WEBSITES

[JTRIMCO]

Looking to create a web site. I saw a few of yours and would like to know who to contact and who has the best deals. Thanks

[KirbysLawn]

Several of us do our own, I did. My new one is here but is still has work to be done: http://www.unionturf.com

Ray

[chrisbolte]

What is the cost of a web site? Upfront and monthly?

[KirbysLawn]

I pay $8.25 a month for hosting, design depends on who you get to do your site. I do sites in the winter, Chuck, and a few others also do them here.

Ray

[Lawn Cruiser]

KirbysLawn who does your hosting? Iset up a website through my quickbook's but didn't really like how I had no control. I have a brother-in-law that is a graphic artist and said he could set one up for me, I just need to registar my name(which I did) and then get someone to host it, and that is where I am at this point. For those of you that have a website are the benifits worth the price of the webstite?

[KirbysLawn]

Originally posted by Lawn Cruiser
KirbysLawn who does your hosting?.....For those of you that have a website are the benifits worth the price of the webstite?

I get mine through ICOM. If you look on my site at http://www.kirbycuttin.com you will see a banner from them, click on it and it will take you there. If you decide to use them and click on the banner first I get $50 for it so please do that, every little bit helps. :)

As for the second question, yes, YES, Y-E-S, yes, yes!!

Ray

[dhicks]

I pay $12.80 per month with unlimited disk space and mail accounts.

[Getmow]

Ray, That is a nice site.

[Eric ELM]

My domain name was $13.50 a year and $10 a month to have it hosted for the first year and $8.33 a month for the second year. Websites are easy to make, even I attempted to make one. I plan to try do a better job this winter when I get some time.

[Lawn Cruiser]

You all gave me good information on the web site hosting now how about another question what software do you use to do your web sites?

[stslawncare]

i currently havent had a chance to make a GOOD page for lawn care, but i have a job for a soil company (uncle is partial owner) making and managing there website. good business. I use microsoft word 2000 and i highly reccamend it. one thing that should not be overlooked is management, i non changing page STINKS. in fact i agree with that statement i just completely redid my page. keep the viewers comingback!

[Eric ELM]

Microsoft Publisher, MS Front Page are both good programs for doing websites. I did mine with Publisher and I will redo it this winter with Frontpage. I think MS Publisher is a lot easier to learn.

[KirbysLawn]

I use Front Page and Net Fusion. Front Page is much easier to use when first starting.

[GroundKprs]

A good program for a novice is Arachnophilia, from Paul Lutus. Don't really need to learn anything to start making your own page. It is CareWare, download at http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.html . You can work in split screen, and as you write your page in HTML, you can see how it will appear on the screen of a viewer. Can test it on IE, Netscape, and many other browsers.