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Lemmonie

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6,314 posts

286 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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Help please!

I have no idea at all of how to do the following:

1) get a website address. mycompanyname.com or .co.uk
I have checked and both appear to have been registered but i dont understand the websites they take me too. I think im supposed to buy from them?

2) set up a very basic website. Nothing more than information and pictures on the site, couple of pages max.

How please?

Louis.

516 posts

260 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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Lemmonie said:
Help please!

I have no idea at all of how to do the following:

1) get a website address. mycompanyname.com or .co.uk
I have checked and both appear to have been registered but i dont understand the websites they take me too. I think im supposed to buy from them?

2) set up a very basic website. Nothing more than information and pictures on the site, couple of pages max.

How please?
Give Martin at Fullphatdesign.co.uk a call or email ( http://www.fullphatdesign.co.uk ). He can do a small website for you and set up ALL your domains for you and also hosting.

He is highly recommended by myself and MANY other people here on Pistonheads !

I have used his design skills and knowledge on a couple of business projects now and am completely satisfied with his work.

I would suggest you have a look at his smallest web design package as it seems to cover everything you need.

http://www.fullphatdesign.co.uk/webdesign.html




Edited by Louis. on Monday 16th February 11:58


Edited by Louis. on Monday 16th February 12:01

Plotloss

67,280 posts

301 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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www.register1.net for the domain.

Then you should be able to knock something up yourself in terms of content. its easy.

_Voyager_

2,782 posts

253 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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FFS make sure the domain is registered in the business name and not Martin, James or any one else you get to design/host your site. I am not saying those businesses will rip you off (far from it) but others might.

Similarly I lose count of the number of trademarks and domains that are registered to an individual (usually director) in an organisation. Why oh why...

www.register1.net is all you need.

The Moose

23,706 posts

240 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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YHM

Taita

8,016 posts

234 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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+1 Register1 are great. Signed up last week and can't speak highly enough of them.

therealpigdog

2,592 posts

228 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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I used 123-reg on a very simple personal site, and serif web plus to design the site. Overall costs including domain names and hosting came in at about £30 for the year.

That said, if I were to do it again I'd be tempted to use someone who knows what they are doing - certainly if it were a business site.

JamieBeeston

9,294 posts

296 months

Monday 16th February 2009
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_Voyager_ said:
www.register1.net is all you need.
Plotloss said:
www.register1.net for the domain.

Then you should be able to knock something up yourself in terms of content. its easy.
Taita said:
+1 Register1 are great. Signed up last week and can't speak highly enough of them.
smile Cheers guys..

Lemmonie, check my profile and drop me a mail if you have any queries about hosting or domains, or anything net related wink

J

Taita

8,016 posts

234 months

Tuesday 17th February 2009
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JamieBeeston said:
_Voyager_ said:
www.register1.net is all you need.
Plotloss said:
www.register1.net for the domain.

Then you should be able to knock something up yourself in terms of content. its easy.
Taita said:
+1 Register1 are great. Signed up last week and can't speak highly enough of them.
smile Cheers guys..

Lemmonie, check my profile and drop me a mail if you have any queries about hosting or domains, or anything net related wink

J
Usual cheque in the post biggrin

M400 NBL

3,552 posts

243 months

Tuesday 17th February 2009
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My only suggestion would to register both .co.uk & .com

When using search engines to find suppliers, I usually go for the .co.uk because the .com is usually NOT in the uk.

Might as well get the .com too for the fee.

Can we assume that the domains that you want are available? Have you checked a website such as www.who.is ?