Just purchased my first domain name...(Logo Help!)

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:01 pm

www.manandmouseonline.com

Ive been putting things together to start a side buisness, fixing computers, building them, customizing them and setting up home networks.
I hope to evolve it into somthing much larger in a few years.

Man and mouse
"Compute solutions, for the rest of us"

I bought the domain through Go daddy
and bought 3 months of zzhosting...

all you webheads, Ill need help and pointers.

Thanks!

apk2k6 · Post by **apk2k6** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:19 pm

Good job hosting through them, they are probably the cheapest around. For the layout, if you're not too familiar with html then just find a free template.

http://www.freewebtemplates.com/ is a good site for that

I want to start a business doing the same thing, I started by building the comp I have right now like 2 years ago, it is still a great comp : ) Good luck with the business man!

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:56 pm

how much did it cost?

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:38 pm

Well the easiset and fanciest way to build a page is using PHP nuke, they are extremely easy to use.

If you want to use HTML i recommend adobe golive

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:40 pm

I know basic Html... Thats about it.

I paid about $25 total for 2 years of domain and 3 months of service.

Thanks for the link... Ive been building pc's for awhile now, I love doing it. I get all my parts from www.newegg.com. Today the screwed up my order for the first time. I ordered a 20 gig seagate ide HD... They sent me a maxtor 40 gig SATA drive... Doesnt even work with the motherboard... This is the 4th or so time Ive ordered from them...

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:13 pm

First off, stay away from templates. I guess it's an OKAY way to start, but after you start learning, ditch the templates or you may as well stick with the GeoCities PageBuilder crap. And the computer industry sucks... I worked in it in a local business for 3 years and it's rough. Constant price changes and people that don't want to spend money. After your business grows, look at hiring someone with good web design skills and can work on computers (usually, they go hand-in-hand), hire a design agency for a website, or of course, take some lessons in web design and read read read. Website designing is SUPER profitable, but you gotta' have the design skills and marketing to hit it off. Also, keep your eyes peeled for those that start businesses with a lot of money. There's a website sale for $2,000.

Read articles about web design and look at other large corporation websites to get ideas. Remember about copyright infringement, though.

Copy and pasting other websites to yours is a bad idea.

Just my $0.02... Well, $0.03.

And if anybody ever buys their domain name and needs hosting, let me know. I can get you a good deal since I have a server of my own that's wicked fast and has had 100% uptime for two years straight now.

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:30 pm

for example, heres a site dedicated to finding people using other peoples layouts w/ and wo/ permission

http://www.ripperhunting.com/

as a former/current webdev its flattering and saddening to see someone rip one of your layouts/designs.. but it happens.

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:24 pm

03sxt wrote:First off, stay away from templates. I guess it's an OKAY way to start, but after you start learning, ditch the templates or you may as well stick with the GeoCities PageBuilder crap. And the computer industry sucks... I worked in it in a local business for 3 years and it's rough. Constant price changes and people that don't want to spend money. After your business grows, look at hiring someone with good web design skills and can work on computers (usually, they go hand-in-hand), hire a design agency for a website, or of course, take some lessons in web design and read read read. Website designing is SUPER profitable, but you gotta' have the design skills and marketing to hit it off. Also, keep your eyes peeled for those that start businesses with a lot of money. There's a website sale for $2,000. Read articles about web design and look at other large corporation websites to get ideas. Remember about copyright infringement, though. Copy and pasting other websites to yours is a bad idea.

Just my $0.02... Well, $0.03.

And if anybody ever buys their domain name and needs hosting, let me know. I can get you a good deal since I have a server of my own that's wicked fast and has had 100% uptime for two years straight now.

www.auctionmonster.net

a very good friend of mine owns and wrote this site.. Im recruiting him for help. Right now Im just trying to learn how the file system works. Its all ass backwords linux server shit...

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:34 am

Im looking for somone who could make a logo picture in photoshop for me.

I would like a picture of a Man's hand holding a computer mouse by the coord.. I need it to look hand drawn.

$10 Bucks via paypal to who ever can give me the best logo!