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Ask Wade - what tools do you recommend?

Jul 8, 2008 Ask Wade

I got an email today from Russ from Minnesota who asked:

I like the fact that your site is a Christian site. I’m looking to create a website, perhaps we can link up together down the road;

1) as a first time site builder, I need software or a tool that is fairly intuitive, what software do you use to create your websites?

2) what reputable company do you recommend to host websites?

3) have you ever used Domans By Proxy to protect your personal information to help reduce spam, etc.?

4) what reputable company do you have that handles your eCommerce transactions?

Thanks,

Russ

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thanks for your email. I will see what I can do to help here.

1. I use WordPress to power my sites. It’s a blogging platform that is super flexible and requires no real programming skills. This is good of course because I don’t possess any. If you have some money to invest in your future, I highly recommend that you check out the Blog Classroom and put their advice into play. It will save you all kinds of time through showing you a road map to launching a blog, getting traffic, and building out a business using a blog. They offer payments in installments to make it a bit easier to take. It’s worth every penny though.

2. As far as hosting, I think the BlogClassroom guys recommend ThinkHost - they have a really easy to use control panel that includes super easy blog set up. It’s easier than the one I use at 1and1.com for sure.

3. I don’t use private registrations myself as I want people to know I am accountable for what I put out on the web. As an affiliate manager, I also know that whois lookups (searches on domain ownership) are one of the ways I identify and contact affiliates I want to work with… so private registration is a pet-peeve of mine
It’s up to you though.