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more than a few, here, have web-sites, of one sort or another ...
maybe it's time for us to have one, too ... some years ago, we bought
a copy of Dreamweaver, with the intention of creating one ... I read
the manual right-through, even tried a few things ... but the effort
required was way disproportionate, or so ISTM, and I put it aside ...

looking again, now, it seems Apple's iWeb may offer something a whole
lot better, for us, anyway - very intuitive (not the least need for a
manual) & surprisingly capable ... so, wondered, has anyone gone that
way, and ... what hosting arrangements would be best ?

any thoughts ?

Chris



Wed Jul 1, 2009 7:04 pm

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more than a few, here, have web-sites, of one sort or another ... maybe it's time for us to have one, too ... some years ago, we bought a copy of Dreamweaver,...
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Jul 1, 2009
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... in this heat? Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs nwlaurie@... Skype: nicklaurie 01458 250834 and 07941 731056...
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Jul 1, 2009
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We have a cottage that we rent out and I used a Microsoft Frontpage program to give people info about it. The site is fairly basic and was created several...
Rona
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Jul 1, 2009
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interesting, thanks, I'll check them out ... Chris...
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Jul 1, 2009
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I too have used FrontPage for cheap 'n cheerful websites for local B&Bs and the like. Not the easiest, but good enough, part of MS Office and it works. I...
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Jul 1, 2009
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aye ... bearable, though, between the thunderstorms (*) ! (*) up here, these have been preceded by extreme humidity - waking us in the middle of the night,...
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Jul 1, 2009
7:28 pm

dreamweaver is much too complicated and expensive. NVU http://www.nvu.com/ works on macs linux and pcs and is free so you can download it whereever you are. ...
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Jul 1, 2009
7:47 pm

Chris, Depends on what you want to do. Google's PicasaWeb is good for photos, great integration with Picasa for the PC (don't know about the mac), and they are...
Tim Hawes
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Jul 2, 2009
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GooglePages has been discontinued, in its place there's now GoogleSites which is also easy to use. You could also set-up a free blog using Google's blogger.com...
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Jul 2, 2009
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Ahh, I knew one had replaced the other, guess I picked the wrong one! Thanks, Tim....
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Jul 2, 2009
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Chris, Have a look at RapidWeaver (www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/) and Sandvox (www.karelia.com/), both of which are more sophisticated than iWeb, but a...
David Fox
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Jul 2, 2009
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Many thanks - RapidWeaver was mentioned in connection with a recent MacWorld Review of iWeb : http://www.macworld.com/article/138644/2009/02/iweb09.html the...
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... Personally, I wouldn't bother designing your own pages - been there, done that ! I'd just install a content management system like Mambo or Joomla. They're...
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Jul 2, 2009
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Hmm.. this sort of thing sounds like something I need too... - what's the learning curve like on getting the initial install, configuration, & templating set...
Paul Gordon
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Jul 2, 2009
7:41 pm

Depends what the objective is, but if it's the normal sort of thing (words & photo's, neatly laid-out, with associated internal & external links), probably...
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Jul 2, 2009
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This is my third attempt to post a reply to Chris' post, so apologies if you received the previous 2 attempts but I never saw them! Chris, Another vote for MS...
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Jul 3, 2009
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thanks, looks good, and pretty response, too ! ... yes, please ! Chris...
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oops, meant to say responsive, 'though maybe response wasn't so bad ! Chris On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Chris Hunter...
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Chris, Hopefully this reply will post ok without me having to go to the forum site to reply - It didn't so I'm sending this via the forum site!! Anyway, my...
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Jul 3, 2009
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Another vote for Alex here. I've had home and business hosting with him for a few years and am happy. The cpanel system he uses has stats included, but IIRC,...
Tim Hawes
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Depending on who you use to host it, you may also want a stats package. I tried several but now use www.Statcounter.com - they can provide invisible counters,...
Rona
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Jul 3, 2009
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Thanks ... sounds a must ! Chris...
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thanks to all on this - have contacted Alex ... need to sort a few questions, one of which is one domain names ... seems can can register .co.uk, .org.uk and...
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Jul 4, 2009
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i'd go for .org.uk. Just my tuppenceworth. Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs nwlaurie@... Skype: nicklaurie 01458 250834 and 07941 731056...
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Jul 4, 2009
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Chris If I'm "guessing" website names I tend to try .com and .co.uk. If it doesn't come up with that I might then google for it. Personally, I think ...
Rona
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Jul 4, 2009
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Rona, Nick - thanks ... looks like .co.uk / .org.uk / .me.uk cost £15 per two years, and .com / .org / .net cost £15 per year ... not sure why, but can't see...
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Jul 4, 2009
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uk_selfbuild.whatever, perhaps? Nick Nick Laurie PC Repairs nwlaurie@... Skype: nicklaurie 01458 250834 and 07941 731056...
Nick Laurie
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Jul 4, 2009
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maybe, but it'll be having more than selfbuild on it - some stuff on sea-levels & local historty, and the economy, too, plus some things from before the...
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Jul 4, 2009
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On the subject of top level domains, I always reserve the following for each domain I have: .com .co.uk .net .org Hardest task is thinking of a domain name...
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