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7/15/2010

 
The most common question I've gotten since launching Internauts has been: "how did you make your site?  Doesn't that take a lot of time, energy, and money?"  It took an hour or two to set up, the website hosting and design is free, and the adamstober.com domain will be $9 per year starting next year.  It was free this year since I was able to take advantage of a "first-year free" domain promotion.

If you are interested in setting up a simple website similar to this one, read on.

Consider Weebly, the service I am using here which provides the easiest drag-and-drop interface you can imagine--no programming experience necessary.  Other popular options to consider include Posterous, which might be better for sites that only have a blog since you just email them your content, or Blogger.  Since I wanted to have a homepage in addition to a blog, I like seeing the layout before it gets published, and I enjoy the flexibility of being one-click away from adding additional blogs to my homepage, I chose Weebly.

If you would like to customize your web address with a domain that does not include the "weebly" or "posterous" that is included by default, you could test domain availability on domai.nr which is particularly helpful for finding creative domains you would not have otherwise thought of.  This is a better approach than simply Googling your potential domain or entering it into your address bar for the reasons listed here.

Once you have found a domain you think could be worthwhile you will need to secure it at a registrar with a credit card.  While GoDaddy has marketed its way to being among the most well-known registrars out there, I have had phenomenal customer service from 1&1 and recommend using them instead since their recurring prices tend to be a bit lower as well and the offer different introductory promotions every month.

Assuming you use Weebly, you can follow the simple instructions listed on Weebly's site to point your web address visitors to your future site, regardless of who you used to register your domain.  Other build-your-own website services such as Posterous generally provide similar instructions in their FAQ.
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7/15/2010 12:53:02 pm

how can she slap??!

MBT shoes link
4/26/2011 05:02:56 pm

As far as I've heard there have been no problems with the lite version, but with the full version occasional problems with crashing, freezing, progress loss have been rearing their ugly little heads for some users. Please leave feedback on any problems you experience with the app (or also if you use it extensively without problems), including iPhone version and memory etc.


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