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Answer this question Working... Need help with HTML? Adding Links Highlight the text you want to link Click on button above In the "Link URL" field, enter or paste your link (Don't forget the "http://") and then press "Insert" Adding Pictures Upload your picture to the web (e.g. Flickr) or find a picture in Google Right-click on it and choose "Copy link location" or "Copy shortcut". Click on button above In the "Image URL" field, right-click and choose "Paste" and then press "Insert" Adding Video Find your video on the web. Look for "Embed" and copy the code to your clipboard. Click on button above Right-click and choose "Paste" and then press "Update" Adding Audio/MP3 Click on button above Copy and paste the following code into the edit field <embed flashvars="playlist_url=YOUR-MP3-URL&rounded_corner=1&skin_color_1=-145,-89,-4,5&skin_color_2=-141,20,0,0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="40" src="http://webjay.org/flash/dark_player" wmode="transparent"></embed> Find your audio file on the web. Right-click on it and choose "Copy link" Right-click on "YOUR-MP3-URL" and choose "Paste" and then "Update" Add Images, Video & More… Post Answer Preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. Post Answer Edit

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• I use www.fatcow.com. It's really cheap for hosting. The trick is go all the way through the registration process and then right before it wants you to pay, you just close the window and a pop-up will come up offering you a better rate (something like $3.75/mo). It gives you one free domain w/ registration and also has a bunch of tools for simple development (blog builders, forum apps, etc.). The only thing is that about two months after I signed up, there were issues with down servers for a couple of weeks which was really pissing me off. But I haven't had any problems for a few months now. Also, they have pretty helpful, free, 24/7 customer service. Good luck. Edit: oh yeah, also has unlimited hard disc space, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited mysql databases, domain hosting, and email accounts. All the goodies. Check it out. Zack Krasowski answered in Tech/Science 4 months ago | Report 0 0 Comment on this answer Enter a comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit

• I would say that a good way to go for the blog is to use wordpress.com. You can get an account for free and then if you want to have your own domain name it is like $15 per year plus whatever the domain name charges are. You should also be able to import old info and export new info. It isn't too difficult, but you might need some help if you are a newbie. Consider hiring that guy Matt who offered his services I guess. I can't say if he is good or fair or anything, but it sounds like he could help. One caveat: Wordpress.com doesn't allow ads right now, but if you build your own site using wordpress.org, you can have whatever kind of ads you want, because it will be run on a different server. I usually register my domains through godaddy and they seem okay. I also have a site registered through verio.com. I'm not an expert in who the best domain registers are, but they will probably try to sell you web hosting at the same time no matter who you go with. Kristin Bell answered in Tech/Science 4 months ago | Report 0 1 Comment on this answer Enter a comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit

• Dan Smith at Heated Media http://heatedmedia.com/ Nice guy does good work. Cynthia Fine answered in Tech/Science 4 months ago | Report 0 0 1 comment by Rock Jocelyn… I have no doubt that he does, but I am actually looking for a website that will allow me to do this myself. Thanks, though. Rock Jocelyn commented 4 months ago | Report Enter a comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit

• Best thing to do is go with suggestions already made, but if you want to do it yourself you could use Weebly which will allow you to build and host the site including blogs, etc. It is simple to use for someone with basic skills, but in the end you are better of hiring someone if you "don't speak computer" CB Seattle answered in Tech/Science 4 months ago | Report 2 0 6 comments by Rock Jocelyn, Rock Jocelyn, and CB Seattle… Thanks, CB. I do want to do it myself. I've had friends build websites for me before, and I find it's a hassle if there's no way for me to get into the code. I'm no programming genius, but I can figure out how to do small things I'd like to change, and I'd rather do it myself than have to ask someone every two days. Rock Jocelyn commented 4 months ago | Report OK, so I tried it out, and it is exactly the same program as the one I tried yesterday, which promped me to ask this question. This is web design for people who really don't know anything about code. I need a little bit more freedom here. Also, as far as I can tell, there's no way for me to import my old blog posts. Thanks for your suggestion, but I need something a little... less sophisticated? Rock Jocelyn commented 4 months ago | Report Weebly has a code tab on the top right I think. As far as importing a blog - that's a tough one. Weebly guys are good so you might email and ask them. I'll try and think of other options but ease and flexibility is a rare combo. CB Seattle commented 4 months ago | Report I know. It's proving rather tricky. I'll play around with it some more and see what I can do. Rock Jocelyn commented 4 months ago | Report Based on the above exchange, I think the OP is asking for something that doesn't really exist right now. Unfortunately, the options for help with building web sites, at this point in time, are: 1) Do it yourself 2) Use a crappy free service that simplifies the process and limits what you can actually do 3) Hire someone else to do exactly what you want The reasons why it's so difficult is another discussion in itself. The best middle ground at this point, in my opinion, is Dreamweaver and a decent cheap host. Lee commented 4 months ago | Report er, maybe I'm missing something but you can use Blogger with your own domain name for free. Just buy the domain for cheap somewhere and point your DNS at Google’s server at ghs.google.com and enter your domain in the 'Custom Domain' option on the Settings > Publishing tab. http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=55373 datajunkie commented 4 months ago | Report Enter a comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit

• I was going to suggest you might take a gander at www.thetempestonline.wordpress.com as the pair of guys that run that are pretty webpage happy and knowledgable... (or at least as much as two gay guys who are struggling to get away from discrimination can be, right now...) Though they are much farther down the coast than you are, they MIGHT be interested in helping.... but I think you have some local resources that might be better. The timing isn't quite right for Dan and Seth right now. Read their blog if you want a horror story... Daniel might be able to help as he'll have time on his hands and could use a good reference. O my captain answered in Tech/Science 4 months ago | Report 0 0 Comment on this answer Enter a comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit

• I can help you out with pretty much all of it. It's kind of what I do. Email me: mattoly@gmail.com and we can talk about what you need. I come cheap! Matt Hickey answered in Tech/Science 4 months ago | Report 1 0 Comment on this answer Enter a comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit

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