Help!- IT advice needed on domain name and host for website – please

Show me a decent site created with wordpress then (not being grumpy, genuinely curious!).

No your right, I'll post one or two later but have to rush off to work.

Ok a quick one and cycle related

http://www.bicyclevacationblog.com/

Drac
TBH I dont think that's entirely honest of you
When I asked you if you worked for justhost you should have come clean about the incentives they offer if you get people to visit their site and join after vsiting your website
The reason I post on STW with questions like my original one is that I'm after honest impartial advice
Now I don't think I've got that from you

Hitman – My advice would be to use a .uk with a registrar who won't do anything like charge you to transfer out (.uk should be a free transfer but some levy admin charges).

For the hosting service, there's loads out there. I work in the industry and can make recommendations but I'd rather do it over email as work and forums don't really need to become introduced to each other. Drop me a line and I'll give you (genuinely) impartial advice based on what it is you're actually looking for.

stevomcd – For a good wordpress site, how about the Wall St Journal magazine[/url]?

It looks like STW is on WordPress as well.

If you really want to get any other extension .com is proably the best IMO, but more expensive than a .co.uk and only lasts a year.

cheers atlaz, will do tonight or later on 🙂

Hitman if you look I mentioned most of the infomation before that and I would only get the commision if you use the link if you don't then there is nothing in it for me, nothing dishonest about it. I still give you the info because you asked me more questions, your free to choose who you want but I have found them very good. If I really wanted to be dishonest and impartial I'd posted 2 links from friends companies who do hosting. The same question comes up on here all the time I've recommended them before but tha's the only time I've ever posted a link. If bugs you that much then I'll send you the $60 if you want as it's hardly an incentive.

Drac
I thought you should have mentioned the commission when I asked you if you worked for the company and you replied:

Drac – you don't work for justhost do you?

lol no just a happy customer.

You obviously don't agree and that's obviously your perogative.

Thanks for the help and advice you gave me in this thread.

Aye maybe I could of but it wasn't that I was being dishonest just never thought to mention that what it was for.

Anyway good luck with your project and if you do choose justhost and have problems with the control panel then my email is in my profile, it can be daunting at first but they do have little instruction videos to help.

ok cheers 🙂

Show me a decent site created with wordpress then (not being grumpy, genuinely curious!).

This sites uses WordPress: http://www.quayhotel.co.uk/

I'm not sure I understand the difference at the moment but its been recommended that I work with wordpress.org rather than wordpress.com – will I be up and running with the .org version in 10minutes??

WordPress.com is a site hosted by wordpress, similar to blogspot. WordPress.org is what you can host on your own webspace

I know with dreamhost their installation will let you set it up in 10 mins, I'm sure other hosting is the same.

It sounds like you won't be starting from scratch.

This is an excellent place to look for free themes which you can then customise as you see fit

Smashing Magazine[/url]