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I've reading through these pages and haven't seen Hostway come up in conversation. I've had a Yahoo store a few years ago and the advantage was
alot of things were done for you or already built-in. You had a basic set of tools to construct the site but after that you must be familar with RTML (static HTML) or pay some guru $ 300 for on of his pre-designed templates, that weren't so great.
Hostway is a bit pricey but, seems nice and stable. The links they have to site s they host had four not-overly impressive candidates. I wish I knew more about how there site building program works. Of course I want something
99% customisable while I do not know much about HTML, I insist on my shopping cart coming with my ecommerce host, and I want a ton of options.
My sites WERE with Hostway a few years back. They were great in 2001-2004, but then changed their policy to provide more bandwidth and space. Boy, it went downhill after that. My sites were offline constantly, for hours at a time. Support would get back to you 12 hours later and tell me that everything is fine... well no sh*t 12 hours later. The support staff were clueless, seems like they were reading from a script. It's a total crap. I switched to Pair.com late 2004 and couldn't be happier. There are cheaper places than Pair, but as I computer tech I prefer them over others becaus it seems like their staff are more knowledgeable and VERY responsive. I mean emergency ticket requests are answered within 15 minutes, and they know exactly what they're talking about.
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Since I can be describe as "not really familar with HTML" do they offer that site building customisable templates and the like or, do I need to create something from dreamweaver or some such program?
do they offer that site building customisable templates and the like or, do I need to create something from dreamweaver or some such program?
I don't think pair offers any site building templates, but I also recommend them as a good host.
If you don't know HTML (and have no desire to learn), it might be a good idea to outsource the design of your website so that you can be sure to put a professional first impression to your web customers.
I'm an old fashioned NotePad user Hostway is pretty much do-it-yourself kind of a host, so you need to know what you're doing. They get my vote for reliability.
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Me too, for the most part =) I generally use NoteTab (basically a more advanced NotePad; has tabs, sorting, and a few other neat features), but even doing php and such I'm still mostly using a basic text editor. I'll use Dreamweaver if I want to make a complicated table or such though, since it can do it so much faster.
thank you Jasonda that looks like a go. I'm gonna experiment with it.
BUT, I'm nervous about screwing things up especially if I'm using it for a ecommerce. I might be at least initially leaning toward something like a yahoo
store and may go off on my own once im sure I wont harm anything.
thank you Jasonda that looks like a go. I'm gonna experiment with it.
BUT, I'm nervous about screwing things up especially if I'm using it for a ecommerce. I might be at least initially leaning toward something like a yahoo
store and may go off on my own once im sure I wont harm anything.
Even if you were using Yahoo or another service, there could still be problems of this nature. Keep your site "offline" or unavailable to the public until you are done building it. Then do extensive testing. Make sure that it works on all browsers, and that it is secure while ordering, and you shouldn't have any problems in the future. If you are really concerned, you can always have a web designer look it over once you are finished.
I'm wanna do something easy and stable- I dont really care for yahoo but, if I cant find a competitor with close to the same tools I may just have to suck it up and go back. I'd rather have a stable money-making site than a really cool
one that gives me problems.
hey! what about Hostway? 
Hostway is pretty much do-it-yourself kind of a host, so you need to know what you're doing. They get my vote for reliability.
