Jase
13-05-2013, 07:41 PM
Hi All,
Looking at getting my business moving in the new financial year, and need to get a website happening. The issue I have is that my knowledge of websites extends to looking up porn, buying useless things off ebay and posting some dribble on AL when Im stuck at work/drunk.
Been doing a bit of googling, but need a few pointers;
Who would be good to use for domain registration? I see pricing varies heaps, I am assuming the cheaper ones are more restricted and upgrades/$ probably needed to use domain freely.
Who to use for hosting?
My website will be pretty simple, basically only there for presence and email adress. Will only have a couple pages like home/about/products/downloads, no online sales or any shop type system required.
As an idea of what the business is about we are in manufacturing with our main focus on mining, oil and gas.
I see some people using wordpress for similar websites, would this be a good way to go?
With email, someone mentioned they use gmail as a outlook type deal and link their name@mywebsite.com adress to it. Any one had any issues with this? Or better suggestion? Will be using outlook on desktop.
Once I have all that down pat, then I will worry about search optimisation and other bits n pieces. For now, any suggestions appreciated.
Alternately I can palm it all to a 3rd party to set up for me if the cost isn't prohibitive. I know a few guys on here are in that line of work, if someone can suggest someone to talk to or know a ball park figure for website setup etc.
Thanks
Looking at getting my business moving in the new financial year, and need to get a website happening. The issue I have is that my knowledge of websites extends to looking up porn, buying useless things off ebay and posting some dribble on AL when Im stuck at work/drunk.
Been doing a bit of googling, but need a few pointers;
Who would be good to use for domain registration? I see pricing varies heaps, I am assuming the cheaper ones are more restricted and upgrades/$ probably needed to use domain freely.
Who to use for hosting?
My website will be pretty simple, basically only there for presence and email adress. Will only have a couple pages like home/about/products/downloads, no online sales or any shop type system required.
As an idea of what the business is about we are in manufacturing with our main focus on mining, oil and gas.
I see some people using wordpress for similar websites, would this be a good way to go?
With email, someone mentioned they use gmail as a outlook type deal and link their name@mywebsite.com adress to it. Any one had any issues with this? Or better suggestion? Will be using outlook on desktop.
Once I have all that down pat, then I will worry about search optimisation and other bits n pieces. For now, any suggestions appreciated.
Alternately I can palm it all to a 3rd party to set up for me if the cost isn't prohibitive. I know a few guys on here are in that line of work, if someone can suggest someone to talk to or know a ball park figure for website setup etc.
Thanks