Hello, just wondering if anybody has ever built a website? do you have any suggestions? who do you recommend as a web hoster? TIA

Funny - I was coming today to post the exact same question! Anyone out there with ideas? Help?

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I used Internet Domain Name Registration, Domain Transfers. Your domain name search starts here. (Go Daddy) It was very easy and the hosting fee is pretty cheap. They have a ton of templates and art to make a professional looking site. It was pretty easy to use and they have great technical support in case you get stuck.

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I use godaddy for my URL purchases and I use techallstars.com for my hosting. They are GREAT! I have 4 sites running with one hosting account (I believe you can do up to 3 URLs with one hosting account...share the space). I spend around $230 a year on hosting for my sites. It's a pretty high plan....my sites are retail sites so lots of pics and traffic and I've never had a problem.

If you are making your own site and it's online commerce, I would recommend using free, open source shopping cart software from Zen Cart as your OS platform. LOTS of help on their forums and although I didn't have any formal web development training, I was able to do my site just fine (PM me and I can send you the URL). It includes a shopping cart and search engine feature as well as paypal and authorize.net capability.

If you are having a more informational/personal site, you can use PostNuke CMS :: A Flexible Open Source Content Management System as your OS platform. I have site up with that as well. Both platforms are free and have add ons to customize that are free. There are also add ons at a cost from various sources. I did mine the free way

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