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Lesson One: Creating a Country Music Fansite - Finding a Webhost
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Finding a Webhost

Want to make a country music fansite for your favorite artist or band? I've compiled some tips on things to do and also things you shouldn't do when making your website.

The first thing you need to do is find a host for your site. I've listed several sites below that will host your site for free.

0catch.com
Includes:

  • 250/100 Megs of Space
  • FTP Support
  • Free Site Promotion
  • Front Page Extensions (Pro)
  • Free Stats and Site Tools
  • Fast and Reliable Servers

Topcities.com *
Includes:

  • 150 MB of Space
  • Your Own Sub-Domain
  • Direct FTP
  • Personal Guestbook
  • Personal Message Board
  • Form Mail So Your Visitors Can E-Mail You Directly From Within a Web Page
  • One-Click EasyUpload utility allows you to upload multiple files with ease
  • EZ Page Builder (No HTML Knowledge Needed)
  • Free "One-Click" Submission To Many Search Engines To Promote Your Site
  • E-Mail (Coming Soon)
  • And much more...

Batcave.net
Includes:

  • 100 MB Space
  • 600 MB Transfer
  • FTP
  • Ad Supported

Fortunecity.com
Includes:

  • Banner Ads on your site
  • Pop-up Ads on your site
  • 25 MB of web space
  • 3 GB of file transfer
  • No email accounts
  • No CGI or ASP
  • FTP Access Only
  • Online Support Docs Only

Tripod.com
Includes:

  • 20 MB Space
  • 1 Gig Transfer
  • Pageview Reports
  • Ad Supported

GeoCities/Yahoo *
Includes:

  • 15 MB Space
  • 3 GB/month
  • Ad supported
  • Free PageBuilder and PageWizard Tools
  • Online Help

There are plenty more, but that should get you started. Note that the websites that have programs to help you easily build your site without any knowledge of HTML are marked with an *.

Next lesson, suggestions on what type of content you might want to add to your site.

Shel


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