Thanks for the comments, Kevin ... Shel
> [Original Message] > From: Kevin Waterson > > > 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

