-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello: I love the outline, thanks a lot for providing that here. You're right in that a lot of these questions should be answered to get a full picture of the site. It's really hard to answer the "how do I build a site" question, so I've always tried to give a general overview. Would you mind much if I stole the list? I'd like to write up an article because I see this question asked so many times and I always end up sitting down to write out a long email.
I'm going to stand with you on not letting companies register your domain. I highly recommend namecheap (It's independant since I'm not currently with a hosting company--I run my own dedicated server). The web interface is accessible and support is great. I was a little frustrated with them for something that happened with ICan, but they gave me discounts and did their best to make things better. On 6/22/2015 10:01 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > 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. 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