Website Help

CJKarl

Just tossing this out here. Any one ever do their own website?
Well this redneck is trying to go high tech. I built a primitive website on 1&1 web hosting service. I thought it was pretty easy and that I had it published...but... When I search for myself "kaufmannmasonry.com" I get this message:


"Why does my domain's home page say "This domain has just been registered by a 1&1 Internet customer"?

You are seeing this page when you visit your domain (www.yourdomain.com) because you have not yet replaced the temporary web page which was created for you when you signed up for your 1&1 Internet domain or web hosting package. This page/file is called "index.html" and can be overwritten or replaced with a page you create using one of our site building tools or your own site building software depending on whether you purchased a 1&1 Internet domain name only package or a 1&1 web hosting package.


Why have we placed this temporary page for you?

If your site does not include an index.html page/file (either your placeholder "Under Construction" page or a home page you created yourself), your site visitors will receive a "Page not Found" error when viewing your domain. If the temporary page on this domain is currently visible, it also means DNS name pointing has been successful and you are ready to begin building your site!

Important: By default, the first page you'll see when you visit your domain name is "index.html"


What to do next?

In order for a visitor to see your web site at your domain, your site must include a file called "index.html." Files called "page1.html" or "home.html" or "default.html" for example, will NOT appear as your primary page when visitors arrive. You should rename it index.html for it to be visible as your site's default home page."



Of course after an hour on the help pages I can't figure out how to change my temporary page. Can any one give me a direction to head in?

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rbsremodeling

You may have not actually made the site live yet. In your control panel on 1 and 1 there is a button to actually publish the site to the web and make it go live. If you did that It then takes from a few hours to a few days to appear.

you owe me 2 dolla

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CJKarl

two dolla!!!! that's highway robbery!

Thanks, I did go through the publishing part. I only did it last night, so it still may be floating around in cyberspace.

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rbsremodeling

It should have given you a confirmation on screen or some send an email confirming that the site was published.

2 dolla fair price

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CJKarl

No email or confirmation, getting worried.

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rbsremodeling

Hmm. Maybe Sean SLSTECH will see this. he is smarter than I am. It can take a few days though

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CJKarl

Nutt'in yet.

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CJKarl

OK, I'm starting to figure this out. I am online http://kaufmannmasonry.com/ , but new names may not make it onto search engine lists for up to 12 weeks.

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CJKarl

I just a home page right now. It's EXTREMELY primitive...But hey, for a rock pounder it's a start.

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rbsremodeling

Most will have you indexed in about 2 weeks.

There are a few other companies with similar names as your domain name.

You might not even show up on the first pages of the search engines for awhile.

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Darwin

Tree more dolla?

Tscarborough

There is nothing wrong with a simple website. Consider it as a yellowpage ad. Make it clean and crisp, fast to load and include only the pertinent details:

Who
What
Where
How to Contact

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rbsremodeling

Basically

In my opinion unless you really know what your doing and have time. I would pay somebody to to all the leg work. Its takes a lot of effort and a few bucks to get a website up, running and effective.

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CJKarl

I agree, but right now I have no $$$ and lots of time.

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Captainsls

CJ, how are you making out? I built my webpage with very limited knowledge of web design. Its rather simple. I have a hosting company (yahoo) and a site builder tool. The site builder tool has an incorporated FTP, which uploads any changes or additions I create. Yahoo offers a few site building tools for free, but I purchased a program for $100 that is more user friendly. It's called Freeway Express (for a Mac).

Freeway allows me to put in Meta Tags for the search engine spiders to crawl. Words like masonry, hardscape, granite, etc are all meta tags for certain pages on my site. My site comes up first for many relative searches in my target area. What are you using to build your site?

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CJKarl

My neighbor is going to help me. He's some kind of six figure software guy. Gets billed out at a ridiculous rate....for me, FREE.

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rbsremodeling

Did ever get the site to go online? whats the website address?

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CJKarl

Yeah, we spent about an hour last night working on it. My computer guru may be able to fix screw ups in huge banking and insurance programs, but re-sizing pictures to fit my website was a learning experience for both of us.

Well he at least helped me add another page, and 2 pics. It's a start. I'm not in a big hurry to get this thing up. I've been in business for almost 20 years so a few weeks isn't going to kill me.

Here's my site address http://www.kaufmannmasonry.com/

Here's something I did notice while trying to find my name on search engines.
(It can take up to 12 weeks to get your name out there...and that's paying a service to take care of submitting your website.)

My name DID show up on sites that consolidate phone book listings. On those sites I was able to register, log in and post pics...AND write my own testimonial.

Good luck

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CJKarl

Getting a little farther. Photo album now. Still needs lots of organization.
http://kaufmannmasonry.com/

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