How to Get a Domain and Hosting

I’ve chosen to use LimeDomains to show you how to get a domain name and hosting because they offer great prices on domains. Also, free lifetime hosting is included when you purchase a domain and they have live 24/7 chat support.

Step One: Go to http://limedomains.com

Step Two: Search for a domain, or maybe 10.

Step Three: Choose between .com, .net, .info, etc.

Step Four: If you would like, you can get private registration*. 

    *When you purchase a domain, some of your information may become public. To prevent this, choose private registration. It protects all of your information from becoming available to others.

Step Five: Choose your hosting plan. When you purchase a domain, you get free basic hosting for life. If the basic plan is not good enough, you may upgrade to standard or premium hosting. A hosting plan chart can be found here.

Step Six: Before you do anything, look for this box at the bottom left corner of the page. To save money, search the web for a LimeDomain’s Coupon Code. You may be able to get up to 30% off your order. Now that you’ve entered a coupon code, check out.

That’s all! You now have a domain and hosting.

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My History of Website Solutions

I first started out on the internet back in 2007. As I learned more about the internet and decided to share my knowledge about computers, I opened up a website, jonnyscomputershow.co.nr. Of course, I didn't know about domains and hosting packages back then, so I decided to go with a free domain and a web host, which I found on the net and of course it was free. This website was run on a static html page, which displayed my live stream and WyldRyde chatroom.

As I become more a part of the net, I opened JonnyisGeek.com, which is still owned by me to this day, in 2008. At first, I run it on the not so popular now Freewebs platform for around 6 months until December 2008. On December 21, I then purchased a hosting package with my domain registrar, GoDaddy. It was cheap at just over £3 per month. I hosted my website with GoDaddy for quite sometime, until I switched around many webhosts with similar content management systems (CMS). These all included Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal and the list goes on. I stuck with Wordpress, as it was easy to use, themes were free and it had some really useful tools.

In July 2009, I found David (thecreativeone) who's blog I write on now, was using SquareSpace (and still is!). I decided to give SquareSpace a shot, and at that time, SquareSpace were launching their version 5 platform. I was amazed on how SquareSpace combined the static html service I was using a year ago with a CMS. I imported all of my Wordpress content into the new system and I designed my site within a few hours, as it took some getting used to. After a month had passed, I decided to switch back to Wordpress as my income didn't cover the SquareSpace costs and I couldn't cope with other things like going out and seeing friends. I felt bad about it, but it needed to be done. 

In October 2009, I purchased the domain, JonnyRowntree.com, which is my blog and will always be my domain. I used Wordpress for about 4 months on Phirefast and GoDaddy hosting packages before again, switching to SquareSpace as I could afford it again, seeing as I had enough cash to pay for it. I used David's coupon code (thecreativeone) to save 10% and I'm still setting up my site, but it's done for the most part. 

I have no idea how I remembered all of the switches and times, but I most submit 2 important points to this post.

1. Purchase your domain and select a web host. SquareSpace is the best, since it is very reliable.

2. Stick to that webhost for good.

Thanks for reading this long post and follow me on Twitter!

Yahoo is to close GeoCities

The search engine, Yahoo is to close GeoCities. GeoCities have been around for a while, but now that popular blogging services like Wordpress and Tumblr, along with free site builders such as  and Edicy are now so popular, Yahoo is not accepting any more of their member database to create a website/portfolio on GeoCities.

I think now is the time for social blogging and building online portfolios using other free popular websites

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