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I just purchased a domain name at aplus.com and i have a limited amount of hosting and a 50mg FTP . Does anyone know how to actually create a website when buyin a domain name? like is there a free way to do it?

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Shadow of the Void
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You need a web host. If you have 50 megs, then your domain probably came with some kind of hosting account.

A domain name is just that ? a name that points to a number (an IP address). It is not a web site or does it have anything to do with web sites beyond just pointing to the number. When someone types in a domain name, it actually just replaces it with the IP it points to. Once that happens, it connects to the web server, which sends the web site to the client (the person viewing the web site).

The web site must be hosted on a web server. For this you either have to host it yourself (not recommended), get a free one (there are plenty, but they suck), or pay for one (what most people do who bother to get domains). Since having a domain requires no space, and you said you have 50 megs, then you probably have a package that contains both the domain and the web server.

Now to set up a web site, you first have to generate the HTML code ? how you do this is up to you. There are many editors available, or you can write the code by hand (like I do) in notepad. Once you have the code, you have to get that code on the web server. This is mostly done via FTP ? File Transfer Protocol. If you have WinXP, you can just type in ftp://www.yourdomain.com and go to file/connect (I think) and type in your username and password. If you?re using another operating system, you may need to get an FTP client. Again, many are available. They are easy to figure out and pretty self-explanatory? once you are connected, treat it just like any other folder in windows ? drag/drop the files you made onto the server, and viola, it should work!

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thanks a bunch! i just got WS_FTP pro so i can upload my html files, and im about to install dreamweaver to create the website, blah im sooooo bad at making websites i need to like find someone.

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Shadow of the Void
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I would recommend learning HTML and then more advanced code like PHP etc. It?s probably not any more difficult than learning how to use a program like dreamweaver. You?d be surprised at just how easy it is to learn. In the end, it will give you much more power over your web site.

As for finding someone, it?s almost impossible to avoid bumping into people who happen to design web sites in their free time (I do, so you?re certainly no exception to what I just said). Unless you plan to make money on your site, don?t spend any more than you have to for hosting it, though. Just learn piece by piece the code you need to know to get it the way you want it, and you?ll be happy in the end.

There are millions upon million of tutorials for these subjects on the internet. Most are pretty good.

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ill probably just use the dreamweaver program but thanks a lot for your help

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Shadow of the Void
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i used to have my sites on a copany called doteasy which gave you good free hosting no banners and let you use your domain name, but i agree get your own hosting its the best way

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