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On 5/24/2013 9:14 PM, ditch wrestler wrote: Looking for general opinions and experiences on websites & promotion... I would guess that people looking for you would be somewhat split as to whether they will be url snobs or not. The advantage to having your own domain comes, I think, in the fact that your email addresses look more legit with your own domain than a gmail or hotmail, etc., domain. I have done websites where I wrote the code using HTML only, and others where I used PHP so I could more easily have page templates. I have found that using WordPress lets me more easily create new pages and even edit old ones. But there is a learning curve and you have to make some basic decisions, such as (a) do you want to have a blog? (b) will you have separate pages for the individual members? (c) will you be hosting music or videos on your website? (d) will you be highlighting past accomplishments/projects on separate pages? - these are a few of the typical questions. Picking up a book on WordPress is invaluable if that's the method you go with. So my recommendation would be to buy a domain name (be careful of the hucksters out there), buy a book on WordPress, and install WordPress on your host, be it a freebie host or a (preferred if you have the budget) paid host. You can also get a WordPress page hosted by WordPress. Here are a few sites I've done for reference. These are in no way representative of all the cool things you can do with a website, just some basic stuff: www.coldbiscuitband.com www.soaringspider.com www.synthespider.com Obviously you would use tools like Facebook and YouTube to round out your promotional campaign. dw |