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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

      @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

      Where can I pickup a cheap domain?

      I use GoDaddy, it's not bad.

      CloudFlare

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
        last edited by

        @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

        @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

        @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

        Where can I pickup a cheap domain?

        I use GoDaddy, it's not bad.

        CloudFlare

        Did you manage to get in? I've been on the waiting list for months and even paid to be moved up, and they've not opened to me yet.

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        • travisdh1T
          travisdh1
          last edited by

          I have all my personal stuff hosted on a full server I rent. DNS is handled by cloudflare, and hostname by tucows.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

            @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

            @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

            @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

            Where can I pickup a cheap domain?

            I use GoDaddy, it's not bad.

            CloudFlare

            Did you manage to get in? I've been on the waiting list for months and even paid to be moved up, and they've not opened to me yet.

            Not yet, but if this guy is just getting ready it could be a valid option.

            Also, you have not been waiting months. The service has not been available that long.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
              last edited by

              @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

              @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

              @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

              @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

              @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

              Where can I pickup a cheap domain?

              I use GoDaddy, it's not bad.

              CloudFlare

              Did you manage to get in? I've been on the waiting list for months and even paid to be moved up, and they've not opened to me yet.

              Not yet, but if this guy is just getting ready it could be a valid option.

              Also, you have not been waiting months. The service has not been available that long.

              I've been waiting months since they announced it. It is, AFAIK, not available at all yet.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                last edited by JaredBusch

                @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                Where can I pickup a cheap domain?

                I use GoDaddy, it's not bad.

                CloudFlare

                Did you manage to get in? I've been on the waiting list for months and even paid to be moved up, and they've not opened to me yet.

                Not yet, but if this guy is just getting ready it could be a valid option.

                Also, you have not been waiting months. The service has not been available that long.

                I've been waiting months since they announced it. It is, AFAIK, not available at all yet.

                Announced on Sept 27, so, you win. Months (plural) barely. 73 days, 2.5 months.

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                • J
                  Jimmy9008
                  last edited by

                  What do you lot think so far? Started an hour or two ago.

                  http://82.13.39.198/validate/demo/index.asp

                  I have not developed anything for a long time (over 10 years), so its not pretty. I'll make it pretty later, including improved wording, and some nice images of our venue.

                  You should only be able to get through the verify initial page with the code 'abc' or 'def' at the moment...

                  What do you think? My fiancee doesnt like the idea of including the menu in all the invites, or having each person to call us, email, text or post back - so wants a webpage where they all have a code to enter and select their meal...

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @Jimmy9008
                    last edited by

                    @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                    What do you lot think so far? Started an hour or two ago.

                    http://82.13.39.198/validate/demo/index.asp

                    I have not developed anything for a long time (over 10 years), so its not pretty. I'll make it pretty later, including improved wording, and some nice images of our venue.

                    You should only be able to get through the verify initial page with the code 'abc' or 'def' at the moment...

                    What do you think? My fiancee doesnt like the idea of including the menu in all the invites, or having each person to call us, email, text or post back - so wants a webpage where they all have a code to enter and select their meal...

                    You didn't listen. Don't do this. Use Wordpress and some plugins.

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                    • J
                      Jimmy9008 @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                      @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                      What do you lot think so far? Started an hour or two ago.

                      http://82.13.39.198/validate/demo/index.asp

                      I have not developed anything for a long time (over 10 years), so its not pretty. I'll make it pretty later, including improved wording, and some nice images of our venue.

                      You should only be able to get through the verify initial page with the code 'abc' or 'def' at the moment...

                      What do you think? My fiancee doesnt like the idea of including the menu in all the invites, or having each person to call us, email, text or post back - so wants a webpage where they all have a code to enter and select their meal...

                      You didn't listen. Don't do this. Use Wordpress and some plugins.

                      Why? Like I said, i'm doing this partly for fun as mentioned in the OP (nostalgia from years ago, specifically). So why use wordpress? I'm not interested in wordpress or plugins and didnt ask for that on my OP.

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                      • black3dynamiteB
                        black3dynamite
                        last edited by

                        I hate to be that guy and I know you said you want to host your own wedding site, but there are services that makes it easier like WeddingWire and The Knot.

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                        • CloudKnightC
                          CloudKnight
                          last edited by

                          I agree with Jared on this, Why invent the wheel, plenty of plugins to use with Wordpress. Plus if you haven't developed code for a long time security comes into play as well.

                          If you don't want to use WordPress there are other sites out there that specialise in this like @black3dynamite has posted.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @CloudKnight
                            last edited by

                            @StuartJordan said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                            I agree with Jared on this, Why invent the wheel, plenty of plugins to use with Wordpress.

                            It's not for commercial use and he wants to learn or practice something specific. If this was for a business, I'd concur. But it's not, it is for fun. So doing what he is doing is fine. The extra time or effort are not negatives in this case.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                              @StuartJordan said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                              I agree with Jared on this, Why invent the wheel, plenty of plugins to use with Wordpress.

                              It's not for commercial use and he wants to learn or practice something specific. If this was for a business, I'd concur. But it's not, it is for fun. So doing what he is doing is fine. The extra time or effort are not negatives in this case.

                              ASP is a negative 100%.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                @StuartJordan said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                I agree with Jared on this, Why invent the wheel, plenty of plugins to use with Wordpress.

                                It's not for commercial use and he wants to learn or practice something specific. If this was for a business, I'd concur. But it's not, it is for fun. So doing what he is doing is fine. The extra time or effort are not negatives in this case.

                                Learning it with modern tools though seems to make sense - so doing it by hand seems crazy when everyone is deploying WP etc sites today. It's great to learn - why not learn what most people are doing then.. like WP?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                  @StuartJordan said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                  I agree with Jared on this, Why invent the wheel, plenty of plugins to use with Wordpress.

                                  It's not for commercial use and he wants to learn or practice something specific. If this was for a business, I'd concur. But it's not, it is for fun. So doing what he is doing is fine. The extra time or effort are not negatives in this case.

                                  Learning it with modern tools though seems to make sense - so doing it by hand seems crazy when everyone is deploying WP etc sites today. It's great to learn - why not learn what most people are doing then.. like WP?

                                  Learning isn't always for the purpose of being useful.

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                                  • CloudKnightC
                                    CloudKnight @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                    @StuartJordan said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                    I agree with Jared on this, Why invent the wheel, plenty of plugins to use with Wordpress.

                                    It's not for commercial use and he wants to learn or practice something specific. If this was for a business, I'd concur. But it's not, it is for fun. So doing what he is doing is fine. The extra time or effort are not negatives in this case.

                                    Fair Enough, even if it's for fun, it's still going to be live on the internet, so security will still be important.
                                    Why not use PHP and MariaDB?

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @JaredBusch
                                      last edited by

                                      @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      @Jimmy9008 said in Web host for my own wedding site...:

                                      Where can I pickup a cheap domain?

                                      I use GoDaddy, it's not bad.

                                      CloudFlare

                                      Did you manage to get in? I've been on the waiting list for months and even paid to be moved up, and they've not opened to me yet.

                                      Not yet, but if this guy is just getting ready it could be a valid option.

                                      Also, you have not been waiting months. The service has not been available that long.

                                      I've been waiting months since they announced it. It is, AFAIK, not available at all yet.

                                      Announced on Sept 27, so, you win. Months (plural) barely. 73 days, 2.5 months.

                                      Hey, @scottalanmiller look what I received today
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