websites

[Brushcutter]

Hi

 

Thinking of getting a website. Lots of ads for suppliers on google. Who have you guys gone with. Did you use a template, make it yourself or spend lots of money and have someone do it for you?

 

Cheers

 

Andy

[Tom2020]

Created all mine myself, But they do take some time to do. Unless you want a basic one page site your looking at a week or two to make it. Depending on time and skill level, There are a few providers out there but i would recommend yola. As that's where mine is based. Really easy to use and also comes with advance options as well. Price is around £40-50 a year. If you would like a pro to make it your looking at £400 plus then each year of hosting and they may also charge you to up date it as well.

 

One thing i will say no website company in the world can promise you to be on the top of google its not possible. After 7-12months you will then be looking at being on the first page. To be on the top of google, You either pay large amounts to google or have a good Search options also known as (SEO). To be near the top it will take around 2Years to get there.

[jrose]

Did mine myself, searched for a suitable CSS template on the web to save the time, then everything else done with Notepad (it's already on your computer, unless you use a Mac) and the GIMP (free alternative to PhotoShop, does everything I need it to do).

 

If you go down this route you need to be reasonably computer savvy though, if not it might be easier to pay someone to do it.

[Woodworks]

We have done a very basic one but embarrassingly easy with Yola. Cost nothing just pay for the domain name. Took a morning to make.

 

You may be wanting something smarter thou as ours is only for firewood.

 

Liz's Logs

 

Beau

[Clark]

I made mine myself, isnt bad could be better but i just used notepad and photoshop and used 1and1.co.uk for hosting. But again, you need to know the basic idea of how to make a web page.