October 24th, 2007 by choosetolive

The purpose of this guide is to walk you through, step by step, the purchase of a domain name and setup of a web host account. This is all you will need before you can publish your very own website!

I will be using a web hosting service called LunarPages. I’ve had several accounts with them since 2004, and have been very pleased with them overall. When I opened up my first account, for a large archive of data and media, I chose LunarPages because of their value. Since that time, they’ve consistently increased the number of features they offer, and have never raised the price (in fact, I believe they’ve lowered it). They’ve also been very easy to work with, promptly responding to any and all support questions I have, and have a very friendly and helpful message board that promptly responds to any additional questions.

No web host is perfect - we’ve had a couple of times over the years where hackers have attacked the servers, which resulted in some downtime - but any problems have always been swiftly resolved, and the staff seems to constantly work towards making every customer’s site run as smoothly as possible. This is why I’ll continue to remain a LunarPages customer, and why I’ll be using them to walk you through becoming a brand new website owner.

Your first step, of course, is to go to LunarPages.com. Under the Hosting Plans tab, you’ll see summaries of the six different plans that LunarPages currently offers.

I advise selecting the Basic Plan. Not only is it the most inexpensive, but unless your site has some specialized requirements, the Basic Plan has more than you’ll ever need for your website.

Once you’ve decided on a plan, click Sign Up!

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