Custom-built website
Want more control
over your family history website? Build it from scratch. Here's what you need to get started:
Website building software
Here are my recommendations:
Shop around for discount suppliers. You won't get the support from the manufacturer, but the price will be considerable less.
Graphic design capabilities
The same programs you use to edit
your photos can be used to create
the graphic elements of your website (banner, text,
images)
Web domain
URL—name of your website, usually starts with www. You
must do a
domain search to make sure the name you have chosen is
not already
taken, then register your domain. Many web hosts include
this as part
of the web hosting service.
Web host
Server where your website pages reside so anyone can access
them at any time via the world wide web. My recommendations—all of these have
free domain search and registry and unlimited disk space and bandwidth.
Discussion Features
Online assistance or software that makes it possible for
others to post comments (blog or forum) on your website
Blog—controlled by you or a small group of people who
make regular
entries, similar to a diary. Others can post comments, but
do not initiate
a subject. To set up a blog, you need a blog host:
Forum—Open discussion that relies on the public to
initiate a subject.
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