i want a website, where to start?

[Nelson Tan]

Nice! Welcome to the Tumblr community! 🙂

I started a tumblr.

http://m2-and-me.tumblr.com/

I might look into the others but it seems tumblr is popular and fine.

My objective was to create a visual diary with one camera/lens. I wanted to create a blog with few meaningful pictures as opposed to dumping everything on flickr. Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[silent1]

Also, as soon as you fill a page or two with your photographs, consider submitting your tumblr to the photographers directory (a kind of meta-tumblr where each single entry represents a photo tumblr), you'll gain a lot of visibility 😉

 

[msbarnes]

i want a website, where to start?

I want something simple and clean.

I mainly want to have a website that allows others to connect with me in all my social networks: flickr, tumblr, cargo collective, instagram, facebook, and etc. I would probably add an "about me" section, gear section, and things like that...idk.

I don't really want to pay anyone to design a website for me, so is there a simple way of doing so? in like one night? lol. I'm not a professional photographer, this is my hobby, so it doesn't have to be super fancy/sophisticated. I wouldn't mind paying to use a website builder I guess or however it normally works.

Also, I think I have to register a domain name and then find a website builder? Is that how it goes?

 

[Mackinaw]

Take a look at Squarespace.

Jim B.

 

[Jan Pedersen]

If that does not appeal try Wordpress http://wordpress.org/

I am a novice when it comes to creating websites but managed to make a simple Webpage with wordpress.

 

[msbarnes]

something like that looks perfect. I checked your website and it is good-enough for me. I just want a few galleries and contact information.

Sorry if this is very basic but...

do you have to register "snowcountryphotography.com" somewhere? And then I'd imagine that you just follow the squarespace template.

 

[msbarnes]

If that does not appeal try Wordpress http://wordpress.org/

I am a novice when it comes to creating websites but managed to make a simple Webpage with wordpress.

That looks neat too! thanks

 

[colyn]

Most website hosting companies will have a simple web builder. You will have to register a domain name then purchase web hosting..

When you are ready to go beyond simple you should try your hand at html.

I've been using godaddy.com

 

[danielsterno]

Sounds like you have a few options. Here is mine, the hosting site caters mostly to artist and some photographers- danielstern.info and its pretty reasonable and reliable, the web address of the company is: http://www.icompendium.com

good luck...

 

[stitchohana]

tumblr & get a nice domain name

 

[28mm]

You need to register a domain at a registrar. The most well-known is probably GoDaddy, but given their politics and marketing habits, a lot of people have gone to others like Namecheap.

Once you register a domain, you need a host. I believe Wordpress and Tumblr can host (and you can just have the registrar redirect your URL to them). If you decide to forgo WP/Tumblr, you can look into ASmallOrange for a host, and Indexhibit for creating simple galleries.

 

[kxl]

Three things to do:

1) Register a domain name with godaddy. All that does is give you ownership of the domain name for the number of years that you pay for. I used godaddy to register my domain name.

2) Sign up with a hosting service. This service "hosts" whatever you end up posting on your site. Hosting services typically include a number of software that you can use, e.g., Wordpress, photo galleries, etc... I use inmotionhosting for mine.

3) Develop your site. For my site, I used Wordpress, jalbum (for the photo gallery page) and simple html (iframe) to embed linked pages.

Good luck!

 

[eyesglassy]

Hi Keith, That looks good. So the domain name you registered is your last name dot net? Can this name be moved to another web page in the future? Is there a downside to the ad in the gallery? I know I'm way behind everyone here on this subject. I would really like a site with photos. I'll start with a domain name today. Thanks, Joe

 

[jonasv]

There are indeed three steps, but the good thing about a service like Squarespace is that it's an all-in-one package: domain name + hosting + customiseable templates.

So if, like me, you want to keep things simple, I can really recommend Squarespace. I love the ease-of-use, lots of great-looking templates that are simple and clean, and it's very easy to customise with the WYSIWYG-style editor...

My Squarespace website: www.jonasvincken.com

Three things to do:

1) Register a domain name with godaddy. All that does is give you ownership of the domain name for the number of years that you pay for. I used godaddy to register my domain name.

2) Sign up with a hosting service. This service "hosts" whatever you end up posting on your site. Hosting services typically include a number of software that you can use, e.g., Wordpress, photo galleries, etc... I use inmotionhosting for mine.

3) Develop your site. For my site, I used Wordpress, jalbum (for the photo gallery page) and simple html (iframe) to embed linked pages.

Good luck!

 

[Bill Clark]

For our TCPPA we have this:

http://www.tcppablog.com/

Costs $10.00 per yr. for domain name.

Blog is free.

Blogger is owned by Google. Perhaps more exposure?

Hope this helps you!

 

[cosmonaut]

Zenfolio. I can store full size files. It's very simple and also connect to all social sites.

 

[eyesglassy]

I just looked at Jonas and Cosmos websites. Beautiful work there. I really like the basic design of the pages. Thanks guys.

 

[kxl]

Hi Keith, That looks good. So the domain name you registered is your last name dot net? Can this name be moved to another web page in the future? Is there a downside to the ad in the gallery? I know I'm way behind everyone here on this subject. I would really like a site with photos. I'll start with a domain name today. Thanks, Joe

Hi Joe - yes, it's my last name dot net. The registrar is just that -- a way to register ownership of the domain name ownership. I can take that domain name from hosting service to hosting service.

Wrt the ad in the gallery - I use the jalbum software to serve up the gallery. It's free but they do pop up the ads. To remove the ads, I have to pay jalbum a small fee. I don't mind the ad.

Anyway good luck with your site.

 

[kxl]

There are indeed three steps, but the good thing about a service like Squarespace is that it's an all-in-one package: domain name + hosting + customiseable templates.

So if, like me, you want to keep things simple, I can really recommend Squarespace. I love the ease-of-use, lots of great-looking templates that are simple and clean, and it's very easy to customise with the WYSIWYG-style editor...

My Squarespace website: www.jonasvincken.com

If you are willing to sacrifice flexibility for ease of use at a relatively high price that locks you in to using their service then yes, Squarespace is probably a good choice.

 

[Mackinaw]

......do you have to register "snowcountryphotography.com" somewhere? And then I'd imagine that you just follow the squarespace template.

When you sign up for Squarespace you choose a domain name, and Squarespace will register it for you.

The domain name is part of the package. Pick a picture template, populate it with photos, add contact info, a blog (if you wish), and some information about you, and you're in business.

Setting up your page is easy as it comes. I set up my "Snow Country Photography" webpage in about 30 minutes. A very well designed interface. I can heartily recommend Squarespace.

Jim B.