Brown City, MI

Introduction

If you are reading this, you are probably interested in taking your first step into the larger world of web hosting. Perhaps you would like to host a personal site for an art gallery, journal, or webcomic; or perhaps you are running a business and would like to hang out a shingle on the information superhighway. But perhaps you are not quite sure where to start.

It used to be that websites were arcane and mysterious things, set up only by big businesses and college students. Happily, as time has marched on, websites have become much easier to obtain, set up, and use.

What is web hosting?

In order to have a website, there are two parts you need: a domain name and a web hosting account. These are two separate and distinct pieces that, together, allow you to have a website.

The domain name is the address that you type into a web browser to get to a website. "TeamMediaOnline.com" is an example of a domain name. Without it, your site would only be identified by a confusing series of numbers, like "64.176.8.35". The domain name is used to look up those numbers, which tell your computer where to go. The web hosting account is the disk space, bandwidth, and server software that are used to present your webpage to the world. You could compare the domain name and web hosting account to your street address and your house, respectively.

If you are in or near Brown City, MI, you can obtain both a domain name and a web hosting account through TeamMediaOnline.com.

Why Team Media?

TeamMediaOnline.com offers a variety of inexpensive web hosting plans in Brown City, MI with some of the highest disk space and bandwidth allowances you will find on the market. Starting at just $3.99 per month, we give you affordability without the annoying advertisements that free website hosts such as Yahoo or Geocities place on your page. And our friendly customer service will make sure that your website stays online.

How do I do it?

Just visit TeamMediaOnline.com and look over our selection of plans. Once you find the one you want, just click "ORDER". Read the service agreement, then click "I Agree" to continue to the next screen. Select whether you already have your domain name, and click "Go". Depending on what you selected, you will be taken through the domain name registration process, or else directly to the hosting order form. Either way, our automated order process is quick and easy, and will guide you through every step. Once it is complete, you can start uploading your files in a matter of minutes!

So I've got my website. Now what?

TeamMediaOnline.com makes it very easy to set up a hosting account--perhaps even easier than deciding what to do with it when you have it.

Once you have opened your account, you have several choices as to what to put on it. In Brown City, MI one option is to use our expert TeamMediaOnline.com web design team to craft a customized website entirely to your specifications. Many successful businesses take advantage of our expertise in this way. If you would like to find out more, just visit our web design page and fill out our contact form for a fast, free price estimate!

Another choice is to hire an independent web designer, or to design the site yourself. We provide you with FTP access to upload your pages into our space. Software like Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage (whose extensions TeamMediaOnline.com fully supports), or the many other web design programs currently available can make the design and upload process easier.

You can also sidestep the issue of page design altogether and install a content management system, such as PHPBBS, Wiki, Drupal, Movable Type, or Blogger. These systems will simplify the problem of designing your site, while at the same time allowing you to customize and manage your content.

Whatever you do with your website, TeamMediaOnline.com will be here to make sure its service is uninterrupted!