[lug] OT: Creating my own website & domain name

[Barney Treadway]

My $0.02...

Keep the domain registration independent of the hosting company. Most
registrars offer dns service as well. We use a reseller account at dotster
that gives us redundant name servers and name registration for about $16 a
year.

That way no one but you controls what the name does.

Barney

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dollison" <johndollison at hotmail.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:18 PM
Subject: [lug] OT: Creating my own website & domain name


> I've had my own personal websites before, usually something like
> www.attbi.com/~user52, but I'd like to get my own domain name.  Problem
is,
> I've heard a lot of horror stories about people who paid way too much to
> register, then found out they could only put up three pages, and couldn't
> transfer the domain to another web-hosting company.  And there are so many
> companies to choose from!  I don't need any fancy features, just a few
megs
> of space where I could put up my main page with maybe a dozen sub-pages.
>
> I looked at this webhost (http://www.1sthostweb.com/features.htm), and
they
> seem pretty good, for $50/year, but I wanted to get BLUG's advice.
Whaddaya
> think?
>
> John D
>
>
> .
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