Building/hosting a website

Idiophreak

You really need to be a bit more specific about what you want the site to do...If you just want a flat site with name, address, prices etc then wordpress or google (as above) will do you fine. If you want to accept payments, you'll need something a bit more beefy (see battleborn)...if you're after a singing, dancing, flashy animated pretty site, you're likely to have to get a design firm involved. Needless to say the cost of the first and last options are not comparable...

stefano

Tiexen wrote: »

I think you should set up a Google website:
Total cost £0

That could be an ideal start for a driving school. Once the business picks up, more fund can be invested.
How would they find my google website? Would it be allocated a name to type in, or would it be searchable only through google?

Idiophreak wrote:

You really need to be a bit more specific about what you want the site to do.

It's for my driving school, basically an info site with contact informations, basic prices, and eventually facebook interface.

chunter

stefano wrote: »

It's for my driving school, basically an info site with contact informations, basic prices, and eventually facebook interface.

Sorting out exactly the scenario for someone at the moment. The client wants to be able to take a photo on his blackberry, post it to his facebook page (rather than his facebook account), and in turn show up on his embedded facebook updates on the front page of his website.
Facebook have ways of making it more complicated than it should be!

stefano

chunter wrote: »

Sorting out exactly the scenario for someone at the moment. The client wants to be able to take a photo on his blackberry, post it to his facebook page (rather than his facebook account), and in turn show up on his embedded facebook updates on the front page of his website.
Facebook have ways of making it more complicated than it should be!

You sound like someone who knows what he's talking about.
Has anyone heard of www.ipage.com?

Mikebellows

Try Webplus.
I have PM'd you.

Also try one.com as a webhost.

stefano

Mikebellows wrote: »

Try Webplus.
I have PM'd you.

Also try one.com as a webhost.

Will this software enable me to create a web page on my laptop, and eventually upload it online?

Mikebellows

stefano wrote: »

Will this software enable me to create a web page on my laptop, and eventually upload it online?

Absolutely YES it will - It's exactly what you are looking for.
It's really easy to use also.

I have personal mailed you - Did you get my mail?

stefano

Mikebellows wrote: »

Did you get my mail?

I did, thanks.

Mikebellows

I could build you a site and have you up and running within one week.

That is how easy it is.

Please give Webplus a chance.

Mikebellows

Something like his would be really easy to achieve...

http://oldham-driving-school.com/