Personal website building 101: registering domain names; free/ paid hosting; how to

build a website? Hello!

I'd be grateful for advice...

I purchased a domain name with bravenet.com

I also have free hosting with bravenet.

I would now like to build a personal website.

However, I do not like bravenet's templates or website builder.

Could someone tell me:

* What is free hosting and what does this provide? (there are ads with bravenet)

* Am I tied into being hosted by bravenet because I purchased my domain name via them?

* Will I have to re-purchase the domain name via bravenet on renewal?

* Can I move away from bravenet- and what can I move and how do I do it?

* What elements can I move and why should I consider this?

* Is it better to pay for hosting?

* Any suggestions as to good, reasonably priced hosting companies?

* Can anyone suggest a good way of building a website (either with an online website builder or with easy-to-learn web design functions as I am a web design total beginner)?

Thank you.

Scotty

Wow! You bombed me by your overwhelming questions!

Dear fiend, any bad web hosting service would trouble you for a long period. At first, try to choose a professional service to get rid of the subsequent problems. And also please don’t trust dishonest claims like unlimited hosting space or unlimited bandwidth!

As an experienced webmaster I suggest BlueHost service which I’m sure it would work for you. BlueHost, a Multi-awarded affordable Web Hosting, offers a Full-featured service only $6.95 a month. Their service is really perfect, reliable and uptime.

You can go there through the address below:
http://bluehost2008.atspace.com

Here I have copied and pasted its features from their website to view:

- Multi-awarded
- Free Domain Forever
- 600 Gigabyte Hosting Space
- 6,000 GIGS of Transfer
- Host UNLIMITED Domains
- 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
- SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
- CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
- 2000/2002/2003 Front Page Extensions
- Free Site Builder
- 24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support
- $6.95 a month

Good Luck!

ok then,

-freeehosting is when you don't have to pay to have your site hosted, but you do have alot of ads

-yes i think that you are tied to bravenet, for you bought your domin name there

-you can only buy a do,ain name once, the it is gone and no-one can use that name

-i don't think that you can move

-i don't know that answer

-it is better to pay for hosting for you can get more bandwith and if they provide it, customer support

-hosting companies, if you want to you could always use dream host, i was thinking about using them untill i found freewebs, and also 1and1 , they keep on bosting about how good there hosting packages are

-i started off by using windows frontpage, but then moved onto a diffrent program when i had mastered the basics, so yeah, freewebs is a good place to start

no probs

kayleigh