Russell Baker <rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Gang..................... > > Well a week or so ago a few of you kind folks > gave me info on where to go to build a web page. > > I haven't started that yet............. > > > > Now..... > > 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? Russ Many hosting packages include a domain registration, so it's at least possibly a mistake to go register the domain before choosing the site to host it at. Generally speaking, you need to tell the domain registry to point the name at the hosting company, so you should make your arrangements with the hosting company first. (I said "generally speaking". I can probably get as technical as anybody here on these topics, but I'm trying to give a short and useful answer to a question from a first-time user of the technology, so going into all the unusual corners did NOT seem like a productive approach!) Some hosting companies will let you have a subdomain of their domain name for free; for some purposes that might be good enough, and it's free. A company that offered that might let you have, say, rbaker.powweb.com (I do not know whether powweb actually offers such a service). You can easily pay three times as much to register a domain name through one registrar as through another. On the other hand, that's only about $20/year wasted even if you make the worst possible choice. Registering through your hosting company, even if not free, might be enough more convenient (you don't need to be personally responsible for coordinating the actions of the two companies) especially for your first time as to be worth paying something for. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
