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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:52 am Post subject: Personal Websites.............any suggestions/advice??? |
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I'm looking for somewhere to build a personal website. I don't need a place that's so busy like myspace. Or to link with many other "friends". Just a basic and functional yet still stylish place to put up personal info. / photos / stories and maybe a blog.
I've used several websites in the past but they quickly became defunct and outofdate. Created by someone else for business and not easy for a non techie like myself to update.
Does anyone have any advice regarding the best place to build this????? I don't mind paying a smallish annual fee either.
Thx in advance.
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JAWINSEOUL
Joined: 19 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| MSN Has a Community message board you can build into a database. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:05 am Post subject: |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: |
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If you want to go whole hog with your own website, byus.net gives you personal webspace for 10,000 a year. Your url would be ddeubel.byus.net. You would need to learn about web design a little, but there's no popups or anything and the price is right.
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:31 am Post subject: |
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I use Xanga because it's kind of a "what you see is what you get" program. Of course you can do HTML on it, but I don't know how to do that.
It's free, and you get a 30-day sample of their "premium."
The only bad thing, as far as I can tell, is it only displays the 5 most recent posts. So your friends cant' sit and scroll down your whole experience in Korea . . . they have to keep clicking "next 5."
I hear blogspot is good, and actually I liked using Geocities, too. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| zappadelta wrote: |
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Second. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I am leaning towards typepad...........I've tried MSN before and didn't like it.
Is typepad easy to use???? Can you create multiple pages for different topics and photos??? I might find the answers myself today but thought I'd ask for a bit more pluses and minuses about it.....
thanks to all who replied.
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I purchased my own site for $15 a year. I chose the non-banner stuff (their banners are gross). This is another $10 a year. click on my link below in my signature and you'll see. I have 3 sites from them:
Professional Site = http://www.ralphsesljunction.com
Family Site (still working on it) = http://www.thesabiofamily.com
My goof-off site I haven't touched in months: http://www.ralphsabio.com
All purchased from Directnic.com
You will need to know how to use an FTP client and be able to make your own site.
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| http://www.blogger.com/ works good for me. No knowledge of html necessary (although it helps a little bit). |
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: wherever
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| Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| http://www.blogger.com/ works good for me. No knowledge of html necessary (although it helps a little bit). |
I agree. I use it. I know nothing about html. I intend to learn, but I have a decent looking blog w/out it. Monthly archives are a click away (on the side for most formats). I use photobucket to link my pictures. It is very easy to get started if you want, while looking into paid sites w/ additional features. You can link to other blogs and manage more than one of your own, or share admin with others.
I have not used typepad. I used blogger because it was so easy to get started when I decided I wanted to.
I don't care for some of the templates on blogger, but some are pretty stylish, and I get compliments on mine. BTW, DD, I think your avatar is great. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:12 am Post subject: |
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| I don't care for some of the templates on blogger, but some are pretty stylish, and I get compliments on mine. BTW, DD, I think your avatar is great. |
Thanks for the info. I set up an account a few months ago on blogger because so many runners also use it. Easy, you bet. But I don't like that it has no photo storage or also that all the sites seem to look quite similiar. but yeah, the price is right. Still think I will go with typepad.
Glad you like the avatar. I wish I was as quick as him but luckily, I am almost as happy! He's my hero.
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