Website help.
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Pete, contact the hostmonster (or what) site. They should be able to suggest what is best - after all, you have just signed up with them for two years.
I have moved domains from one place to the other already and there was no issue with it at all.
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And when you have your domain/host problems sorted out you should consider carefully what you should use for creating your web pages. CMS systems are mostly useful for sites where you add a lot of new stuff all the time, but they are not that easy to set up or maintain. I've made 2 Joomla sites for clients, but it turned out to be a complete overkill, as they can't manage to add aricles and/or images. They managed to mess things up though.
If you don't know much/any about html, css, php, Javascript etc, and don't have someone to set his up and run it for you, I think you should look at a more direct approach.
My absolute favourite is Xara Designer Pro from http://xara.com
They also have Web Designer available. I've been using Xara, which is basically a very fast, powerful and versatile vector drawing program, for many years for all kinds of graphics and print stuff, but hadn't used its web site tools before a couple of months ago. Now I don't use anything else at all
It is extremely easy to use, and everything shows up on the web exactly as you designed it. It comes with a lot of templates too, to help you get started, as well as drag&drop widgets for eCommerce and lots of other stuff. Want to show a video - just drag it from Explorer and drop it into your page.YouTube, GoogleMaps, PayPal etc. And if you want to you could also add Javascripting, php etc...
It also publishes your site for you via a built-in ftp-client.
And there are two very helpful support forums for it, at http://www.talkgraphics.com/ and at http://board.xara-users.info/FTR I'm not in any way attached to Xara, but just a very happy longtime customer
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There is never a trouble with moving domains ... Generally the new hosts even prefer you just transfer the domain and do a new website, this way, they avoid possible remaining traces of previous hosts (competitors) ... So once your owned content is secured, you may contact the new host to transfer the domain ... As soon as they start the process (usually takes 1-2weeks) I suggest you start building the new site, using the new host's templates or not !
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Okay, I got another domain solos-art.com, and assigned it as an add on domain, how can I create a site as my primary site is solosplace.com.
FF sake, this is frustrating.
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Well, is this new domain already functioning?
(BTW have you asked the monster folks about the transfer of your current domain? When it will happen and how?) -
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Yeah, that sems to be the "forced way to stay with us". I really do not know how you ended up with this craphole company.
I wonder however what they (can) do once you do not host your domain with them. Will they somehow "obtain" any new emails you are sent to the new hosting service?
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Normally it's just copy a folder!
But you must find an host who keep you manage your files yourself
All is made in 5 minutes + time's tranfert of your big folder of files!
If you have such problems it's just you have not take the good host!
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Heads up!!
Csaba is a saint, he Skyped with me doing some voodoo desktop sharing crap while we chatted and walked me through the basics, I now know enough to mess things up, at least now I will know I'm screwing up!
So when I get a gap in work I will 'create' well kinda, as far as a template can take me.
Be prepared to be...bored.
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solo: take a look at http://goodsie.com/ (create a custom shop with easy & realtime preview controls) and http://fetchapp.com (easy processing of orders)
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