Web design and web hosting?

Okay, I have got photoshop (7.0) and I do a little bit of web design on it. I also have %26quot;Fusion%26quot; for hosting, and I have %26quot;Dreamweaver MX 2004%26quot; (Which I haven%26#039;t had time to learn yet).

The question is..... does anyone on here do web design? How did they get started in it, do you do it out of your house, or business?

And web hosting. I have used 1%26amp;1 hosting before, and had pretty good luck with them. But does anyone know of (if there is one) a legit site that has free hosting? Maybe without ads? (Probably gonna be hard to find I know). Or what is your experience%26#039;s with different web hosting places? Can you reccomend a good one?

I am basically wanting a place to have me a site, where I can have some stuff I have made on there, and maybe some templates to sale.

Thanks.

Web design and web hosting?

Several questions here, I%26#039;ll try to answer in separate points below:

1. Learning web development

That%26#039;s a personal style question. For me I found it easiest to take a course to make me focus at first. I then went head-first hands-on and learned wayy more. I suggest the basics you need are HTML and CSS. Everthing beyond that is dependent on what you want to do.

2. Web Hosting

Suggest if you%26#039;re actually selling on-line and showcasing your work that you may want a dedicated site. Free hosting may not be all that impressive to potential client...

I have found http://www.canadawebhosting.ca/ to be excellent, but maybe more than you want to spend. They are Canadian based and have phenomenal customer support. You also get a mySql DB (DataBase) at no extra charge - comes in handy for advanced tools.

3. As for selling on-line, if it%26#039;s just templates and low inventory you can set-up a PayPal solution and use a PayPal shopping cart. If you have greater needs, then that would again push you into dedicated hosting with a database option.

Now, just what are you selling? You may want to post some follow up questions to get a feel for how much consumer interest there may be in your offering. This can help you weigh in on how much $$ this actually worth for you to spend. - There are also tax write-offs to consider if you%26#039;re ready to start a real business...

Good luck!

Web design and web hosting?

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