Can someone help me set up a website?

[Theiket]

I need to set up a website for the game me and some friends are
making, but none of us can figure out how. Can someone help me?

-Theiket

 

[naved.islam14]

There's a sticky guide.

 

[shadowmanwkp]

More specifically this sticky guide: http://gbatemp.net/t276964-how-to-make-your-own-website

 

[Theiket]

Yes, but I want a website with .com on the end, not a subdomain.

 

[purplesludge]

Yes, but I want a website with .com on the end, not a subdomain.

It is still relevant you just need a host for a .com instead of using the free ones.

 

[Berthenk]

Did you actually do some research on this one?
I think the word starts with an "n", and ends with an "o", without any letters in between...

 

[shadowmanwkp]

Yes, but I want a website with .com on the end, not a subdomain.

Direct quote from said topic:
QUOTEQ - How do I get my own www.whatever.com address?
A - You buy it. An address like that is known as a TLD, "Top-Level Domain". It is a worldwide registration and it costs money, you can usually find a domain name for about $15 or less a year (they're leased out on yearly cycles). While there are some ways to get a free TLD suhk as a .tk, they generally suck for more reasons than I care to list, and they WILL often pull the domain name from your control and re-sell it as soon as it gets popular so they can make money off of you, if you read the fine print.

 

[Theiket]

Ok. Well, can anyone suggest any .com domain providers and hosters?

 

[gtmtnbiker]

Ok. Well, can anyone suggest any .com domain providers and hosters?

AOL. Give them a call and they'll help you out.

 

[Theiket]

AOL?

 

[Gahars]

AOL.

A quick search should get you all the info you'll need on this.

 

[WolfSpider]

I use iPage and it's really easy to use and costs $3.50 a month for your own domain.

I made this site with it. northernillinoisweathercenter.blog.com

 

[Mangofett]

GoDaddy for domains and paid hosting. The company I worked for used them, and I have had the least issues with them, though you'll probably be fine with a free host. 50webs is another good free host

 

[Demonstryde]

I need to set up a website for the game me and some friends are
making, but none of us can figure out how. Can someone help me?

-Theiket

a video game? if so then you should have at least some form of computer knowledge and this should be the least of your worries... if you are having trouble getting a website published by he hundreds of website providers then i have very low expectations for your game..... sorry

 

[Rydian]

Most hosts will offer to sell you a domain as well.

I went with HostGator, partially because of their support (I've used their support to report various things when i wasn't a customer and they were responsive as legally allowed) and because they offered a good deal if I bought a lot of hosting at once, so I went with three years. XD

 

[nryn99]

I need to set up a website for the game me and some friends are
making, but none of us can figure out how. Can someone help me?

-Theiket

a video game? if so then you should have at least some form of computer knowledge and this should be the least of your worries... if you are having trouble getting a website published by he hundreds of website providers then i have very low expectations for your game..... sorry

making a good game requires knowledge about web hosting?
and that's why he's asking because he's new to this stuff, he's getting the knowledge where he thinks he'd get it.

 

[morphius]

Most hosts will offer to sell you a domain as well.

I went with HostGator, partially because of their support (I've used their support to report various things when i wasn't a customer and they were responsive as legally allowed) and because they offered a good deal if I bought a lot of hosting at once, so I went with three years. XD

I would suggest hostgator as well.

http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml

$157.56 will get you one domain name (your dotcom) and 3 years of unlimited bandwidth and unlimited disk space. Not a bad deal at all. If you are not looking to build the webpage yourself it also includes a pointy-clicky website builder for free.

 

[Theiket]

I need to set up a website for the game me and some friends are
making, but none of us can figure out how. Can someone help me?

-Theiket

a video game? if so then you should have at least some form of computer knowledge and this should be the least of your worries... if you are having trouble getting a website published by he hundreds of website providers then i have very low expectations for your game..... sorry

I actually meant using PHP and MySQL. That's what most of the website hosters use. We know how to set one up though. I have a friend making one in a few days for us, so we'll be good.