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Provider 2008-10-19 | Domain name (per year) | Web Hosting (per month) |
| GoDaddy | $10 | (no ssh) |
| Westhost | - | $7, 15gig, 0.35tb |
| Velcom | - | $5, 500gig, 3.5tb |
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These prices assume:
| | | Web Hosting: UNIX, ssh, Perl/CGI, PHP, mySQL |
| | | Domain Name: New registration, .COM. |
Prices depend on prepaid duration usually 1-2 years.
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Provider 2005-01-17 | Domain name (per year) | Web Hosting (per month) |
| GoDaddy | $7.20 | $3.95/500mb $9.95/2gig |
| DomainSite | $7.77 | X |
| Velcom | X | $9.95, 850mb |
| OMNIS | $7.95 | $8.95/1gig |
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These prices assume:
| | | Web Hosting: UNIX based; shown are highest (mb) quotas, except for Velcom which is lowest |
| | | Domain Name: New registration. Transferring registration costs less. |
Prices are lower for less quota, and if reserving Domain Name for more than 1 year.
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Provider 2003-10-06 | Domain name (per year) | Web Hosting (per month) |
| GoDaddy | $8.95 | $8.95, 150mb |
| DomainSite | $9.99 | $10, 100mb |
| Velcom | X | $7.95-$9.95, 550mb |
| OMNIS | $7.95 | $26.95, 200mb |
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As of 2003-10-06 I am paying $9/year for NAME at goDaddy
(not because it's cheapest but because of managing all websites together),
and $10/month for 550mb at Velcom.
On 2002-12-31 I was paying $9/year for NAME at goDaddy,
and $17 for 100MB at OMNIS.com (it was $7/month for 50MB).
Prices go up and down, even with same company... depending on their choice.
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Content
You'll need something to put on your website - you're on your own
Creating webpages
you need Website Software like Dreamweaver or Adobe
GoLive. Sometimes Notepad is enough, but then you have to understand HTML
(the language of websites). I prefer to play with HTML, aligning things
is better that way. Automatically generated HTML is usually messy looking
and messy to edit.
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On his website, Dan Heller has
a lot of advice for website
stuff as well as picture formatting, making slideshows. He has about 60,000pictures
online. He has advice on photography too.
If you see a webpage you like, you can "View Source", a feature
of Internet Explorer or Netscape. That will show you how much HTML work
went into it. Some of this HTML is created by the author directly, some
is automatically generated, and some is generated "a few seconds
ago" from things like CGI/Perl scripts.
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