Now that I've finally got my business name picked out and my logo and business cards are being designed, I've started thinking about doing my website. Any suggestions on hosting and places that have good website templates?

Thanks in advance

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Denyse Giguere
Cimarron Business Solutions

Hi Denyse,

I am in Aus so as to webhosting for US I here BlueHost and GoDaddy are good. But decide on who you want to build your site first, as some hosts may not accommodate you as well as others can.

For example, if you use WordPress (which I can highly recommend) you will be wanting a host with one click install functions (Fantastico). It makes it so much easier to get your code on the net.

As for building, as I said WordPress. It is easy and you don't need to be a programmer to be able to do it. I used a program called Artisteer to help design my theme. Then it is a simple method up uploading the theme to your webhost file manager and then activiating it on your site. Add your content and any graphics you need and your done. Easy. If you are new to HTML then I can recommend codeheads 6 lessons listed in the Website Coding forums.

HTML - THE BASICS Session ONE with Codehead - archive

feel free to check out my site to give you an idea
www.samuraiofficeservices.com. au

There is a great number of WordPress experts here who are only to happy to give you tips.

Cheers

Fiona

Fiona is right on...

Host a WordPress site on any number of host sites; GoDaddy, Blue Host, Hostgator...

That's the best way to go and you will have more control over the content and SEO.

Janine

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For webhosting I use netfirms...never had any issues and good customer service when needed.

And I use WordPress for my site....love having the control and being able to tweak my site, being able to do this also helps me learn some code It's fun!

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Deb Frawley
Gem's Virtual Office

Does anyone use FrontPage anymore ?

I recommend godaddy and fatcow for hosting. I used godaddy for my goddess site and TVE Magazine is hosted and setup through weebly (which is drag/drop site build).

GoDaddy costs me $4.99/mo, Fatcow is running a $3.67/mo special w/free domain registration for life (don't know how long that is good for, though).

Weebly costs $39.99/mo for hosting but you can have multiple sites and unlimited pages for that fee.

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

I have used BlueHost for all my personal/business sites for years. I did have a little scare recently and thought my sites had been hacked (they hadn't) - they were very timely in addressing my very panicked support ticket.

They do have a site builder that one can use, but I have never used this.

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Jules, SunRise Virtual Solutions - WordPress Customization & XHTML/CSS Web Sites

I'm with most on using Godaddy, they are very reasonable and effective with SEO. But you would have to get your site built else where.

Good luck.

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Althea
Virtually Yours PA

Originally Posted by VYPA72

I'm with most on using Godaddy, they are very reasonable and effective with SEO. But you would have to get your site built else where.

I built my Goddess site using GoDaddy's website tonight service. It was free and they had lots of customizable templates to use.

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Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC
Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

I love fatcow, and that is where I have both of my own sites, my husband's site, and my client sites. it's 66 a year and you have the option of drag and drop or of a one button install for wordpress. They also have very helpful customer support and will talk you through almost anything you have questions.

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