New Website

[photogchick]

Hi, I am looking to start a new website. I am currently using Smug Mug but am not very happy with it. What do you all use?

 

[Vtec44]

I built mine using Wordpress.

 

[tirediron]

5Gb of server-space form a local provider and Notepad.

 

[SCraig]

5Gb of server-space form a local provider and Notepad.

Pretty much the same except my server space is unlimited and my provider is in San Luis Obispo, CA

 

[thierry]

Just use hosgator... it's a penny to start and super simple to use

 

[tirediron]

5Gb of server-space form a local provider and Notepad.

Pretty much the same except my server space is unlimited and my provider is in San Luis Obispo, CA

Well... get you. Unlimited space... I bow to your superior storage capability!!!









:greenpbl:

 

[cbarbero]

If you want to design the page yourself or use basic templates, go with IX Webhosting. Unlimited everything, redundant systems, etc. If you want a plug and play site like Smug Mug, check out Zenfolio.

 

[SCraig]

Well... get you. Unlimited space... I bow to your superior storage capability!!!
:greenpbl:

They "Claim" unlimited space, unlimited email addresses, unlimited bandwidth, etc, etc, etc. I somehow suspect that if I put their claims to the test I'd find out pretty quick that they are in fact most assuredly limited :lmao:

I like this company though. I started with them in January after getting sick of the hosting service I was using. So far they have been pretty good and it only costs $60 a year.

 

[rexbobcat]

5Gb of server-space form a local provider and Notepad.

In Notepad? O_O

*shudders*

I had a hard enough time getting my site to become compatible with IE, Firefox, and Chrome with Dreamweaver.

 

[tirediron]

5Gb of server-space form a local provider and Notepad.

In Notepad? O_O

*shudders*

I had a hard enough time getting my site to become compatible with IE, Firefox, and Chrome with Dreamweaver.

There's only about a dozen or so tags you need to for a basic 'site; mark-up languages are easy to do in any text-editor, and you have the bonus knowing that there's no additional crap buried in the code.

 

[photogchick]

Thanks for all the ideas. I checked out Zenfolio and it looks pretty easy. For some reason SmugMug is such a pain to customize. This site looks a lot easier.

 

[cbarbero]

Out of the box, Zenfolio is very easy. The nice thing is as you get more acquainted with it, you have the capability to add some nice things. The templates seem a bit more "pretty" than the others as well. Good luck!

 

[2WheelPhoto]

I just DL'd Adobe Dreamweaver, and Lightroom3 "web module" the best custom or templated portfolio in html/flash a person could want. I need to get busy.

 

[cbarbero]

Scraig, if you need space, check out a site I am currently working on where I have uploaded about 60GB so far and am no where close to being finished. Led Zeppelin Sessions. To top it off, it is streaming media so it has put them to the test. I really recommend IX Webhosting. What they say you get, you get. Plus they are on the Tier1 backbone.

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

What do you not like about Smugmug? That could maybe help people recommend a better alternative.