is GODADDY.COM trust worthy? - moved by Tom

[evolutionbanjo]

hello
i want to registar a domain name.

last time i did it i used geocities cause thats what i used to build the site.
im thinking about registering another.

should i use godaddy ?

ijustine uses godaddy...

www.justin.tv/ijustine
shes a lifecaster... i heard her say once that she registered something at godaddy.

is godaddy.com safe to use compared to other places to register domains ?

thanks for the help and info!!
forest

[renegade600]

i have used godaddy for years without any problems.

[Tom]

Let's move this request the the CTH Web Development forum where it belongs, and perhaps the Moderators there can decide if there really is the added need to post that for-profit site's active link in the example.

[evolutionbanjo]

cth ?

[MishY]

If you want to just register a domain name I've heard www.namecheap.com are competitive.

[simplyg123]

godaddy is big time, you shouldnt have any issues, thousands use their service

[evolutionbanjo]

i registered my domain with them. now what. lol =)

[simplyg123]

you have to activate your hosting account, i believe free hosting comes with the regestration, but it has an banner at the top of the site, once you have activated your hosting acount, you go to hosting & sevices then click , my hosting account. Then click open on your hosting acount control panel. Now click content, then ftp client, now upload your html files to the account via ftp client, rename you home page welcome.html.

thes directions should get you homepage published, and i think you could figure it from there, if i missed anything someone feel free to add

[evolutionbanjo]

i did register it, i payed for it, im not sure they charged me but the order seemed to be complete.
is my domain name secured ?

i dont have to activate hosting account to secure the domain do i ?
activating the hosting account does wht again ?

is my domain i registered mine for sure ?

[simplyg123]

no the domain is yours for how ever long you purchased it for, activating hosting allows you to bring the domain to life with a website. It allows you to upload html files and images. This is necessary to start the website

[DJoe]

I was chating at N3Xtech and they say themselfs that GoDaddy is very reputable and he also he gives promo codes and GoDaddy I think is their sponsor.

Unless he only gave a promo code because I said I would feature his show.

[FrEaKmAn]

I'm also a user of godaddy and no problems...

[evolutionbanjo]

good to know!
i went with godaddy and registered my domain, i think for 2years.

im going to start my site soon,
to upload photos too it i need to activate it ? will i need a program to use to make the site, besides using a sitebuilder like geocities?

i have a thread about using the godaddy web makeing tool, if u know about that check my other thread out =)

thanks again =)
forest

[renegade600]

good to know!
i went with godaddy and registered my domain, i think for 2years.

im going to start my site soon,
to upload photos too it i need to activate it ? will i need a program to use to make the site, besides using a sitebuilder like geocities?

i have a thread about using the godaddy web makeing tool, if u know about that check my other thread out =)

thanks again =)
forest

if you do a search for web design software at download.com you may find something that will help you with your pages. Also do a search for photo albums and you will find utilities that will help you create album pages and upload it to your site.

Remember, you only get so much space with your godaddy account. I would like to suggest purchasing a hosting account. Most good hosting accounts have photo albums, forums, blogs and other features that comes with it.

[DJoe]

I wish Geocities would have that across banner that they use to have, although I think a different company owned Geocities before that silly side banner happened.

Geocities is probably the best free service, I've seen. No one seems to use the OverLay option.

A few years ago Yahoo! found a way to block the code that can block those side banners, by having some type of method similar to re-direct.

[renegade600]

I wish Geocities would have that across banner that they use to have, although I think a different company owned Geocities before that silly side banner happened.

Geocities is probably the best free service, I've seen. No one seems to use the OverLay option.

A few years ago Yahoo! found a way to block the code that can block those side banners, by having some type of method similar to re-direct.

geocities used to be owned by geocities before being purchased by yahoo. I remember those banners because you could put them anyplace on the page. I kept mine at the very bottom. Wayyyy at the bottom. :rotflmao:

[DJoe]

Thats one thing thats good about bravenet they have across banners. I only started a Geocities in beginning of 2004, than at the end of 2004 joined CTH.

NO way you were able to move the ad banner at that time, SWEET. No wonder Yahoo! became a n00b with Geocities.

[DJoe]

Geocities Retro

Feb 24, 1999
http://web.archive.org/web/19990224013948/http://www12.geocities.com/
Oct 22, 1996
http://web.archive.org/web/19961022173245/http://www.geocities.com/