So I'm thinking about starting a small buisness endeavor, I want to make a relatively simple website, and I'm sure some of you guys could help me out. I'm talking about a really simple HTML website. now I've done a couple of these for a class before, but they were hosted on my webspave for my school. To do this I had to use a secure shell something or other to access a unix server, and write code in an emacs editor. And it was a royal pain in the ***. So I'm wondering about making a real website.

So If I pay for webspace, site name and all that, how do I go about uploading my HTML files? because I can't handle all the bs that I had to do to upload the stuff for my school, It was way too time consuming.

Also, how much can I expect to spend on all this, assuming the website name I want isn't registered. the site isn't registered if I get the generic we can't find the page you are looking for error message.

Thanks in advance, I'm sure there are some people here that could do this stuff with their eyes closed.

 

you just select the files in an FTP or webpage gui and upload them. its not hard at all.

 

---- i run an apache server from my computer. its cake mang. if you get stuck with anything shoot me a pm and ill help you out.

 

thanks man I may take you up on that offer, any idea how much any of that stuff costs.

 

dpeends on how much traffic you are expecting...prolly 5-10 bux a month for hosting

 

yea the domain name will cost you $10 a year, give or take a couple bucks, and the webspace itsellf can run anywhere between $5 and $200 a month, depending on how much storage and bandwidth you need. when you start out, chances are you'll only need the 5-10/mo server

 

my friend runs a webhosting company. http://abnhosting.com/ will get you all hooked up for cheep.

 

if you pay for a year or two up front its fairly cheaper
I paid 70 for a year with my new website. I dont need all the space but it was a good deal