[CHOMP!]

okay, updating this thread from last month
since it's summer now i actually have enough time to figure this thing out once and for all >;o

i really want to make a site that resembles the following ones:
http://hellomiss.net/shop/
http://tofebruary.com/

does anyone know how i would be able to make a template/interfacethingy like that?
is there a program that i could use?

any kind of help or comments would be welcomed. thanks

[F999KR]

I have a blogspot..

but I could probably help you. What content is your website for?

[bloggerao]

i have a personal website , the domain is foreveru.cn , it's my personal blog site .

It's free for the first year , but i have re-charge my domain fee , about 100RMB/Year

[CHOMP!]

^ wow, 100RM, that's cheap (i think?)

I have a blogspot..

but I could probably help you. What content is your website for?

i want to make a website that sells clothes, accesories, beauty items, etc
lol

[F999KR]

^ wow, 100RM, that's cheap (i think?)



i want to make a website that sells clothes, accesories, beauty items, etc
lol

Do you have coding experience?

[CHOMP!]

^
nope
i don't even know what that means

but i think i'm going to take website designing as a class next year in school
that will probably help me a lot. i think it is in html?

i don't want a fancy website. just simple and clean, with a functional shopping cart (maybe o-0)


hm, so should i learn all that coding/html stuff first and then get a domain/host? >_<
cause i was thinking of just getting a site and then using a semicrappy layout first.. :\

[Roxik]

Well coding in HTML isn't really as hard or scary as it sounds

Its a pretty basic language that is really easy to pick up, and since
you're taking a web design course next year by the time you finish
that you'll have no problem whipping up sites =D

If you're worried about your site not looking all that great at the beginning
you could always look into open source web templates. You can find a lot of really
nice looking ones to get a start. I know a site with some good ones but I don't
have my laptop on me atm so I'll post it for you when I grab it.

Also, you might want to look into getting Adobe Dreamweaver
its more about design (it does most of the coding for you) and
its really easy to make a quick website.

I personally have had all my websites hosted by my school but
I have a bunch of friends who've purchased domains. I'll ask
which companies they think are the best and I'll get back to ya on that as well =]

Sorry for the long post >.<
I hope I've helped a bit
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask =)

[CHOMP!]

^ very helpful (: i'll look into getting dreamweaver. i already have ps cs3 and illustrator. will that help me at all? o_O

where did you purchase your domain? (domain means website name right? lol)

[Roxik]

I guess they'd help more for making your site look better since
you can create your own designs and layouts once you get familiar with coding.

I got my hosting from school when I took a course for web development and they haven't taken it down =p
I didn't get a domain name because I was using it for practice rather than making it a public thing.

and yes the domain is the website name

[The Pink Panda]

I've had my current website for over 4 years now I think, and I've had other ones before that. I use UKhost4u and it's about £60 a year with the domain name. Can probably find a cheaper one but I can't be bothered to look.

I used Dreamweaver 8 to build it. (From bittorrent )

[CHOMP!]

i feel really dumb for asking this, but what exactly is a webhost and what does it do?

do i NEED one to have a domain?

[j00n]

I use Site5 i have for many years. It has unlimited bandwidth, unlimited space, unlimited emails, and pretty inexpensive!
They also have easy installation for things like Drupal, Wordpress, etc.

Please use my referral link so i get credit for purchase!
http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=68990

If you have any questions feel free to PM them to me.

[CHOMP!]

^ do they let you instal things like shopping carts? and you can use dreamweaver with it right? (sorry i'm really clueless -.-)
i want to make a sales website .__.

MultiSite Capabilities (Tour)
Term Info Dedicated IP Address
^ are those two things necessary? hostbasic doesn't have it.. should i pay the extra $5/month for them or is it not worth it?

and i thought posting up referal links were illegal on soompi
hahha but if i decide to buy i will click it anyways

[mstar]

No, you don't need those things.

I suggest you use a company that offers cPanel or Plesk (I prefer cPanel for starters).

It's basically a little online application that lets you manage everything with a click of a button. Most of them make it so you can install shopping in a two-three click process.

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4
Go there for a list of advertising for web hosting. You're probably looking at $5-15 a month, with a free domain.

A web host is a company that 'hosts' your website. Basically, you're paying them to put up your 'website'. Think about putting an advertisement in a newspaper, and the newspaper is the "internet" (Tech savvy, please just let me slide for this analogy). You pay the newspaper company, they put the advertisment in the newspaper, and your readers can see your advertisement.

Also, have you taken a look at www.co.cc? When you register, they give you a free shopping cart under cc.cc. Basically, you get a free "www.yourdomainhere.co.cc" and they also give you "www.yourdomainhere.cc.cc" which has a shopping cart.

Example: http://www.skintouchx.cc.cc/

A few web hosts:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=862556 $2.95/month with coupon
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=860682 $5.35/month with coupon

There's a bunch others, but I like the first link ($2.95). A known company.

[CHOMP!]

^ thanks for the definition hahha i get it now

i've seen the .cc.cc or the .co.nr or .tk or .someotherinitials for free, but in your opinions,
do you guys think that those address would defer potential customers from a website?

would you rather go onto www.shopping.com or www.shopping.cc.cc / www.shopping.co.nr ?
i'm afraid that would drive traffic away from my website :\

what do you thinkkk?


and when you use the domain.cc.cc or something, do you still have to buy a webhost or is that free too?

[mstar]

^ thanks for the definition hahha i get it now

i've seen the .cc.cc or the .co.nr or .tk or .someotherinitials for free, but in your opinions,
do you guys think that those address would defer potential customers from a website?

would you rather go onto www.shopping.com or www.shopping.cc.cc / www.shopping.co.nr ?
i'm afraid that would drive traffic away from my website :\

what do you thinkkk?


and when you use the domain.cc.cc or something, do you still have to buy a webhost or is that free too?

I fully agree, a .com is much more attractive. But that depends on your customer base. If you're pushing a professional edge, a .com is a must. If you're pushing a "friendly online store" it isn't.

.cc.cc offers free web hosting for shopping cart only. co.cc does not.

[CHOMP!]

ooh i see. i would have a shopping cart so i guess that qualifies me for free hosting, yeah?

can you edit the interface of a .cc.cc fully or is it limited to basic templates? would i be allowed to use dreamweaver or have some html layout thing? (the example website is pretty inattractive imo .__. )

thank you everyone for your help and i'm sorry for having so many questions

[Roxik]

About the shopping cart you could always use the Paypal "add to cart" function
and I'm assuming that you'd use Paypal as the method of payment for your transactions.

Here is a link if you'd like to read up on the Add to Cart function

[CHOMP!]

^ thanks for that link. i'm definitely going to add that to my site if i ever get it up and running

http://www.arvixe.com/linux_web_hosting << anyone ever heard of this webhosting site?
i'm thinking about purchasing from them.. i googled some reviews and they all seem pretty good :|
it would be $7/month if i paid month by month and they give 1 free domain for life

this is the cheapest one i've found and it also seems the most reliable judging from the reviews

any thoughts guys?

[kanyewong]

For the shopping thing, couldn't you just simplify it, and get an amazon or ebay, and just link it from your site to there?