Creating website

Bagz · May 29th, 2006, 10:58 PM

I want to make a website but im not sure how to go about doing it because all the diffrent packages/deals i find. I was looking at networksolutions then i found that yahoo seems to have a better deal (more space..ect for less) But say i go to register.com and register a domain name. What do i need to creat the actual site? Im planning on selling products so it has to be ecommerce right? after searching on here i think im going to do all the html instead of using a program. Heres my questions-

1-What do i need to make a site (used for selling products) if i register a domain name?
2-Is the basic yahoo ecommerce deal good??

FatalException · May 29th, 2006, 11:04 PM

If you haven't done this before, I would do a lot more research before jumping on anything. A large number of services are available to help you out. GoDaddy.com is about the cheapest registrar AND web hosting site I've found... and they're pretty reliable since they're so big. They also include tools to make the site design easier. The biggest issues with setting up ecommerce are credit card processing (you might want to start out just by accepting paypal) and getting your site's name known on the 'net. Without customers and without credit card acceptance, your site won't take off.

Bagz · May 29th, 2006, 11:17 PM

Yea i have a buisness paypal account so i think i can accept credit/debit cards and all other payments right?So with godaddy and paypal i can make a full website? I want it to be professional something like finishline.com or drjays.com

EXreaction · May 29th, 2006, 11:23 PM

I am planing on getting a credit card tommarow and ordering some hosting from 1&1...
http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/Hos...op&__lf=Static

For $3/month...
* 1 domain name
* 5 GB web space
* 500 e-mail accounts
* 250 GB traffic

But how are you going to get your site going? When you buy hosting and a site all you get is blank space...if you don't know how to program html, php, and mysql(I would imagine you will need to know all 3 to make a site like you want) you will either have to find a free thing like that...or hire someone to program it for you...

Bagz · May 29th, 2006, 11:25 PM

Places like yahoo have site builders.

EXreaction · May 29th, 2006, 11:27 PM

Do those let you build complex database driven sites(I have never used a sitebuilder...I program it all myself

)?

Bagz · May 29th, 2006, 11:49 PM

Do you create sites for people? If so im very interested and ill pm you with details. Also do you have any sites you created i can see ?

filipino · May 29th, 2006, 11:56 PM

you can use OSCommerce if you want you can even customized the design of your OSCommerce if you want same as what they did here http://www.templatemonster.com/oscommerce-templates.php

hmmm if you don't want to use osCommerce then be prepared for like 6k or above to hire coders

Bagz · May 30th, 2006, 12:00 AM

If i use yahoo how is that 6k? Its a $50 setup fee and $40/month and i can use their sitebuilder,

EXreaction · May 30th, 2006, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bagz

Do you create sites for people? If so im very interested and ill pm you with details. Also do you have any sites you created i can see ?

Not really, I just create my own websites for now. I doubt I am experienced enough to get you exactly what you want. I can code php, html, and work with a MySQL database, but I just started learning how to do this...I started mabey 6-8 months ago(I started raw programming of it mabey 3 months ago)...

So I could help you on your site if you need some tweaking...but it would take me a long time to do an entire site.

The main site I work on is this:
http://www.gotechzilla.com/index.php
(I didn't make it...just tweaked it a lot...we use phpBB2 and the mxBB Portal)