are
looking at.
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Once I have the names, I've been going to
Godaddy.com to purchase the name. I have an account
with them, so I log in to that account, and purchase
the new domain. All of my domain names can be
managed under this one account. When I first started
buying domains, I didn't realize this, and I opened
a new account for each name. Once I figured it out,
I had to transfer each domain to the account I was
going to keep.
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Domain Summery:
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If you don't buy the domain from your host, you will
need to set the DNS address to point to your host.
This is done through the site you purchased the
domain with.
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If you buy the domain through your host your done.
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The Host
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When I initially setup my hosting account the domain
I used became my "Master Domain". All the other
domains work under this domain. These are called
sub-domains or add-ons. The way I look at it is that
a sub-domain is NewDomain.MasterDomain. And an
add-on is both NewDomain & NewDomain.MasterDomain.
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I don't buy my domains through my host, so I have to
point the DNS to the host. But then I have to log
into the host and create an add-on domain. This is
where I tell my host the new domain name, and my
host will verify the domain's DNS address's are
pointing to it. Once my host varifies this it
creates 2 new directories for me.
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Since I use MS Front Page I have to install the
Front Page Extensions on each of the add-on domains
I set up. All this consists of is going into the FP
Extensions section in my host's control panel, and
clicking the button to install the Extensions on the
specific domain. The one thing to note is that
because this is an add-on domain the is also the
option to install the extensions on
NewDomain.MasterDomain. By choosing to install them
on the new domain they are automatically installed
on both.
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The Application
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The Site
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Site Content
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Site Graphics
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Site Links
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