[blindkid] Website

[Richard Holloway]

No problem-- One correction, I just saw that offer for $1.99 a few minutes before I posted earlier and read it quickly. After 3 months it goes to $4.99, or pre-pay and the rate will stay to as low as $2.99 per month, so 3 years could still be as cheap as about $100 but not quite as cheap as I thought... That's still way cheaper than "the old days" when it was hard to find hosting for less than about $50 a month!

That particular offer is for 10GB of hosting (storage) space and unlimited bandwidth. That means a decent size site and there are no other fees based on people accessing the site. With many hosting offers, there is a bandwidth limit and if you exceed it, they charge extra or else your site gets shut down for the rest of the month.

10 GB could host many thousands of large photos ("large" at web resolution) and many tens- or even hundreds-of-thousands of text-only pages. The thing that makes sites get huge is usually hosting video-- probably not something you would plan to do a lot of, and that would still host many hours of web-quality video.

Oh, and if you want matching email addresses, (like amber at nopbc.org, etc), you can host that as well (included). That same "cheap" account would let you host up to 100 email accounts. The main thing to watch out for is remembering to keep your site current. I'm quite embarrassed to say that I am not doing well with that on our state site but it is on my to do list. I need to learn to make information less time sensitive there.



On Mar 25, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Amber Hall wrote:

> Thanks for the info., very helpful. 
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> ________________________________
> From: Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
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> Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 4:59:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Website
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> You are correct Carol. Cost varies by feature and just by host (there are 
> various "brands" of the same basic product. Looks like Godaddy hosts sites from 
> $1.99 a month now so there are some cheap alternatives to host privately for a 
> reasonably small site.
> 
> The other fee is for the URL, basically the name (like nopbc.org) which is paid 
> for once a year. That's around $10 per year. The catch there is you have to find 
> a name that works that nobody else on the planet already has and register it. 
> Godaddy.com is a good place to do that cheaply as well. Be certain to auto-renew 
> or risk loosing the name once you're established. You can also pre-pay for up to 
> around 10 years to reduce the risk with that...
> 
> 
> Richard Holloway, Vice President
> Georgia Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> www.gopbc.org
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> On Mar 25, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Carol Castellano wrote:
> 
>> Hi Amber,
>> 
>> We got a volunteer to design the site and set it up for us, so that part did 
>> not cost us anything.  We had to purchase the domain name and we pay about $145 
>> per year for "hosting."  I think that basically means renting our little piece 
>> of cyberspace.  OK, all you techies out there, tell me where I'm wrong!
>> 
>> Many chapters create a page on their state NFB's website.  That's a free 
>> alternative :-).
>> 
>> Carol
>> 
>> At 11:23 AM 3/24/2011, you wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I am looking into having a website for our POBC in Indiana. What is a good 
> and
>>> reasonably priced way to go about this? Any suggestions or ideas are greatly
>>> appreciated. Thanks
>>> 
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>> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>> 973-377-0976
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