Comments on: Building your own website http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Wed, 02 May 2012 08:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: colin http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/comment-page-1/#comment-55 colin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:01:00 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/#comment-55 <p>Hosting providers:</p> <p>In New Zealand, you can try <a href="http://www.iconz.co.nz" rel="nofollow">www.iconz.co.nz</a> who have a $10 plan. There will certainly be others.</p> <p>In the US, I use <a href="http://bluehost.com" rel="nofollow">Bluehost</a> who seem pretty good. They charge US7 per month for a two year commitment, a dollar more for a one year contract. They charge it all up front. They do email and a long list of other useful hosting stuff.</p> <p>Others I'd look at (based on the list at Wordpress.org) are: <a href="http://laughingsquid.net" rel="nofollow">Laughing Squid</a>, <a href="http://anhosting.com" rel="nofollow">ANhosting</a>, <a href="http://hostican.com" rel="nofollow">HostIcan</a> and <a href="http://dreamhost.com" rel="nofollow">Dreamhost</a>.</p> <p>Regarding Nvu, I've found it to work on a Mac platform with only occasional glitches. I believe development on it has stopped and the author is starting a new one from the ground up; that might well be KompoZer.</p> <p>Cheers...Colin</p> Hosting providers:

In New Zealand, you can try http://www.iconz.co.nz who have a $10 plan. There will certainly be others.

In the US, I use Bluehost who seem pretty good. They charge US7 per month for a two year commitment, a dollar more for a one year contract. They charge it all up front. They do email and a long list of other useful hosting stuff.

Others I’d look at (based on the list at Wordpress.org) are: Laughing Squid, ANhosting, HostIcan and Dreamhost.

Regarding Nvu, I’ve found it to work on a Mac platform with only occasional glitches. I believe development on it has stopped and the author is starting a new one from the ground up; that might well be KompoZer.

Cheers…Colin

]]> By: Larry Spitz http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Larry Spitz Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:18:48 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/#comment-54 Nvu is a bust for me. I tried the "Install Now" link on my Fedora Core 6 machine. I tried both Firefox and Opera. All I got was a 155 Byte XML file named Nvu.cnr. No download. I have no idea what to do with a .cnr file and neither does my system. According to some of the comments about Nvu, it has a poor UI and lots of bugs. I am going to try KompoZer but its relationship to Nvu is unclear to me. Nvu is a bust for me. I tried the “Install Now” link on my Fedora Core 6 machine. I tried both Firefox and Opera. All I got was a 155 Byte XML file named Nvu.cnr. No download. I have no idea what to do with a .cnr file and neither does my system.

According to some of the comments about Nvu, it has a poor UI and lots of bugs.

I am going to try KompoZer but its relationship to Nvu is unclear to me.

]]> By: Dallas Knight http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Dallas Knight Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:24:43 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/#comment-53 Thank you very much for your very interesting talk. I was quoted the monthly hosting fee of $29.95 this week for a simple site (NZ). Can you name a reliable overseas host and post it on your page? Thank you very much for your very interesting talk. I was quoted the monthly hosting fee of $29.95 this week for a simple site (NZ). Can you name a reliable overseas host and post it on your page?

]]> By: Wild Land http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Wild Land Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:10:35 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/#comment-52 I found the on-air discussion with Kathryn most useful. The prospect of building a website is daunting, but when taken step-by-step as you suggest it's no more difficult than a lot of other IT stuff that we do these days. Hadn't thought of testing the html pages in a local directory - I had assumed that a test webserver would be required. Nice bit of lateral thinking there! I found the on-air discussion with Kathryn most useful. The prospect of building a website is daunting, but when taken step-by-step as you suggest it’s no more difficult than a lot of other IT stuff that we do these days.

Hadn’t thought of testing the html pages in a local directory – I had assumed that a test webserver would be required. Nice bit of lateral thinking there!

]]> By: chris webster http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/comment-page-1/#comment-51 chris webster Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:09:40 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/2007/09/06/building-your-own-website/#comment-51 Hello Enjoyed this morning's discussions with Kathryn and you. You've got your comments up on your site so quickly. Im currently working on how to understand and am still practicising -- so your advice and homely approach are very welcome and assuring. Many thanks Chris Webster Hello

Enjoyed this morning’s discussions with Kathryn and you. You’ve got your comments up on your site so quickly. Im currently working on how to understand and am still practicising — so your advice and homely approach are very welcome and assuring.

Many thanks

Chris Webster

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