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How can I build a simple website?
Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:12 pm
My grandfather is starting his own trucking company and he wants me to help him build a website. It will be very simple. A few photos and contact information. Any suggestions?
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Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:25 pm to knight_ryder
Most of the hosting sites have easy web builders. Wix is fairly cheap and simple.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:32 pm to knight_ryder
I can't help you, but I can assure you it's really easy. Don't be discouraged about the process
Posted on 3/1/16 at 12:48 pm to VermilionTiger
Any tips?
Posted on 3/1/16 at 1:00 pm to knight_ryder
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Any tips?
If the site will be completely information based - ie no ecommerce - then you really dont need tips.
Pick your provider (godaddy, network solutions, wix, etc) and follow their guide to obtain the domain and use the built in web designer for drag and drop solutions. Dont try to self publish or use wordpress etc. Just use the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor the site provides. Its nothing to be intimidated about.
ETA: expect to pay between $20-40 per month to keep the site up with the ability to use the built in editor. the first year will be deeply discounted, however.
This post was edited on 3/1/16 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 1:11 pm to junkfunky
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Wix is fairly cheap and simple.
Use Wix. If you run into any issues, ask the questions and someone here can help you out. Building a site today is about as easy as updating your Facebook page.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:11 pm to jcole4lsu
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expect to pay between $20-40 per month to keep the site up with the ability to use the built in editor. the first year will be deeply discounted, however.
Why so much? Why not use a provider like eHost that supports cpanel? cpanel has a few CMS providers. Concrete5 is free with a cpanel host that can be had for under $5 per month.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:29 pm to knight_ryder
Squarespace or wix if you don't want to pay $2000+
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:44 pm to CubsFanBudMan
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Why not use a provider like eHost that supports cpanel? cpanel has a few CMS providers. Concrete5 is free with a cpanel host that can be had for under $5 per month.
Because the operative word in the OPs request was simple; that screams WYSIWYG drag and drop to me.
eta: besides, looks like i over-estimated the price.
Godaddy pricing shows WYSIWYG website designer and templates + domain for about $150/year.
Squarespace appears to be $96/year for the first year - not sure what the price will be after the first year discounts.
WIX is around $150/year.
This post was edited on 3/1/16 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 3/1/16 at 3:51 pm to jcole4lsu
Host on bluehost. Use Wordpress. Have someone design on fiver.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:26 pm to jcole4lsu
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Because the operative word in the OPs request was simple; that screams WYSIWYG drag and drop to me.
I've never used Godaddy before, but I can't imagine that they offer anything that eHost doesn't. Godaddy just has a larger advertising budget, which increases the cost of their fees. eHost currently shows regular rages of $5.50 per month with a 50% discount to $33 for the first year. When I signed up for them, I got to the payment page, then tried to leave a few times, and I ended up with a 70% discount. For under $60 I have a 3 year subscription.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:46 pm to CubsFanBudMan
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I've never used Godaddy before, but I can't imagine that they offer anything that eHost doesn't. Godaddy just has a larger advertising budget, which increases the cost of their fees
That also implies they have a larger budget for development tools - providing an easier interface for noobs w/o any experience to create pleasing websites. Godaddy's prime customer is non tech people - it would stand to reason they have developed good tools for them to use.
Now I'm not saying you are wrong about eHost - just that your logic is wrong. eHost might very well be the best option for him, I dont know.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:49 pm to knight_ryder
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My grandfather is starting his own trucking company and he wants me to help him build a website. It will be very simple. A few photos and contact information. Any suggestions?
What is your experience level with this? Any reason in particular that he wants you to do it, or is he like most of our grandparents and thinks that your smart phone means you're a software architect?
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:55 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Any reason in particular that he wants you to do it, or is he like most of our grandparents and thinks that your smart phone means you're a software architect?
Pretty much
Posted on 3/1/16 at 4:59 pm to knight_ryder
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Pretty much
Sounds about right. When I started my company, my family pretty much all assumed they just got free 24/7 tech support on everything they owned.
I'd really recommend checking out Wix with your grandfather. Some of the other suggestions would work great as well.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 6:56 pm to jcole4lsu
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That also implies they have a larger budget for development tools - providing an easier interface for noobs w/o any experience to create pleasing websites. Godaddy's prime customer is non tech people - it would stand to reason they have developed good tools for them to use.
Now I'm not saying you are wrong about eHost - just that your logic is wrong. eHost might very well be the best option for him, I dont know.
Because cPanel is cPanel no matter which hosting company you use. Wordpress is Wordpress no matter which hosting company you use. The fact that Godaddy's prime customer is non-tech people shows that they go out of their way to spend money on marketing to acquire customers that won't do their research to find the best price for a commodity. That's the same reason there are still people out there with AOL accounts.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 7:56 pm to knight_ryder
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A few photos and contact information
Weebly.
A "basic" version is available if you host with Bluehost or you can buy a package directly from Weebly.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 8:34 pm to knight_ryder
I've seen some cool websites made using wix. I'd go that route.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 9:07 pm to knight_ryder
I use InMotion hosting, and there are thousands of free wordpress themes you can download. If you are a little tech savy, you can get a plugin that will tell you which wordpress theme pages you like are using and then you can go get it.
The suggestion to use Fiver for design is a good one as well.
The suggestion to use Fiver for design is a good one as well.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 9:18 pm to ithad2bme
I don't like the Wix interface. Better to use a site where you can write the HTML code yourself. It's not a hard language.
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