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Giving out my personal information on the web freely///


How many of these forms have I actually filled out?
Too many to remember. I've tried to keep track of all of them in a personal online planner where I store all of my passwords and user names to websites I've joined. I try to keep the information simple so I don't forget. These forms can get pretty long and I hate that part of it. What you see here, is the first part of what I had to fill out. However, I like that they ask me what information I am most interested in. Does this mean that they will primarily send out this information to me? The site never really specifies why it's important to input that information, oh well, all I care is that the site has topics I'm interested in. This will be a great tool for me to add to my site. Somehow it would be nice to make it a shorter form for the people to fill out, in order to keep track of the people interested in getting updates on my site.

Banner Ads for STUBBS BAR-B-Q

 
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expandable banner.



On the search for 'Affordable Web Hosting'

I'm researching and shopping around for affordable web hosting. The prices range from $5/mo.–$45/mo.Since I'm ideally starting my own site to host portfolio work and a blog, $5/mo. sounds like what I'm looking for. The most popular web hosting companies my friends and instructors at Otis use, are Dream Host and Go Daddy. In a book called The Web Designers Idea Book which I bought for my Digital Innovation class, a web hosting company by the name of Hosted FX is mentioned as being the cleanest and simplest web hosting site to navigate around in. After checking it out, I had to agree. I also found that not only is this company simple and to the point, their web hosting pricing is even better than Dream Host and Go Daddy. Go Figure! I think I found which company I'd like to try to host my upcoming website. Though, I'll keep my eyes open until then.


BTW, the author of The Web Designers Idea Book also is the creator of one of the greatest web design advice sites I've ever seen. Click here or the title to connect you there. You'll be amazed.