Web hosting: how much is too much?

**T* <t*@thewritegardener.com>**

This is my first post to the Garden Writers mailing list so please forgive
me if there's something I should've done but didn't do (delete all text
below my message?).

I have a basic one page Web site <http://www.thewritegardener.com/> with
email included hosted by Register.com. I'm wanting to include a blog on my
Web site, but my basic plan only allows one or the other, not both. Also,
with my basic plan, I get only one page. It's the email that I get more use
from because it's <tc@thewritegardener.com> and this reflects my career as a
garden writer. I use my Web site for posting recent articles (I only post
one article every week or so) because the newspaper I write for does not
post my weekly column on their Web site, they use past articles, and until
recently still had one posted from August of last year! I don't like the
editing tool Register.com uses, or the amount it would cost if I were to
upgrade for more space.

My blog <http://thewritegardener.blogspot.com/>, on the other hand, is
completely free through Blogger.com and I update it regularly with my own
photography and relevant gardening articles and articles on other topics as
well. I've just begun using Adsense and hope to generate a dollar or two of
income. I have a very basic understanding of HTML, but don't write code for
templates. I've been using the same template on my blog for some time and
right now I'm in the process of switching to a new one (the transition is a
scary one).

Since I'm on a very limited income, and still relatively new (less than ten
years) in the industry, I was wondering if someone with more experience
might be able to tell me what I should expect to pay for Web hosting? Right
now, I'm paying Register.com less than $100/year for a one page site, and
100MB of email.

One more thing, I am very determined to keep "thewritegardener" as my very
own domain name. I just now Googled "The Write Gardener" and my blog was at
the top of the return list, this is a good thing. But I'm wondering why my
Web site didn't show up. Regardless, I look forward to reading more of
what's offered here on the Garden Writers discussion list, and hope to add
helpful information to others as well.

TC Conner
The Write Gardener

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:46 AM,
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>   3.  Recommendations on website designer? (Judy Lowe)
>   4. Re: Recommendations on website designer? (C.L. Fornari)
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> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:35:18 -0800 (PST)
> From: Amy McDowell <amyandtim1@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [GWL] Website software
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> Hi, Bruce or Juleigh. I designed my website, GardenColumnist.com, with
> Website Tonight, the software provided by my host, GoDaddy.com. It's easy to
> use, but I didn't shop around much. I may be paying too much and it's
> probably not portable if I decided to switch hosts when my contract term is
> up in a few years. I'll be interested in other responses to your question.
> Amy McDowell, in Iowa and Missouri
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:50:21 -0500
> From: loisdan@juno.com
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Website software
> To: amyandtim1@yahoo.com, gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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>  I am not using this software because I changed my mind about doing a
> portfolio site. However, I thought this was a good deal and looked pretty
> professional.
> http://www.fineartstudioonline.com
>
> Regards,
> Lois
> Visit: http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
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> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:35:18 -0800 (PST) Amy McDowell
> <amyandtim1@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Hi, Bruce or Juleigh. I designed my website, GardenColumnist.com,
> > with Website Tonight, the software provided by my host, GoDaddy.com.
> > It's easy to use, but I didn't shop around much.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:10:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: Judy Lowe <hardbackwryter@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [GWL]  Recommendations on website designer?
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> I know I can try to locate a college student to design a new website for me
> and I'm aware of the sites to go to to find freelancers, but wondered if any
> of you on the list would be willing to recommend?website designers
> (individuals or companies)?they've been pleased with.
> ?
> And what's a ballpark pay range?
> ?
> Thanks for your help.
> ?
> Judy Lowe
> http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:24:29 -0500
> From: "C.L. Fornari" <clfornari@mail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Recommendations on website designer?
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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>  I used to use DreamWeaver to design my website.  It was frustrating
> because there were some things it allowed me to do, and other things that it
> wouldn't. I couldn't make the website look like I wanted it to look.  I
> complained about it to my 20-something son who is in that business, and he
> said "I don't use that type of software - I just write code."  Fresh kid.
>  Because I had to struggle with DreamWeaver every time I wanted to change my
> site, I didn't update if very often.
>
> Then one day I said on the radio that it was my New Year's resolution to
> update my website, and I got an email from a woman who is a gardener and
> someone who can write code.  I hired her (Terry Gavin tmgavin@verizon.net) and have never looked back.  I pay her $60. per hour.  It cost me about
> $500. for the initial site set up, and she followed my wishes for the design
> and layout. It usually takes her less than a half hour to update and add new
> pages, articles etc at this point and I think it's worth every penny.
>
> I also designed a website for a non-profit where I'm on the board, and used
> the templates from Network Solutions where our URL is hosted.  It is easy to
> use, and within one day we had a site (
> www.BarnstableEducationFoundation.org) that could take donations, have
> multiple mailboxes and signup/contact forms.  But it too is limiting - I
> cannot, for example, wrap text around a photograph with their software.
>
> all the best,
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> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:41:36 -0500
> From: Doug Green <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Recommendations on website designer?
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> I just finished having Bill Wade at www.solid-gold-websites.com
> rebuild/update my sites for me.  Did a good job and reasonably priced
> (plus
> I now have him trained in gardening) :-)  Fixed any problems right away.
>  Understands  page optimization strategies and I can recommend him for
> getting stuff done on time and getting back to you quickly.  Disclosure -
> Bill is a former neighbor of mine and a good friend now - but the fact that
> I had him rebuild my network wasn't friendship - it was because I trusted
> him to do the job inside my passwords etc.
> So if you're looking for somebody, drop him a note on his site.
>
> Doug
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:24 PM, C.L. Fornari <clfornari@mail.com> wrote:
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> >  I used to use DreamWeaver to design my website.
>
> Doug Green @douggreen
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> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:26:30 -0500
> From: Doug Green <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
> Subject: [GWL] Philly Inquirer Down
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> The Philadelphia Inquirer has declared bankruptcy.
>
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/philadelphia-inquirer-files-for-chap-11/bankruptcy/
> Doug
>
> --
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:43:37 -0500
> From: "Duane Campbell" <dcamp@chilitech.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Philly Inquirer Down
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Green" <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
>
> > The Philadelphia Inquirer has declared bankruptcy.
>
> As did the Journal Register Company on Saturday. JRC is a conglomerate of
> the kinds of papers that have been my bread and butter for three decades --
> small town dailies and suburban weeklies. Maybe I'll have to take another
> look at this Internet thing. (I had my own web page a dozen years ago, back
> in the days when you did web pages by writing HTML code.)
>
> With the several newspaper chains that have gone belly up over the last few
> months, it seems that the biggest problem is not so much operations
> (admittedly tough right now, but survivable) but debt service. There has
> been a buying spree over the last few years with many improvident
> acquisitions. I suspect that with Chapter 11 reconstruction most will
> continue publishing with little change.
>
> D
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:03:33 -0500
> From: "Sandie Parrott" <RSBirdy@Comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Journal Register Company declares Bankruptcy
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> I don't know if the Philly Inquirer is owned by the Journal Register
> Company...but many others are...
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/business/media/23register.html
>
> Sandie Parrott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Green" <deegeeguy@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:26 AM
> Subject: [GWL] Philly Inquirer Down
>
>
> > The Philadelphia Inquirer has declared bankruptcy.
> >
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/philadelphia-inquirer-files-for-chap-11/bankruptcy/
> > Doug
> >
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> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:46:39 -0500
> From: "Betty Mackey" <BettyMackey@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Website software
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> I have to warn people about using the easy website-making software provided
> on hosting sites. It is better to buy a program and learn it. Which one?
> Who
> knows!!
>
> About eight years ago I signed up with Hostway and used their quick and
> easy
> no html interface and put up whatever words and pictures I wanted. All was
> well for two years until they decided to update their program. I rebuilt my
> site and that was good for another two years. Then they took down that
> site-builder program too, replacing it with a version that would not even
> let me make a site with the same page names-- a sure way to lose your
> Google
> traffic. Tech support advised me to use my own software.
>
> In May 2006 I bought Adobe CreativeSuite2 which was expensive but includes
> professional versions of Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, and more, including
> GoLive, their program for making websites. I use most of the other programs
> in the suite. Now there's CreativeSuite4 out there.
>
> I'm not so bad at these things but I couldn't make head or tail of GoLive
> until I bought a "For Dummies" book and locked myself into my office for
> three days of the Fourth of July weekend.
>
> Eventually my California programmer son Al came home for a visit and looked
> things over. His verdict was that Adobe's GoLive was a good program but had
> stupidly hidden all its power and tools in a complicated way.
>
> I don't like GoLive but I still use it and do my site without too much
> pain.
> I received a notice from Adobe that GoLive has been replaced with something
> else.
>
> I still use Hostway. They still offer some kind of easy site builder but it
> too will eventually be replaced, leaving its users stranded -- but not me.
> Never again.
>
> Betty Mackey
> www.mackeybooks.com
>
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