[blindkid] Website

[Carol Castellano]

Ah, important info!  Thanks, Peter.
Carol

At 09:54 PM 3/25/2011, you wrote:
>Good evening everyone,
>
>     In all of this discussion one source of Web site hosting hasn't been
>mentioned. NFB Affiliate Web Sites can be hosted on NFB Net free of charge
>leaving you  to cover the cost of domain registration only. For further
>information contact David Andrews at: dandrews at visi.com for details and to
>arrange for your affiliate's site to be hosted by NFB Net.
>
>I currently manage a number of affiliate Web sites hosted on NFB Net and can
>vouch for this service. Hope this helps.
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Holloway" <rholloway at gopbc.org>
>To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)"
><blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 4:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [blindkid] Website
>
>
>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
>
>
>
>
>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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> > Carol Castellano
> > Director of Programs
> > National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> > 973-377-0976
> > carol_castellano at verizon.net
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Carol Castellano
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org