I bought my own domain

I bought my own domain on Friday. I could not believe it, but www.pursuingsuccess.com was available. I had thought that I'd have to work hard and try many domains before finding one that I could use, but I got it on my first try. Go figure.

I reviewed a number of sites comparing different hosts. I particularly favor the ones that include user reviews. After some research, I chose to register it and host it with 1&1 Internet Inc. It costs only $1.50/month and it includes domain name registration, 5 GB of web space, 500 email accounts, 250 GB monthly transfer volume and 1&1 webmail. I'm pretty pleased so far.

I had a harder time choosing software such as an html editor and an ftp (file transfer protocol) program. They weren't hard to find, but there are so many. I spent some time at one of my favorite software and electronics resources - CNET.com. I finally settled on a couple of the more highly recommended freeware programs, AceHTML and Core FTP. I have found both of them to be quite effective and user-friendly. I expect that the paid versions have more to offer, but I'm hardly even using the functions available to me on the free ones so far. I suppose I will become more interested in them as I develop some experience and skill.

Every day is something new.

ML