This one time, at band camp, "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First, about how much space are you using, or do you think you'd need, to > continue posting pix and doing a little e-commerce? I have several sites and my own dedicated server. This is not typical but my photography site uses about 6.5M, although the images are stored in a database so more room is taken up there, another 6 meg. The images are low res to keep size down and to stop folks from duplicating them. > Is a .COM suffix a clearly better > choice than some other, like .NET or .ORG .com is the american 'standard' that most folk use, but has mostly been over-run by domain nazi's that purchase domains just to resell them. I have a .net .com .org .com.au domains and there is really no difference so long as people know you're there. > How do you avoid the spam that often follows when a site is on line and has > a public presence? dont put your email address on the site, use a form that emails you from php or perl. > > Choosing a name for the site is eluding me. My name is long and > cumbersome, and something shorter, easier to remember, and with a little > more punch may be a better choice. Any suggestions on naming conventions - > not specifically a name - would be helpful. shockingshel.com is available ;) Depending on what you want to say. gone are the days where you could get a reasonable one word name, but, if you dont mind using .biz you could go for shel.biz Kind regards Kevin -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
