[Darkside]

Ok, most of you guys have your own websites with great addresses.
To get an address with a name you choose (and no pop ups), do you have to pay or are there any other options?

 

[JohnnyL]

To get something like www.LoveManor.com or www.HauntForum.com you'll need to purchase a domain. They generally run about 6-9 dollars a year. As for the hosting, you can get it free from various sources but you'll most likely be cluttered with advertisements. Your best bet is to purchase a small amount of space for 4-6 dollars a month.

I use www.Branzone.com for my hosting, the pricing is great and they're very friendly with helping you get set-up.

 

[Ghostess]

Also, if you go with smaller space, you may want to have all of your pictures in a free space such as Photobucket instead of on your website's host server. I just moved all my pics over so I will have plenty of room for all the new pages I'm adding.

Whatever you do, DO NOT go with iPower. I've heard NOTHING but BAD things about them.

 

[Front Yard Fright]

DO NOT go with iPower. I've heard NOTHING but BAD things about them.

Correct. I registered 3 times with them... and every single time something went wrong.
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I used www.freewebs.com to create and host my website.
Hope you get everything figured out!
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[Big Howlin]

for www.autumncoast.com i paid 25CDN bucks through "domain people" and they're pretty good. All it does is redirect my members.shaw.ca/autumncoaststudios to my desired domain name.
My hosting comes with my internet through shaw which costs nothing. I get 20mb per space and i get 9 spaces. So almost 200mb for free. I also use that for members.shaw.ca/october31

 

[Hellrazor]

im learning a lot from this thread too. thanks for starting it.

 

[Darkside]

yeah, I'm actually getting more info than I expected. Thanks guys.

 

[widowsbluff]

Most hosts offer free web building tools. If you don't have front page or something similar I would go with a host which offers a site builder you like. I use www.coffeecup.com as my web page builder. Once I fiqured it out it was pretty simple. I got it free at lunarpages.com but have since switched to http://www.simplyhosting.net/index.php I used freewebs for my first pages but quickly out grew the bandwidth.

 

[Ghostess]

I like coffeecup too, but if you use the free version and don't understand html, it can be frustrating for some.

 

[Forbidden Crypts]

I use http://www.250free.com paid account. It is $6.95 a month, and well worth it for space and ease of use. I agree about posting your photos with Photobucket also. I do the same thing.