Basic assistance needed

lampsie

Hiya guys,

Righty, been doing web design for mates/relatives etc. over the last few years, and uploading them to free webspaces (y'know, iolfree.ie/~whatever, and so on).

Anywhoo, I've been approached by a mates brother to do a website from the ground up for his new mortgage company. It's a no-frills, text 'n graphics only affair, no ASP or anything.
Trouble is, he wants a .ie domain for the new site, and I've suddenly realised I'm not really sure what I need to do. Here's my question, if someone could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful

BTW, I've checked on a .ie registrar, and the domain name is available.

Q. I register the domain, then what do I do? :-)

I'm guessing I can upload the site to some free webspace provider, then redirect blahblah.ie to point to the free webspace host - is this possible without getting too messy?
If this is the case, is there any way to always show the blahblah.ie in the location bar, rather than displaying the free webspace URL?

This question will seem trivial to most of you, but I'm stumbling blindly here, help is muchos appreciated

Thanks,
lampsie.

steve-hosting36

Hi Lampsie,

First step - getting the .ie

The domain being applied for needs to relate to your friends business, which needs to be a Ltd. company or a sole trader (with a registered Business Name Cert). Once that is done, you will be able to get a .ie domain fairly easily.

Most of the .ie registrars / affiliates will provide web/email forwarding at no charge or at a nominal charge - see http://www.irishhostreview.com/domains.htm for a list of prices charged by all the .ie registrars.

Alternative of course is hosting the domain, which will cost anything from 20-30 euro a year to several hundred

Best of luck.
Steve

Gavin

What's the situation wih a school getting a .ie ?

Gav

steve-hosting36

Very simple actually, they register (surprisingly) under the 'Educational Institution' Category, and all that is required is a letter on school letterhead, signed by the principal/head to secure the domain.

HTH, Steve

Gavin

is it any cheaper for a school ?

Gav

peterd

Originally posted by Verb
is it any cheaper for a school ?

Hi Gav, no it's the same price for everyone. There are just different categories that you can apply under, a school is one of them. The price remains constant for all categories.

Gavin

ah right.
ok thanks peter.

Gav

lampsie

Cheers steve, thanks

- lampsie

Winters

You need to show that you an Irish person or Bussiness etc..

What you need after getting the domain will be hosting.
You can get hosting from webworld and other places. Web world and a lot of places can do offers if you also register the domain with them.

Once you have built the site, upload it to the hosting company and it should be working!

steve-hosting36

Or you could host with www.hosting365.ie

(ok, I couldn't resist !

Steve

lampsie

Coolio lads, thanks a mil

- lampsie