Hello Nancy, First, bravo to you for considering creating your own website.
Second, In my opinion, your question demands a comprehensive answer that will depend upon several factors that I don't believe can be adequately addressed on a support mailing list such as this one. So, I suggest that you take your time and research this project thoroughly before committing to any one path. While Google is a marvelous resource for collecting facts, I think that the best approach, all things being equal, is to find someone you trust, preferably with an up-and-running website or BLOG, and discuss your ultimate goal with that person or persons. The person you select, with which to consult, should ask you a great many questions in order to provide the best solution. In my opinion, she/he should ask questions such as: 1. What is the genral purpose of the site? 2. Do you want to have complete control of the site? or will you be sharing access with someone. 3. Are you willing to have an ad-sponsored site? 4. Do you personally want to maintain the site or do you want someone else to maintain it on your behalf? 5. Will you be uploading static or dynamic content to the site? 6. Approximately how often do you think you will be updating the site's content? 7. Are you interested in having an ongoing online conversation with the visitors to your site? 8. Will you be selling or receiving payment for items or services on your site? 9. What is your level of comfort when dealing with online websites and/or social media? 10. What kind of budget, if any, do you have? 11. Do you have any programming experience? Nancy, just so you know, one does not need to have any programming experience in order to create or maintain a successful site, these days, however, your answer will help focus more accurately on the proper solution for your purpose. 12. How much time do you have to dedicate to the maintenance of the site? 13. Do you want email addresses to be associated with your site via domain name? For example, if your website/BLOG is called Widgets.com, would you want an email address such as [email protected]? 14. What is your preferred operating system? 15. With regard to accessing the web, do you use a screen reader, screen magnifier, or both? Your consultant will also take the time to explain the difference between hosted and unhosted services. Beware of anyone who tries to immediately sell you anything as opposed to taking the time to explain why a particular solution is best for you. All things being equal, your consultant will offer at least two paths to achieving your goal. One of these paths should be a do-it-yourself solution, should you feel up to it. The only domain registrar I trust is Network Solutions. Whatever happens, do not allow anyone but you to register your domain name. Some web hosting solutions offer to include such registration in your various packages but I strongly recommend against this. Nancy, please keep in mind that this is just my opinion as to how best to proceed. Again, bravo on your endeavor and I look forward to visiting your new site. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Badger Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 3:30 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Building a website, what's the best way? Hi, I am thinking of building a very simple website. I have never done this before. I have no idea how or where to start. I know I need to get a domain name. How do I do this? Is there an accessible program to use one building a website are there tutorials? Thanks for any help you can provide. Nancy Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
