wed page ?

cathy01

HI, our school is looking at getting a web page put together, but as always money is...well nill.
IS there a collage or somewhere like that , that would do it a sa project.
We can get money for the address , but the cost of all the other stuff is mad.
any tips, thanks,
cathy

biko

You can look at getting free templates online and just fill out them with text and pictures.
You can also google "free websites". They will not give you a free domain name (e.g www.myschool.com) but something like myschool.freewebsite.com
Usually they have a an online website builder so you can choose different templates to use.
G'luck

cathy01

if we got it for free, would there be even a chance, however small that pop ups of rude pictures could come up??
have to be soooo careful.
cathy

biko

Not likely although there may be other advertisements popping up. This is, after all, how the sites makes their money.

Go with a known one, like http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ or http://geocities.yahoo.com/
I'm sure others will have suggestion too when they read this.

is_that_so

Prices are not that expensive these days. A friend of mine is hosting his club site with Digiweb. They also provide a tool and templates to help you build a site. A .com name will cost less than €10, a .ie less than €30 and that Digiweb package is €20 a year. Even that should be within the budget of any school.

forbairt

Easiest option ...

.com 10 quid (30 ish for a .ie)
hosting 40 quid (ish)
Install wordpress (its a 1 click install on most of the hosting providers)

Your site is up and running

Grab a template from online ... install it ...

To be honest it'd be the easiest way of doing it.

DJB

Maybe setting up a blog type site over at www.wordpress.com and choosing one of those templates would be a good route to take. Cost would be minimal or 0 and you can get a nice looking site and do it all youself with ease.

forbairt

DJB wrote: »

Maybe setting up a blog type site over at www.wordpress.com and choosing one of those templates would be a good route to take. Cost would be minimal or 0 and you can get a nice looking site and do it all youself with ease.

I always tend to overlook blogging sites for multiple users but its probably a very good route to take.

I'd still advise ye get your domain name anyways if you want it.
You can have it redirect to your myschool.wordpress.com site and it ensures that you've got the domain if ye ever do get a budget to work with

There'll be a bit of a learning process for you but feel free to post up questions ... people usually respond fairly lively

DJB

If you're working with 0 budget, it can be a good route to take IMO.

Forb's right - pick up your domain name anyway.

forbairt

You might even find you know someone who is willing to host it for you which will then mean you've got me@myschool.com email addresses for all the staff

Edit: Cathy you're not by any chance located in galway ?

egan007

Good suggestions all around but i get the impresssion the OP
does not know how to register a domain, Does not know what hosting to buy,
Does not how what wordpress is and does not know how to install a template on it

Sposs

Hey cathy, drop me a PM and i'll sort out free hosting and domain name for ya


The hosting comes with an easy to use website builder which should do the job.

HTH

aidan_walsh

Sposs, read the charter please.

I would also appreciate if you would begin publically revealing your association with Hosting 365 if you are speaking on their behalf, or leave those communications to Steve.

Thanks.

Deliverance XXV

You could try the Google Page Creator.

It's free etc etc and you will get a domain name like myschool.googlepages.com

The page creator is very simple after that. It comes with plenty of templates and should suit your relatively basic needs.

Sposs

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Sposs, read the charter please.

I would also appreciate if you would begin publically revealing your association with Hosting 365 if you are speaking on their behalf, or leave those communications to Steve.

Thanks.

Ok will do.