:lol: Brett

so 1 and 1 and 123reg if I buy a "package" I wont own the domain? Who owns it?

I used fasthosts to buy a domain 5 or 6 years ago, never used it, just forwarded it to another site. So I guess I own this domain?

Id rather have a crack at something rather then pay someone else, just the way I am in life

cheers

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Originally posted by Sam
I personally have dealt with companies in the past that offer good prices on stuff but getting any support out of them afterwards is like trying to get blood out of a stone.

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Originally posted by Matt L
dont buy domain and hosting from the same company :o and make sure your the owner of the domain :o:o

hosting wise Im using fractix currently £20 for 3 years unlimited everything.

[Edited on 08-04-2009 by Matt L]

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dont buy domain and hosting from the same company :o and make sure your the owner of the domain :o:o

hosting wise Im using fractix currently £20 for 3 years unlimited everything.

[Edited on 08-04-2009 by Matt L]

Aye, but even though that is the case, half the time these days making things cross-browser compliant, optimised for search engines, not 'amateur' looking, etc. isnt as simple as it used to be.

The website does not need to be anything special, just a crisp clean layout with all the info required.

I run my own web design business but I suspect my prices would be out of your budget... It really depends how much you want to spend?

I would advise getting a local freelance web designer looking to expand their portfolio in exchange for very little money to do it (as long as they are shit hot and not just shit)!

Loads of other options as well... crowd sourcing for example (i.e. you go on somewhere like 99designs.com post up your project details and price, pay the money to 99designs who hold it in 'escrow' and you have loads of designers doing different layouts etc - at the end of it you just choose the one you like).

Finally - do NOT under any circumstances get a web designer from India or some far east country to do it for you - they may charge you sod all but they will essentially just buy a $50 template and tell you they've done it themselves!

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Originally posted by loafofbrett
Give me a couple of hundred and I'll sort everything, website, hosting, emails, moving domain, etc. It's not very well publicised, but I used to be a professional web developer once upon a time.

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Give me a couple of hundred and I'll sort everything, website, hosting, emails, moving domain, etc. It's not very well publicised, but I used to be a professional web developer once upon a time.

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Originally posted by dannymccann
If you dont fancy the coding side of it doesnt Ed on here do it? (did he do it for you Cosmo?)

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If you dont fancy the coding side of it doesnt Ed on here do it? (did he do it for you Cosmo?)

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Originally posted by loafofbrett
Problem with templates is that you can usually tell they're templates

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Problem with templates is that you can usually tell they're templates

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Originally posted by Cosmo
Word of warning...if you arent at the minimum very 'decent' at designing/building websites then get someone to do it for you - although for all I know you could be great at it.

The only thing worse than a company not having a website at all is having a badly designed one IMO.

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Word of warning...if you arent at the minimum very 'decent' at designing/building websites then get someone to do it for you - although for all I know you could be great at it.

The only thing worse than a company not having a website at all is having a badly designed one IMO.

on the 123 one I cant seem to get the email and website/domain all in one price lol, ill try again!

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Originally posted by MJFF88
http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/Hosting;jsessionid=AA8597CC33DE4DA56C8DE20F4AE6CC74.TC33b?__frame=_top&__lf=Static

IS probably easiest for you, all in one.

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123 are also a safe bet :)

http://www.123-reg.co.uk/instantsite/#instantsite_comparison

they any good?

http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/Hosting;jsessionid=AA8597CC33DE4DA56C8DE20F4AE6CC74.TC33b?__frame=_top&__lf=Static

IS probably easiest for you, all in one.

domain and hosting, simple to crerat website facilities

So you're after web hosting? Web design? Coding? All three?

I want to set up a quick website for my business:

simple website (possibly with my own design)
100 pages MAX
with email I can receive/send from (e.g martyn@mybusiness.com)

Who's best to go with?

I also have one other domain that I did not reregister in feb 09 (with fast hosts) which I want to move across too (and simply forward it to my proper website)

no online shops etc required as yet

Thanks