My pastor just asked me to start a website for our church. Now, I know how to do some preliminary things, but I need to know where is the best place to get a domain at?, the best way to go about building it: Dreamweaver, Front page, pure HTML *which by the way I dont think I can do* LOL. I have used Dreamweaver before and liked it but I dont have a copy of the software and dunno if we wanna spend the money buying it. So anyways whatever help any of y'all can supply will be much appreciated.
If you know how to use HTML, that will provide you with the best control of how a page will turn out. If you don't know HTML, you can use Front Page or even build a web page in MS Word, where most things will be click and drag.
GoDaddy is your best bet for easy, painless hosting.
Download a copy of NVU (www.nvu.com), try a few tutorials, and you'll be up a running in no time.
there are also several places that offer pre-made templates for church web sites, where you just plug in the content you want on the site, and it takes care of the layout and design.
I tried that NVU and it seems pretty user friendly.
SO how much should I tell my pastor that we need to get started up front? I kinda figured that we might need 100 for registering the domain name and for one year of hosting.
Also what extension would you suggest that we get? .org .com etc...?
Thanks for all the help!
you shouldn't have to go over $9/month tops for basic hosting. also, if you sign up for a 24 month contract, many hosting companies will include a domain name as part of the package.
as far as .org vs. .com goes, thats up to you guys, and name availability.
our church has a .com domain (legacykona.com) but many do opt for an .org name.
If you contact the UPCI, they have a great hosting package that allows you to have streaming audio for sermons.
They have great templates and a very easy editor that anyone can make additions or updates to your page at anytime.
I was shocked at the pricing and frankly we did away with our page and went with theirs. They will even help with the page design.