bryan olesen Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Everyone, I am thinking of creating a website to try to sell some images. Don't want others to sell for me. I have been searching the net and have come across so many options that it's getting to be much too much. Am looking for suggestions/advice from members here who have had some some experience. I do have knowledge of HTML and would like to create my own or more likely at least start with some available templates. Don't have mucho funds for Dreamweaver or the like.<br></br>Will need basically three things: 1.) Who/where/books to go to get started with pages that I can modify regularly or as necessary and upload myself to the hosting site 2.) A trusted website host around/under $20 or so per month. 3.) Will need to incorporate ecommerce (paypal?) for clients to pay with.<br></br>Thanks much for any info you can provide and I welcome any links to your personal sites as examples. Thanks again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpdno Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 www.powweb.com - have used then for three years now and never have a problem. Their are about $8.00 a month. I use paypal on my site to handle online sales. Paypal has a lot of info on the reference part of their site on to how you set everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitworth photography Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 1. I can't really help you with a book, I use www.webmonkey.com for most of the things I do with HTML, or just find a page that has what I want and figure out how they did it by going to "View->Source" in IE. 2. I have had good luck with www.pair.com. They have different plans for different needs, but I'm using the Advanced plan ($17.95 a month) and have never had performance, availability or any other problems. They are also very knowlegeable and very helpful with any questions I have had along the way. 3. If I remember right, Paypal should be able to be incorporated into just about any site using a standard HTML link. Kirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith turrill Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I have had good luck with Yahoo Small Business. The rate for a basic package is $11.95 USD. They have their own development package and templates. The FTP upload works well with the MS Front Page software also. My own site is www.IowaPix.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregg_johnson Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I have mine through Catalog.com for $35.00 a year. I upload using wsftp95, no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan olesen Posted March 4, 2005 Author Share Posted March 4, 2005 Gregory, Kirk, Keith, Gregg.<br></br>Thanks for your time and your recommendations. I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor_t. Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 <p>Regarding your question about hosting, I am glad to see that you realize the importance of a reliable and responsive host. I have had experiences with the following:</p> <p> GoDaddy (cheap but lacking basic features e.g. no Control Panel or decent site traffic reports (!) and with other arbitrary restrictions - good for Domain Registrations though),</p> <p> Ipowerweb (decent Control Panel but essentially NO customer service).</p> <p> I have been impressed with FutureQuest.net in terms of responsiveness and their package features though they are slightly more expensive (but within the target range you mentioned). You can actually host upto 5 domains with their "internal redirection" feature. These will remain visibly independent i.e. without the visitors knowing that they share the same hosting account. While some hosts will tout their "Forwarding with Masking" as way to do this, that is simply not a solution. (Users can see the main hosting account's name in the status bar and in the links.)</p> <p> Most good hosting companies will provide shopping cart and merchant account features (allowing payments via credit card). Costco Executive Members can sign up for merchant account processing at decent rates as well. There are some concerns about Paypal which you may want to read up on before choosing them. (You can do a Google search on "Paypal Problems".)</p> <p> Hope this helps. All the best in your efforts.</p> <p> Victor</p> <p> ===========================================<br> <a href="http://www.Art-of-Success.com"> Art-of-Success.com</a><br> Personalized Life & Business Coaching <br> <h5>Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow just a vision. <br> But every today well-lived makes every yesterday <br> a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. </h5> ===========================================<br> <br><br><br><br><br> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative-eye Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 I used HTML and Javascript for my website. www.creative-eye.ca There are many online tutorials for both. View source & block and paste. That's the secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan olesen Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Thanks a bunch everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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