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[Bradical79]

1. I'm developing my first website/blog right now

I'll let you know of any tips, tricks, and general advice as I go along. I'm an amateur programmer, but this is my first serious foray into web development so I'm still deciding what to build myself, and what pre-created tools I want to use.

So far I've decided to go with hostgator (at www.hostgator.com naturally) to host my website. Paying monthly, it is $7.16/month with their basic plan, though you can go as low as $3.96 a month depending on how long of a plan you want (you can pay it all up front for 1-3 year plans). I'm going monthly for 1 month as a test run. They also have an Easy SiteBuilder tool, but I haven't checked it out. I'm doing mine from scratch (at first) using php, html, and css.

When you sign up with a place like hostgator they let you choose a domain name, which costs and extra $15 fee.