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26 Jan 20, 10:20 PM |
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Join Date: Mar 16
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Website set-up help
My kids swimming club need a new website. They've lost their old domain name so starting from scratch.
Somehow I've been roped in to sort. I can get a new domain name for 99p but no idea where is best to host it? I'm not that tech savvy but DH will help. We need someone idiot proof. Someone said to use Go Daddy but thought I'd ask on here for advice first? |
26 Jan 20, 10:23 PM |
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Go Daddy is good! I used them to buy a domain for my wedding website, it was super easy and I’ve had no issues ☺️
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26 Jan 20, 10:31 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Jan 18
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Vistaprint is good for websites.
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26 Jan 20, 10:31 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Jan 09
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I've used godaddy for a domain name and plan to use something like wix to actually design the page - unless anyone else has any bright ideas?!
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26 Jan 20, 10:38 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Aug 19
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This is my day job, lol, I am a digital marketing consultant, specializing in websites. I doubt if there is budget to pay me, lol but my advise would be a WordPress website. There are two versions of WordPress, a free version which you don;t need to have a host and a hosted version.
The free version has limited functions and features but is user friendly for beginners. The hosted version is still very user friendly but is a more professional route. If you are going with website hosting, I would advise researching UK based hosting companies. Go Daddy is cheap but it is located in USA. A UK host is much better idea. I'm in Ireland and all my clients and my own website are hosted with an Irish company. |
27 Jan 20, 11:24 AM |
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Apprentice Imagineer
Join Date: Aug 09
Location: Lincoln
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I run a number of websites and can concur with the advice from Bad Pink Tink. The only other advice would be to avoid Go Daddy (and its sister companies) like the plague. I use SiteGround which has datacentres around the world so you can get a UK-based website for speed. Their basic package (which should suit you) is £2.95 plus VAT per month. I would recommend getting the longest package (3 years) as the introductory price is only for your first "term" and it will go up to £8.95 plus VAT per month when it comes to renewing. 3 years comes in at an upfront fee of £106.20 plus VAT though so might be outside the budget.
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