Web sites

Cinsmom · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: Web sites

Totally off LD's - but for those of you who have web sites, do you do them your self or do you have them done by a pro? If you do them yourself, what program do you use? Is it hard or just time consuming? I'm knowledgeable about computers but I'm far from being a geek.

The reason for the question, I have a home based business (doll restoration) and business has slowed to an almost stop. I know part of it is economy, but I'm suspecting that some is due to the Internet advertising by other doll doctors, not that I begrudge them anything, but hey!

Of course, slow business means I have more time for travel (to Cincy Very Happy

) but it also means no money coming in. Sad

Thanks!

Doodlesville · Senior Member Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 1818 Location: VA

Pesonally I love Homestead ,,its easy ,i can do it myself, and i dont have to wait for a webmaster to get around to updating when i need it done i need it done now
first it may be a bit of work, but once all you want to say on your site is there its easy from there
www.homestead.com
another one is freeweb.com it pretty easy doesnt have as many functions as homestead though
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Lucky Me · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

I use the Dreamweaver program. If there is something extra special I want & don't know how to do, I bug my teen......the little HTML queen Laughing

Also.....if you put choice words in your "meta tags", words that people use in their search engines, this will bring you up higher on the results.
Jac has great meta tags! When I was first researching Labradoodles in Northern CA, her web was always up there....
BTW....My site is hosted by Godaddy.com. I noticed that there is a site builder on there.
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sdrudge · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

My husband does that for a living. We don't have our own site but he does alot of others. Well not just him the company he works for. It is a small company only five employees.
Very Happy

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Cinsmom · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:45 am Post subject:

I really don't want to hire anyone because I know of a couple of businesses that have trouble with their webmasters with updating their sites. I would probably find the wrong person to do it.

What is the difference between Homestead and Dreamweaver in quality of the site? Are there things you can't do with Homestead that you can with Dreamweaver or vise versa?

Doodlesville · Senior Member Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 1818 Location: VA

Homestead you dont have to know HTML
You just move things in the place you want them ,add test, add pics its easy
I dont know bout Dreamweaver
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www.Doodlesville.net
Aussiedoodles, Goldendoodles &
F1/F1B Labradoodles,

Breeding only Early Generation Doodles!
Keeping the Original Goals for this breed First!!
We do NOT Breed Australian Labradoodles!!

Lucky Me · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:

Dreamweaver is a computer program you purchase. It is easy once you learn it....you don't really need to know HTML, well.... I guess you do occasionaly when you get "bugs" you need to figure out Laughing

Sounds like Homestead would probably be better for you. I suspect that Homestead charges a fee for that, and you have to host on their site?
I pay about $50 a year for Godaddy.com to host me with no advertisements, $8-9 a year for my domain name. I don't know how that compares to Homestead.
I have seen a few web sites on this forum by Homestead, and they look very professional!
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Cinsmom · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject:

Thanks!

Mhyles30 · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject: Website

I also used Homestead, they have wonderful costumer service as well. I had my website up for more than two years now and I love how I am in control of things I want to put in there anytime I want. Wink

Tink · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

I do my own site which is actually in a blog format with WordPress. I have a friend who designs sites professionaly, so she helped me set it up and I've managed it since. I do daily updates, constantly adding and changing photos, and text about what's going on with the dogs and find it very easy to use.

I bought my domain name through Go Daddy, use midPhase, and Statcounter. Even when I don't have pups available I average about 130 views per day. I get many of them through Google, MSN, AOL, and Yahoo search engines. What really helped me to get picked up by them was careful keyword use.

I can give you more details if you like... don't want to write a novel here. lol

You can email me if you'd like more info.
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