--- Russell Baker <rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At the risk of sounding like a complete idiot...... > (hmmmm...that never seemed to bother me in the past) > Doesn't one have to register a domain name (?) someplace. > And then one has to get a host. > What exactly is the proper order to do this in? You don?t have to have a domain name, but it makes giving out your web address a lot easier. The domain name and the hosting are separate, although some companies will do both. Domain names, as far as I know are not free but they inexpensive. I use directNIC.com and have a few domains registered with them. Last time I registered they were $15 a year. I only have one hosted, and the others are just re-routed. For instance, www.frame-destination.com just gets re-routed to www.framedestination.com If you have no hosting at all they will put up some sort of ?coming soon? combined with some ad for themselves I think. Domain name companies now have a new secure or lock feature. Be sure to find that and turn it on. There was a recent change to regulations, which allow a domain name to be taken if you do not respond to an email within a few days. Email is not exactly what I would call reliable so that means someone could hijack your domain without you knowing about it. Once you select a hosting company they will give you their hosting information. You give that to the domain company and then they will point your domain to your website or their own placeholder. When you change the hosting information it can take the domain company a while to change it, and then it has to filter through all of the name servers on the Internet, which can take another day, or two. You can get free hosting but they will generally run some sort of ad on your page. The cost goes up from $0 and I have seen as high as $59 per month. The more expensive ones offer higher connection speeds, higher reliability, better tech support, and or other miscellaneous features such as email or blogging. Unfortunately, you probably wont know what you really need until it?s too late but until you jump in you will never know. For instance, my new host supports web based email, which can be convenient for accessing it remotely, but they also do not allow you to upload email except within 30 minutes of having checked email. It is an antispam feature, and not a big deal, just means I have to hit send/receive twice sometimes. Little things like that will vary from host to host. Mark Rogers Frame Destination, Inc. http://www.framedestination.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
