I've learned HTML!

Congratulations, although it could use some Jeremy Piven.

 

Great! Congrats.


Can someone recommend a place to learn Flash?

I want a domain so I can have email@myname.com. Actually, I've found a place with cheap hosting that I think will work (3-95.com). It's cheap but highly rated by the hot deals forum at anandtech.com.

What do I have to do beyond that? I want to limit the mail I get to only pre-approved addresses---but I think I do that with the email client.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

man, what would you do with out a SEGA DREAMCAST? i think it would be 1,000 times cooler if... those little people danced around.

 

<big freaking exciting flashing text><font size=gigantic font color=manly><bolder than the boldest bold>CONGRATS!</bolder than the boldest bold></font></big freaking exciting flashing text>

 

How strange! Reply to this message to read the html tags I used to make my "congrats" message, and tell me what happened.

 

<b>gettinbranded</b>: You can get a domain ($34 for 2 years) at www.BuyDomains.com.

You will be able to control it from a log-in control panel.

It will re-direct to any URL of your choosing. It will also forward any email sent to that domain to an email address of your choosing.

If you actually get a site later, you can transfer the domain to your new host should you want to.

I run about 20 domains through these guys.

 

Where or how did you learn HTML? I know some HTML but am not great with it and would like to be a lot better.

 

If you're really cheap, like most of the people I know, you might want to consider something like dyndns.org. You would end up with, say gettinbranded.dyndns.org. They also update dynamicaly so you can host on your own machine and don't have to pay someone else.

Also, the MX record updates dynamically, so you can set up a little web server/mail server box with an address that is dynamicaly resolved to your IP whenever it changes, and you can set up as many mailboxes as you want, resulting things like 'gettinbranded@gettinbranded.dyndns.org'.

The best part about this kind of setup is that you have really instantanious control when something goes wrong, and you get a much better sense of the process from one end to the other.

 

Also be very careful that if you pay for a domain 'through' one of these hosting companies you are listed as the contact person and have control. Then if they go out of business, or don't deliver what they promise, you'll be able to move to a new provider w/o their cooperation.

 

Does HTML actually work here?

<table border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=2 width=80% bordercolor=#000000>
<tr>
<td width=35% bgcolor=#000000> &nbsp; </td>
<td> Yes, it does. Or does it?</td>
</tr>
</table>

 

<FONT FACE="Georgia" SIZE="3">I learned HTML a couple of months ago myself. I designed a frames-based, multiple-node website for a school project here at the Univ. of Texas...I could've used something like Macromedia Dreamweaver (which is very good) or MS FrontPage but I decided to code it almost entirely by hand (I did use FrontPage to create my hotspots on one of my images). HTML is very easy to learn.</FONT>



And congrats, Azadre.

 

I like www.000Domains.com $13.50 a year and if you want you only have to register for a year.

 

I liked the book A Visual Quickstart Guide: HTML 4 For The World Wide Web by the Peachpit Press.

 

I used to use www.000domains.com but they only host. For an extra $3-4 bucks per year, at www.BuyDomains.com, I can use my domain for URL and Email forwarding. At BuyDomains.com, you do have to pre-pay for 2 years not 1, so that is a small consideration.... perhaps!

Also with the web control panel, you do provide a site title, description and key-words so that you can list with Search Engines.