Gday,
Thought some here might be interested in this if they dont have a web site for their business, & are considering making one at minimal cost.
While its a basic format, im sure it can be tweaked to make it into something special.
The cost for me has been:
$12p.a. to register a domain name (2yr minimum period, so thats $24)
$30 p.a. web hosting for a decent hosting platform (not the most basic type)
I followed this fella's instructions pretty much word-for-word, if I can do it anyone can, it is made using a Wordpress template & he goes through every step involved including buying a domain name & getting a web host account set up, through to adding the content into all parts of the template, it would be hard to go wrong!
Firstly I followed this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jv47_VIBOQ
Then I found another video from the same bloke using a "theme" that I thought was better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UbBsotUzCU , so I swapped themes over, once you follow the first video, you really build your confidence with changing things around to suit what you like.
The different things I did to the video was buy my domain name & webhosting from a company that has an australian department so if I needed to phone them it would be easier, & I think they were cheaper than the one the fella mentions too. www.crazydomains.com.au
Here is my site I am building (didnt know whether to publish the address yet, as its no where near finished!, but here it is anyway) http://www.bluewatermaintenance.com.au please bear in mind that its not finished & I have just thrown some of the content in there to experiment & learn, I havent released the address yet in any advertising material.
So far it has taken me a couple of hours of spare time for the last 5 days, to get this far.
Any questions, just ask me, hope it helps,
cheers
Woody