Affordable Web Hosting
- Blogging: Getting Started
- Blogging: Now that you have an address how about a Theme
- Mommy Bloggers: An idea for you!
- Organization Series Plugin - I have it halfway working lol
- An Update to my Organize Series Plugin Post
- New features around here!
- Affordable Web Hosting
- I follow, do you?
- Bloggers: How to get the Email link box
- Brides - have you thought about a wedding website?
- I try not to mix politics outside of my family
- WordPress 2.6.1 Release- Are you upgrading?
- Bloggers: Another free blogging tool!
- Ongoing Housekeeping
- Wordpress Blog Stats Plugin
- New features coming soon
- Bloggers - use pictures to enhance your posts
Creating and managing a blog or website can be quite a bit of fun. I started back in high school with geocities (remember them?) and had a fan page for a certain boy band. As I got more consumed in college, I let the webpage go but I did remember the basic coding, uploading, and posting that I did back in the day. I found that I started to yearn for an outlet for my thoughts again. This time though it would be different. Instead of a site about someone else, I wanted a site to be about ME and my thoughts, actions, and feelings. So here I am with my own blog. I’ve had quite a few people ask me recently about how hard it is to get started with your own blog. Many are worried about hosting as they are not former computer majors and have not a clue on coding or technical expertise.
My number one piece of advice is to find a good web host like Network Solutions. As long as you have a good, affordable host everything else will fall in place. So let’s talk about that for a moment. Network Solutions is just what their names says: they are your solution for personal or business web hosting. They offer multiple packages to suit your needs such as $9.99 a month for the basic package (what you and I would need) to $29.13 a month which businesses would need. In each of their packages, you receive at least one domain (ie web address) at no additional charge as well as server space and email addresses. When I was searching around before establishing my blog, I found many sites that would charge one fee for hosting your blog and then another fee for giving you your web address and can I tell you it was getting expensive! If you are getting started I highly recommend the basic package as it will be everything you need and the good thing is that if you find you are exceeding your limits you can easily upgrade for a couple more bucks a month. Network Solutions has technical assistance available via phone or online to help whenever you need them. Give them a visit today and get started on your webpage/blog!
