Glen Peckett wrote: > I've been asked about possibilities for setting up a village website > that can be easily updated by several groups & users. That suggests > some form of portal type software or hosting would be ideal. > > My knowledge of website writing is limited to be honest, although I > know the technicalities! > > Has anyone any suggestions of possible software or hosted solutions > for this? > > There is a canal connection BTW!
A few ideas (some of which I use)... 1. If it's a simple site, you *can* use MS Word and save as HTML, but it does put a fair bit of extra code in the page, which on a large page may take a while to load. 2. Filezilla is a good, and free FTP program (to upload your site) http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla. It's as good as one I bought years ago - I could have saved some money. 3. Compila for hosting (I can't find cheaper in UK). The "Bargain" Linux package for £19 per year (you might have to buy in 2 year lots now), also includes free (UK) domain registration and renewal (£7 extra for a US one - i.e a dotcom or dotorg, etc.). If I could asked, I could put up a link on my site and get 10% when you sign up but I CBA... You get 500MB web space, unlimited e-mail accounts, no bandwidth restrictions. Both my domains (ronjones.org.uk, and crhf.org.uk) are on this host. http://www.compila.com/pages/hosting/linuxindex.html - select the "Bargain" package. There is a dearer package with a "web site builder" - no idea how good it is. 4. If you want *large* files on your site, then you have to go over the pond. http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.php/v2/pages.planExpert - Unlimited web space, unlimited bandwidth, I free US domain. 5. I (now) use Dreamweaver 8 to write my pages. As most are quite similar, I have made myself a template, and just need to insert the different data - of course you don't need an FTP program with Dreamweaver as it does it for you :-) Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
