I have a pretty broad question about websites and website designing which can be broken down into a few questions:
1) What's the differance between just buying a domain and buying a hosting plan?
2) What are some good places to buy these domains/hosting plans?
3) About web designing: are there any good software/programs that help you make good html based websites?
I'm really really confused and sound like a 1st grader when asking these things but I would appreciate it if someone would help. THANKS!!!
Broad Question about Creating a Website?
1.) domain name is the address of a website (for example, yourwebsite.com). it's composed of a top-level domain name (TLD), which is the .com, .net, .us part, and the second level domain name (yourwebsite part). The price of domain name depends on the TLD. If you check GoDaddy, .com domain names has different price compared to .us and .info domain names.
Web hosts gives you virtual space for the files that you will upload for your website. They also give you email accounts. For example, you can create info@yourwebsite.com or support@yourwebsite.com website.
2.) I suggest that you check My Webbie Hosting (http://mywebbiehosting.com). Registration of one domain name is free for all plans. That means, you only have to pay for the hosting plan.
Their cheapest plan is only $3.95/month, but I suggest that you go for their $4.95 plan because it includes SiteStudio, a software which can use to create a website.
