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Mobilejay

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I have been detailing for a living for over a year now and think its time to put up a site. I am just looking for some info on what to do. I don't know anything about having a site or making one so any info is greatly apprecitated. If there is a link to where this has already been discussed that would be fine. I just don't feel like searching right now, long busy day. Thanks. Oh and about how much a month will this cost?
 
Just go to a website like citymax or bravenet and follow directions. They have templates available where you pick the layout, the style, the pictures, etc. to make your own website. Personally, I always found citymax to be very easy to use. They were the first company that I ever used, with zero experience, and it went pretty smoothly and easily. The directions will tell you how to pick your hosting package (monthly fee for them to keep you up on the web), help you get your domain name (www.yourname.com), set up email accounts with your website, etc. You can have a website for about $20 a month including everything.



Myself, I used sitecube, and I love the results. Click on my name to the left and click to visit my homepage. They were good to use as well, and have been my favorite company to work with, although maybe not the best for your first website.



Hope this helps.............I've had many websites for many businesses through the years, and I'm not an expert by any means.
 
cool, thanks a lot guys. I really appreciate it. I used to know HTML back in high school.....that was a good while ago and I forgot everything about it. I will probably check some of these sites you all have posted up and go from there. Thanks again.
 
What I did was buy a template($40) and added the info and pictures as I wanted to. This way I could get a professional looking website without the cost. After fooling around with the program a little bit and taking a college web design class I learned a little more and tweaked the pages more and more. Most of my customers tell me that they found my website to have much more information on it than any of my competitors and thats whats made them chose me. Also, I pay like $65/year from godaddy.com and it's a breeze. I highly recommend them.
 
J. my bro in law did mine and he has his own web design co. I think it looks great and he's not even finished with it yet, still have to fancy up the pages. When finished they will look like a cross between my main page with pics and all and my pricing page with just a graphic interactive layout.



Check it out. OttmannDetailing.com or click on my homepage in my profile.



You can click on his icon at the lower right corner and contact him if you want a quote or whatever, just let him know how involved and interactive you want it, or just a main page with a gallery and info.....



Josh
 
I would not use bravenet, they are holding up transferring my domain name as we speak, and I felt there builder was confusing for someone with A.D.D. and no website experience, I just re-did mine with Yahoo and am very happy with the results
 
If you're not too keen on html, I'd highly recommend looking into creating your own with Joomla. -->Joomla!

Many professional sites are actually Joomla templates (more than you'd expect).



My bud just launched his own drum mfg. company and created the site himself using Joomla in less than a day. Here's his new site (still under construction but you get the idea): Advanced Acoustic Engineering



Our site is professionally designed and maintained and we pay a pretty penny for it.
 
jeteast99 said:
joomla looks great. i just wish i knew how to install it. MySQL, apache, php... confusing but I'm trying to learn it
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Indeed. I installed Joomla and it just too much tinkering after you installed it just to get it to work. I use 1and1 but I do not have an active web site but 1and1 has a built in web page generated (get like 12 pages and they charge for more) for the $5/mo package. They are rock solid in reliability and they are not a reseller of another service like many are so they are the company. Many programs can create web pages that you can upload (even MS Word!!) fairly easy. Joomla is a cms (content mgmt system) and this is only needed if you want access control and fairly canned looked.
 
After going back and forth and actually having some time to sit down and think about it, I am trying to choose between sitecube and godaddy. What do you guys think. I am probably going to design it myself with their help.
 
well after almost 2 months I'm finally up and running. I did go with godaddy and their website tonight program. It took a while to figure it out but it wasn't that hard. It was fun at times and a royal PIA at others. I'm not 100% satisfied but I can always make changes if I like. Also I didn't like how the gallery was so I bought the online photo filer that you can use and just hyperlinked that to the gallery button so it sends you to another page with pics. I think its pretty cool and now that I'm up I will probably leave it alone for a while. Anyway thanks for the help. I don't know the rules about posting the web addy so if you want, just click on my name to see it. The only thing that sucks is that I have to make new cards. Thanks again.
 
Looks good Jason. Have you given any thought to adding meta tags and keywords? They would be the words that people will use to search and find your website. Without them, how would anyone find your site?



To find the keywords of any individual web page, just go to that page and click 'View' in your toolbar. Then scroll down and click 'Source'. That will open up the page source for the page you are on and show you a listing of the meta tags and keywords. It is always fun to go to a competitors detailing site and see what they have listed, if anything. Try it.
 
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