OK, so I’ve taken the great leap and registered a domain name. It’s actually on behalf of a group that I work with. The problem is, not a one of us has a clew as to the mechanics of actually locating the website somewhere. Seriously, we are a pack of unreconstructed Luddites. So, I need some help with the real basics. How does one find a server to house the site? Preferably one that’s free, preferably one that’s not corporate (we’re all about anti-corporate). Really, we know nothing, and whatever advice anyone would like to offer about website administration would be greatly appreciated.
Right now we think the domain is on a server maintained by Register.com with a “we just registered our site!” message on it. We think we could put the site there but they would put an ad on the site over which we would have no control and that’s unacceptable.
I await your wisdom.