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Re: You Don't Have a Web Site???
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You Don't Have a Web Site ?
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I am sure this is a dumb question: Is the web design and set up something that can be done remotely. I assume it is, but not sure. Or do we need a dedicated computer for the website?
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No, you don't need a dedicated computer.
When you set up a website with a company like godaddy (IP - Internet Provider), what you are doing is buying space on one of their computers (called a server) that is connected to the web.
Usually you then develop pages, which are really just text documents, on your computer (or your developers computer). When the pages are ready to try out you transfer (copy) them to your server using a program called an FTP (file transfer program).
When you run the FTP, having entered in the address, userID and password to make the connection to the server (godaddy), your computer's folders and files will appear in the left window of your FTP, and the internet computer (server) will appear in the right window. You then just copy from the left window to the right window, and the files go to your server. It's no different than copying files from one folder of your computer to another drive or folder on your computer.
Here's some more on it:
Incidentally, the next question is going to be, how to I design a web page?
Once again, web pages are just text documents that tell the browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, whatever) what to display and how to display it. Pages can be simple or they can be very complicated. Guess what, I like simple.
Now if you were going to design a magazine ad, would you do it yourself or would you hire someone who knows how to do it? Likely the latter. That's why, in my initial posting, I talked about hiring a 2nd or 3rd year college/university student to do the work for you. But if you are one of those guys that loves to change his own brakes, here is a basic introductory to web page design:
Good luck with that.
Now assuming you have someone else design your pages then it is still a very good idea to learn how to use the FTP. Why? Because you will want to back up the pages on your website (the files on the server) to your own computer. You do that by copying the files using the FTP. Let your developer develop, but back up what you pay him to do, from the server to your computer. Make sure EVERYTHING he is using for your website, is on your website, and not somewhere else. If he has something on his server, and you and he part company, then what you used on his server will be gone, which is going to tick you off if you thought you had bought and paid for it.
Which brings up one last thing when retaining someone to design your website. You want to make absolutely certain that it is your mutual understanding that if you pay someone to design a web page for you, that it is YOUR webpage - not their webpage.
Think wedding photography.
Have you noticed a lot of people pay wedding photographers to photograph weddings, and then discover the photographer OWNS the negatives, meaning if they want more copies of pictures, they have to pay the photographer an arm and a leg to get them. And you find out you are breaking copyright laws if you copy their pictures.
Believe it or not, when you hire a college student to do your web site pages, you will have not trouble reaching an agreement that the pages are YOUR pages. But if you pay some outfit hundreds or thousands of dollars to do your site, they will often argue that the pages belong to them. That's so they can keep milking the cow (that's you). And if you go up the street, and use someone new, you get to start over from scratch.
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cool! Thanks. Guess I just need to take the plunge.
Can I change my brakes? Yeah. Am I going to? Ah, No.
Can I change my brakes? Yeah. Am I going to? Ah, No.
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Ah yes. I just checked. You're right.
Word of advice for all. Go Daddy has name recognition but their service is overly complicated especially for a beginner or a do it your self-er.
If you want to get a domain name with them...that's not so bad. But, there are much better domain registrars and web hosting companies available.
1and1 is another one that is more complicated then it needs to be.
If I had to guess how many agents have a website I would guess less than half. There are many that don't even dabble in online marketing and don't even realize that they can sell online/by phone.
A web page isn't just a text document is much more complicated than that (I wish it were...my job would be easier). However, the coding of a webpage can be viewed with a text editor, notepad and etc.
If you want to get a domain name with them...that's not so bad. But, there are much better domain registrars and web hosting companies available.
1and1 is another one that is more complicated then it needs to be.
If I had to guess how many agents have a website I would guess less than half. There are many that don't even dabble in online marketing and don't even realize that they can sell online/by phone.
A web page isn't just a text document is much more complicated than that (I wish it were...my job would be easier). However, the coding of a webpage can be viewed with a text editor, notepad and etc.
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