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Marie Lynn in the little place that exists over the rainbow |
July 18th, 2008
Kidpub is based on something called Drupal, right? I was looking at www.drupal.org, and I was thinking that I wanted to make my own website with it. Is Drupal free? And how much do domain names cost, exactly? I saw Elias's post and I found it very interesting, and I want to make a real website, not one from Freewebs or Homestead, but a real one, like Kidpub. Is it possible for one person to make one? Do you have to have a team of people?
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I just saw the site and it's
I just saw the site and it's not free. $5.95 per month. I want to create my own website too. I hate that you need a host!
"Shoot for the moon, because if you miss, you'll hit the stars." -Cammi Granato
Drupal, the software that
Drupal, the software that runs KidPub, is free. I encourage you to download it and play with it on your own computer...it's fun and you can learn a lot.
Hosting a site usually will cost money...someone has to pay for the power, air conditioning, network, servers, and operators. You can find a little article about hosting at http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=drupal-hosting
Domains, like kidpub.com, usually cost $35 per year.
If you are a little technical or have a techie friend, Google on 'dynamic dns' and you'll read about a way to run your web site on your home computer in a way that the public can get to it.