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1. SwoopingVulture

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   I'm toying around with a business idea that would need a fairly extensive website. I'm going to get the site professionally done but i'd like to do some reading to get clued up before i go and talk to the experts so i know roughly what they are talking about and what i can ask them to do. Does anyone have any recommended books/websites where i could learn up on the basics? I don't need to know any programming or anything at the moment but how websites are structured/ interact with each other, search engines, what is possible and what is not etc.
   
   Many thanks, SV.

    

   SwoopingVulture, Aug 6, 2008

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2. stephenxiii

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   i could do it for you with celtic supporters discount lol
   
   its realy easy when you get into it, as for info just search google to know the basics

    

   stephenxiii, Aug 6, 2008

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3. technom8t

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   hope this helps a bit
   
   It isnt normally overly difficult but you would need to decide first what type of software you would be using on your server i.e if it was a forum based web site i would use VBulletin, by far the bes in my opinion, then theres how much traffic you would exspect, this would determine your server, up to 500 members i would go with a cheepo £7.99 per month server if you exspect more than a 1000 members i would then choose between a VPS ( cost between £20 and £60 quid )or a DEDI (Dedicated server, cost about £100 and upwards for a decent one) depending on your member base, dont forget your domain name, something small and catchy that is easyily found when googled would help. i have mostly dealt with forum based websites TBH and theres plenty availible info from vBulletin - Instant Community if this is the way you choose to go, if not maybe someone else could help you with other options :)
   
   p.s in my exsperiance choose a UK based web hosting company, i have had some bad exsperiances with ones from USA and such like and communication with them is terrible if you get a problem, especially with the time difference,for best reviews check out here Web Hosting Talk - The largest, most influential web hosting community on the Internet
   
   and if you are planning anything dodgy such as warez always go Dedicated.

    

   technom8t, Aug 6, 2008

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4. imbatman

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   post on a techy website asking if anyone wanting make a start on their portfolio could do it for free for a decent credit in the footer.

    

   imbatman, Aug 6, 2008

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5. Guest

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