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Free website...?
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:49 am
by jc4d
Hi,
I was wondering about using a free website in the meantime while my final website is done (that one is on a very very early stage), I need to promote myself but I don´t want to wait until my website is done
Do you guys think that this is a good move?
If it is ok to use a temporary free website, can you recommend me some of them? (I have no idea about flash or html)
Cheers
JC
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:15 pm
by -Adrian
You mean like a free template you can customize a little?
You might want to have a look at
openwebdesign.org. CMS's like Wordpress, Drupal etc. can be a nice solution as well, but you would probably have to work yourself into their interface a bit, and set up the backend (database) properly.
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:37 pm
by jc4d
Thanks Adrian, yes free templates and free hosting
I´m checking your suggestions, thank you so much
Do you think that this is a good move while my final (real) website is done?
Cheers
JC
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:47 pm
by -Adrian
No clue about free hosting, sorry. Once i got a proper non-free host, i never looked back. At maybe 5$/month for everything you could ever need, web-hosting is a bargain nowadays.
Do you think that this is a good move while my final (real) website is done?
If it's for two weeks, probably not. If it's for two months, definitely
Will it just be text and a few images, or what do you have in mind?
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:29 pm
by iker
http://www.000webhost.com/
free webhosting with cPanel and fantastico (autoinstaller with open source tools like joomla,mambo, phpbb...etc to do your website.)
1500 MB Disk Space, 100 GB Data Transfer.
It also includes a free subdomain.
btw/there's some rumors over the web that says that 000webhost introduce hidden source on the websites allocated in their servers....
Re: Free website...?
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:57 pm
by KurtS
jc4d wrote:I don´t want to wait until my website is done
Does this mean that you already have a domain?
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:52 pm
by jc4d
Hey KurtS, nop my designer is going to find me a good domain (because my country doesn't allow me to pay with foreign money: dollars or euros
) so I need to find a domain wich I can pay with my local money
Iker.- I´m going to check your sugestion, thanks
Adrian.- I guess is going to take at least two months
.
I just want something (simple) to put some pictures, some videos, and a little text, with easy navigation.
Cheers
JC
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:44 pm
by Maximus3D
I can recommend CG-Portfolio at CGTalk, it's good and cheap and you will get maximum exposure to lots of industry professionals. It helped me get me my current new job.
btw, i'm posting this from my cellphone.
/ Max
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:41 am
by bjorn.syse
Where do you work Max ?
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:46 am
by Maximus3D
I just started working for Spark-Vision in Gothenburg, Sweden. Great coworkers and company spirit there.
www.sparkvision.se
/ Max
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:20 pm
by Leonardo
jc4d wrote:... I need to find a domain wich I can pay with my local money
....
Cheers
JC
Please explain...
Couldn't you use your "cupones de Internet"?
I saw it written on top of a Venezuelan flag the other day at the mall. I guess some stores allows you to use coupons to buy stuff!!!
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:14 pm
by jc4d
Leonardo wrote:jc4d wrote:... I need to find a domain wich I can pay with my local money
....
Cheers
JC
Please explain...
Couldn't you use your "cupones de Internet"?
I saw it written on top of a Venezuelan flag the other day at the mall. I guess some stores allows you to use coupons to buy stuff!!!
Well... sad but true
, the government allow to use $400 per year for internet shopping
, so i have to save that money to pay software upgrades (I just hope that M~R upgrade doesn´t cost more than $400
):roll: , the last year was $1500 but the "
president
if you want to call him that" decide to cut the internet cupon. So that´s the way that we need to live
Max, thanks for that tip about the cg portfolio
Cheers
JC
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:12 pm
by Leonardo
jc4d wrote:Leonardo wrote:jc4d wrote:... I need to find a domain wich I can pay with my local money
....
Cheers
JC
Please explain...
Couldn't you use your "cupones de Internet"?
I saw it written on top of a Venezuelan flag the other day at the mall. I guess some stores allows you to use coupons to buy stuff!!!
Well... sad but true
, the government allow to use $400 per year for internet shopping
, so i have to save that money to pay software upgrades (I just hope that M~R upgrade doesn´t cost more than $400
):roll: , the last year was $1500 but the "
president
if you want to call him that" decide to cut the internet cupon. So that´s the way that we need to live
Max, thanks for that tip about the cg portfolio
Cheers
JC
Post whoring your pictures in different forums work! I have had job offers like that!
Specially of you go to a place where the talent pool is not as high as Maxwellrender
( In my case architecture msg boards, do the trick )
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:35 am
by iker
Leonardo wrote:Specially of you go to a place where the talent pool is not as high as Maxwellrender
( In my case architecture msg boards, do the trick )
...."In the land of the blind, the one-eyed person is King"
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:04 am
by jc4d
iker wrote:Leonardo wrote:Specially of you go to a place where the talent pool is not as high as Maxwellrender
( In my case architecture msg boards, do the trick )
...."In the land of the blind, the one-eyed person is King"
You are right
So I guess I have to search blind pool then
Cheers
JC