Need to set up website

[ahammond]

Hi…

I’m looking to set up an online business and this forum seems to be an excellent place to tap into a number of likeminded brains! So, the first hurdle I have is can anyone recommend an ISP (among the many out there) where I can register my domain name and that is able to host my site...and that is competitively priced?

Thanks in advance...

Andy

[puggit]

I use www.oneandone.co.uk who claim to be the best and the cheapest. They offer various packages depending on your need including 2 small business packages with different bandwith/storage IIRC.

Haven't had any problems so far... I suspect they are more of an idiots ISP

I'm sure there will be other competitive ISPs out there for the expert web site owner.

[oggs]

You could give Dontlift a call

[drum4it]

try this guy for hosting - he's been good for mine

[e-mail]

and this guy for web design etc

[e-mail]

mention me to either for a good deal & check out my site at www.essexupholstery.com it goes fullscreen and may not work with a firewall...

good luck

Grahame

[JamieBeeston]

www.Register1.net for domains, SSL and low cost hosting.

www.Serverstream.net for top end (Large Corp / PLC) level hosting.

Have plenty of designers as customers should you need putting in contact

Flash specialist, Database specialists, XML specialiasts, java specialiats, PHP/ASP/you name it specialists

[ahammond]

Thanks folks! That's a great help...

[xm5er]

I use Verio.co.uk , not cheap but fairly bullet proof. Never had an outage in 18 months.

[samn01]

I have always used Easyspace.com but what do I know (not much )

[miniyou]

www.vingtquatre.net

Mate of mine, does the whole kit and kaboodle, domains, hosting web design and build etc etc.

[JamieBeeston]

drum4it said:

mention me to either for a good deal & check out my site at www.essexupholstery.com it goes fullscreen and may not work with a firewall... good luck Grahame

nice advert for hosting

[Marshy]

drum4it said:

mention me to either for a good deal & check out my site at www.essexupholstery.com it goes fullscreen and may not work with a firewall...

Ummm. Perhaps I'm missing something here but... your site appears to be one page offering contact details for your business - fair enough. Why is it implemented in Flash rather than simple text/graphics? And why the choice of a broadband or modem version when the site content is so similar (and small)?

Flash is evil in many ways... unfriendly to non-mainstream browsers, terminally unfriendly to visually impaired users using text-to-speech.

Just curious...

[danhf]

Marshy said:

drum4it said: mention me to either for a good deal & check out my site at <a href="http://www.essexupholstery.com">www.essexupholstery.com</a> it goes fullscreen and may not work with a firewall... Ummm. Perhaps I'm missing something here but... your site appears to be one page offering contact details for your business - fair enough. Why is it implemented in Flash rather than simple text/graphics? And why the choice of a broadband or modem version when the site content is so similar (and small)? Flash is evil in many ways... unfriendly to non-mainstream browsers, terminally unfriendly to visually impaired users using text-to-speech. Just curious...

Such an old-fashioned view!

The biggest problem with Flash is that it's used inappropriately.