I don't have web design knowledge….but I do have Office 2003 where I can learn to design one, if it is transferable. If anyone has an idea of where I can get a decent "free" space…. to give it a whirl…. I'd appreciate it.
One of the problems with free sites is that they have to pay for themselves somehow and this is usually by advertising.
The last thing your business needs is to have a site with adverts for other products displayed on it.
Another problem of free sites is that there;s usually limits to the amount of content you can upload (limited webspace) and the amount of content that can be downloaded to visitors (bandwidth).
Another thing you don't want is for visitors to your site to see error messages or getting told to come back later.
You can get free sites from the likes of Tripod / Lycos – http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ or Yahoo / Geocities http://geocities.yahoo.com/
Another problem with free sites is that you're not going to get your own domain name so instead of xyx-company.com you'll end up with something like geocities.com/xyx-company and without your own domain name you're going to end up with e-mail addresses such as xyz-company@hotmail.com.
Yet another problem with free sites is that you're limited when it comes to the types of files you can upload – a lot won't support music or videos. You'll also find there may be restrictions on running scripts, psp, mysql etc etc
And yet another problem is that there's unlikely to be much in the way of technical support.
Page ranking is also going to be restricted if you're on a free site. One of the most important factors when it comes to page ranking is the domain name itself, the page name and the title tag. For example, if you search for "Othello by Shakespeare" in a search engine it's going to prioritise a page at shakespeare.com./othello far more than one at tripod.com/shakespeare/othello.
My recommendation would be to go for a paid service – it needn't cost much. geocities offer one from under $5 a month and Yahoo's Small Business Webhosting Starter is only $11.95 a month which includes domain name, 24 hour support, plenty of webspace and decent downlaod limits etc etc.
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You don't need much in the way of web design knowledge to make a decent website. Office 2003 includes Front Page which is the 'industry standard' programme for website design. In many ways it's similar to MS Word so if you're familiar with Word the transition won't be too difficult.
You can actually use Word to create webpages (when saving choose Save As > Save As Type > Webpage) but it's not as flexible as Frontpage.
When you craete webpages you can save them locally on your own hard-drive so have an experiment doing that and when you've got a half decent site upload it.
All the best and good luck.
try http://www.50webs.com they provide free banner less hosting, but if you can spend $60 a year, then go for a quality web host such as http://www.hostafreedomain.com Most companies out there charge way more than they are worth, but you can find the best price at hostafreedomain.com in my opinion.
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Try Yahoo Geocities.
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http://geocities.yahoo.com
One of the problems with free sites is that they have to pay for themselves somehow and this is usually by advertising.
The last thing your business needs is to have a site with adverts for other products displayed on it.
Another problem of free sites is that there;s usually limits to the amount of content you can upload (limited webspace) and the amount of content that can be downloaded to visitors (bandwidth).
Another thing you don't want is for visitors to your site to see error messages or getting told to come back later.
You can get free sites from the likes of Tripod / Lycos – http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ or Yahoo / Geocities http://geocities.yahoo.com/
Another problem with free sites is that you're not going to get your own domain name so instead of xyx-company.com you'll end up with something like geocities.com/xyx-company and without your own domain name you're going to end up with e-mail addresses such as xyz-company@hotmail.com.
Yet another problem with free sites is that you're limited when it comes to the types of files you can upload – a lot won't support music or videos. You'll also find there may be restrictions on running scripts, psp, mysql etc etc
And yet another problem is that there's unlikely to be much in the way of technical support.
Page ranking is also going to be restricted if you're on a free site. One of the most important factors when it comes to page ranking is the domain name itself, the page name and the title tag. For example, if you search for "Othello by Shakespeare" in a search engine it's going to prioritise a page at shakespeare.com./othello far more than one at tripod.com/shakespeare/othello.
My recommendation would be to go for a paid service – it needn't cost much. geocities offer one from under $5 a month and Yahoo's Small Business Webhosting Starter is only $11.95 a month which includes domain name, 24 hour support, plenty of webspace and decent downlaod limits etc etc.
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You don't need much in the way of web design knowledge to make a decent website. Office 2003 includes Front Page which is the 'industry standard' programme for website design. In many ways it's similar to MS Word so if you're familiar with Word the transition won't be too difficult.
You can actually use Word to create webpages (when saving choose Save As > Save As Type > Webpage) but it's not as flexible as Frontpage.
When you craete webpages you can save them locally on your own hard-drive so have an experiment doing that and when you've got a half decent site upload it.
All the best and good luck.
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i think this qualifies as 'decent free space'…check up free servers i.e http://www.freeservers.com, they offer 12MB of storage space, a site buider and file manager, however, they don't offer an email address with the package and also no ftp. Finally, i should mention that they will a post banner advert on your site (thats the cache for offering '100% free' hosting), but you can customize the position and look of the banner in relation to your web pages…it's all basic and easy to use stuff…adequate for flexing your muscles.
let me not bore you with too much detail….check them up and make your decision …
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