What do you guys use to build/manage your website?
 

I am looking to design a small low traffic forum as sort of a side project for my community, perferably using a domain name (not bobsforum.freeforumworld.com) so if i choose to expand upon it later it wont be so hoaky. So i was wondering what everyone would recommend or what they use.

Re: What do you guys use to build/manage your website?
 

http://www.godaddy.com/

to get the website

and

http://www.simplemachines.org/

for the free forum software

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buk... what would i do without you!

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ive never used simple machines before but hmt uses it so it cant be that bad :1

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i'm trying to figure it out, i have never used godaddy or simple machines... hmm... looks like i'm 0 for two, i got the domain, i got the SM software... now i dont know what to do.. i guess this is why i am a car guy and not a computer guy

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well. you need someone to host the site too. godaddy has hosting services too.
the domain alone is worthless :1

i think you have to download the smf and unzip/upload it to the directory or something :1

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i used to have my own site a long time ago. godaddy was my domain O0

anyway, so you have your domain name, now you need to find a host. depending on your package it will probably cost at least $20/month. once you find a host and sign up, it'll ask you to enter in a bunch of info you got from godaddy, and godaddy will want a bunch of information from your host. give everyone what they want you'll get your very own web page!

hit me up if you wanna throw me a few bucks for some designing and maybe even managing :6

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rawr has vouches ;D
and a site or two to show his work.

not to mention he's hmt's very own photoshop expert. :P

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i was looking at godaddy's hosting options and it said I had one hosting credit, so i clicked it then it states this:

" Economy Hosting w/ ASP / Windows (Free with Domain) "

soooo... whats that mean? sorry for being such a newb in this area ;D

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hey, i used to get paid for making layouts. then i discovered cars >:D

sounds like its a low bandwidth or online storage space offered when you purchace a domain. dunno, just check it out.

i just searched for some of my old work on one of those website archive sites.. couldn't find any. can barely remember any URL's lol. im surprised it didn't have mine.. it was around for a good year at least

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it says:

Disk Size: Data Transfer:
5000 mb 250,000 mb

So is that like nothing? it say that this is free every month with my registered domain.

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thats not too shabby. should be good for a starting community like you plan. try to go for it

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as a side note, i entered in a promotional code i found on the internet so it came out to like 6 or 7 bucks

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anyone know of a good walk through to set SMF forums up, perticularly on godaddy.com, i am super confused and a newb in this area :S

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im not familiar with SMF forums. i've only done phbb and vBulletin. phbb is free and there's lots of information about it on the interweb

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its pretty easy, what interface did you get with godaddy? like the Plesk cp or the cheapy integrated one?

you can aim me if ya need help.