Domain name, what next?

[emmagreeny]

I have just bought a domain name.

Would AOL host it?

If not who do you suggest?

Please help!

Thanks

[OBonio]

No, I don't think AOL do hosting (apart from personal websites).

 

If you're a fan of the AOL brand, they link to this company for hosting :

 

http://www.hostway.co.uk/webhosting/webhosting.asp

[simms]

When you bought your domain name, the company you bought it from usually have a hosting package - check it out

[inetbuff]

A lot of hosting companies allow you to transfer your domain name to them. You only need to have hosting if you are going to build the website. Some hosts have a built-in web building facility, others do not but instead will build your website for a fee, sometimes a monthly one.

[inetbuff]

Further to my previous answer, some hosts enable you to build your website using a program called Frontpage which sometimes comes free with operating systems. The program is a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) one, which means it acts much like a word processor, you just create what you want using normal typing and mouse controls. I find the program difficult to use. You also have to upload the completed website to the host website. Other hosts only allow you to create and upload a website using html coding, which is all typing in code. I think www.omnis.com allows the Frontpage program. You could also contact www.jec-web.com and ask them to access your domain using the password, build it using html, and upload it to your current host. If you do contact jec-web, tell them that David Carroll gave you their name.