Hey! Computer People!

[labrujah]

What's a DNS hostname? this form keeps asking me what I want mine to be. I am trying to buy a domain name.
Heeelp.

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[snackdaddy.livejournal.com]

You can buy a name at a place like domainsnext.com for $12 a year.
You dont need to give DNS numbers, the registry company will use their own numbers. DNS can always be changed to your preferred provider after the name is acquired. The trick is BUYING your domain if its available.
Then you build a website to reflect it. Then you need a hosting company like forsite.com
In easier terms, the website is your commercial, you pay someone to film your commercial (build your site) then you have to buy airtime on CBS so people see it, thats what a hosting company does, it puts your commercial on the web for all to see. Thats why you need a hosting company. The rates are not high. You can get good hosting with your own domain email addresses for $15 a month.
I hope this helped.

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[indiefilmpage.livejournal.com]

Hi Alita. DNS = Domain Name Server which is the server that will host your domain name. If you don't have a host already try leaving it blank. Will it allow you to leave it blank?

If you need a referral for an excellent and inexpensive web host (we're talking 60 dollars a year and tons of space and features, I use it for indiefilmpage.com) and the domain name for 5 extra dollars, contact me at indiefilmpage@yahoo.com

[darkadaptedeye.livejournal.com]

hey! i'm all settled back into NYC now and doing random design projects.

if the site is a zine or something, i totally have server space for it and would love to help out.

-ci

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Hey!

The site is going to be a place where I can post photos of things I've made (mostly jewelry) to sell. So it needs to be easy to add photos and take them down. I figure I'll accept money via Paypal. Does that sound doable?

We should sit down and discuss it sometime. And I want to meet your accomplice who nearly brought me cookies.

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[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Rgh. I did try to leave it blank and it wouldn't let me.

I will be emailing you soon.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info. It does clear things up a little. The place I tried to buy it, puresource.com, required that I enter two DNS hostnames in their order form. Weird.

[snackdaddy.livejournal.com]

After I sent my remark, I relized I sounded like a moron, you had asked what DNS meant and I didnt address it.

Oh, the hosting company was forsite.net
not .com

[shimglam.livejournal.com]

i bought my website through geocities.com. it's very user friendly and easy and you don't need dns names and other hooplah