I'd have to say that if you don't have a dedicated IT person on staff, or at least an on-call consultant that makes regular maintenance check-ups, hosting your own website is probably not the way to go. Running your own server, DNS, web software, plus your own stuff on top of it is not for the faint of heart.
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I'd have to say that if you don't have a dedicated IT person on staff, or at least an on-call consultant that makes regular maintenance check-ups, hosting your own website is probably not the way to go. Running your own server, DNS, web software, plus your own stuff on top of it is not for the faint of heart.
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Boss equals pay less and want it all. So I am already banging head against a brick wall. However a challenge keeps the grey matter firing. That means I have nothing to lose barring my job for attempting to pretend to be a big chief in the IT world. Nobody else in the company is as clued up as me. Honestly what I know would not fill match head so it says plenty about the other staff.
It will also look impressive on the CV, 'can destroy a website through nincompoop actions caused by a skin-flinted boss'. Now that will make future employers head-hunt me.
SSR, I shall be probing your inner being and assimilating anything I can. If it makes sense, I shall be demanding money back from you.
Talking of static ip. We had one until the boss realised it was cheaper to not have one and save a few pennies, so to speak. Honestly you have to laugh at his money pinching ways, or go mad and beat him over the head with a seventh hand file. This is the same man whose paper bill is astronomical, who still insists, not only do I write down every communication and copy it 3 times, but also that I must copy the communication sent or received the minimum of 5 times, not including the computer record. Then moans when I ask for more paper as I have run out of reams of it again. Yes you have to laugh or I would cry and tie myself to an entire forest.
It will also look impressive on the CV, 'can destroy a website through nincompoop actions caused by a skin-flinted boss'. Now that will make future employers head-hunt me.
SSR, I shall be probing your inner being and assimilating anything I can. If it makes sense, I shall be demanding money back from you.
Talking of static ip. We had one until the boss realised it was cheaper to not have one and save a few pennies, so to speak. Honestly you have to laugh at his money pinching ways, or go mad and beat him over the head with a seventh hand file. This is the same man whose paper bill is astronomical, who still insists, not only do I write down every communication and copy it 3 times, but also that I must copy the communication sent or received the minimum of 5 times, not including the computer record. Then moans when I ask for more paper as I have run out of reams of it again. Yes you have to laugh or I would cry and tie myself to an entire forest.
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Ahhh yes, the new "paperless office" I think they mean that the office is going to use up all the paper in the world now! I have people here who still print and file every email, even though I've told them how to save and archive the emails. *sigh* Of course at ~30 I'm the youngest person in the office, so the TechIQ isn't very high around here.
I'd recommend you find a major company to host with. godaddy.com has some inexpensive hosting options. Netsol.com is the BIG BIG name on hte block, I'd go with them if I was going to out-host my website.
As far as designing and working on a site, Most of the hosting sites will have a WYSIWYG editor in them, use that for simple web pages. For major work on web pages I'm going to have to go with Frontpage. It's cheaper than the Adobe alternatives. I'm sure someone here knows of an open source solution though
SSR
I'd recommend you find a major company to host with. godaddy.com has some inexpensive hosting options. Netsol.com is the BIG BIG name on hte block, I'd go with them if I was going to out-host my website.
As far as designing and working on a site, Most of the hosting sites will have a WYSIWYG editor in them, use that for simple web pages. For major work on web pages I'm going to have to go with Frontpage. It's cheaper than the Adobe alternatives. I'm sure someone here knows of an open source solution though
SSR