which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

i am working on a new project, ideally i would like to have an independent website, but its gonna cost me a bit of money to do it professionally...i have purchased the domain...but i was wondering whether making a myspace profile or a blogspot may be better and a cheaper option.

the content i would have on there would be similar to what i would want on my website

about me, a bit about the project, gallery, videos, contact etc

any ideas...
thanks

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

You can get hosting for very little. I paid I-Web (they don't do this anymore) about £10 for 100MB space and 2000MB transfer a month. It was all set-up for me and very little hassle.

If you look around you should be able to find similar. :)

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

I think MySpace looks pretty simple to use.

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

ewwww myspace is horrible. Web hosting is not always expensive, depending on your needs. It depends what project you have, but you seem to have quite a varyed on. Video and Gallery for example.

More details would be helpful. but try and avoid myspace

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

yeh just noticed, users have to be registered view their default pic/video section...i think word press may be a good alternative.

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

Wordpress looks more professional but you need webspace i think

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

as the domain has already been bought, does the control panel allow assignment of the addy to e.g. an ntl addy? :)

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

You need a DNS server for that homie - I recommend www.zoneedit.com for that but if you paid the ~£10 for the year then your provider should give you a DNS server to use. :)

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

Sorry I just noticed that too, now I wouldn't use MySpace.....

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

We have bought brilliantly cheap and good hosting for our websites from evohosting.
I can't complain.. their uptime is amazingly good and my package alone is £2 a month! (And the other packages are ridiculously affordable!)

They give you a whole load of extras - gallery, shoutcast server (which I got :D) and plenty of other things... such as Teamspeak (there's a one-off setup charge for some things, you'd have to check..)
The control panel is nicely laid out (for a n00b like me anyway!) and yeah, you won't believe what you actually get!

The support is excellent. I cant really fault them.. if there's a problem and you email them, its sorted out really quickly :)

Myspace can be pretty precarious at times and blogspot does go down now and then.......

Evohosting provide weblogging c/o wordpad - which I have to admit, I do like!

All I can suggest is you take a look and decide...
;)

We've already directed a few friends of ours to Evohosting and they are impressed!

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

Microsoft Office Live has just come out in the UK, might be worth a try... free domain and hosting.

Re: which is better to use for a new project - myspace/blogspot
 

not if you use wordpress.com ;)