Cheap and easy website start-up?

[Melissa B]

I would like my children to set up a website this summer. How do I go about this? It must be very basic because I really don't know much at all. It needs to be cheap and safe enough for my children to use it (while supervised.) We would not be selling anything. I just want them to have the experience of learning to set up and maintain a website - not a blog. This can be an ongoing learning process. I do not expect them to learn everything they need to know over the summer. I typed in free website and cheap website and received many pages of hits, but I don't know anything about any of the companies. Suggestions?

[....]

I have made several websites. My current website is hosted through Bravenet and it's relatively cheap. I can't remember how much I pay, but it was about $25 every 3 months or something. They also have a wizard that walks you through making the website. I also had GoDaddy before, but I kinda prefer Bravenet for some unknown reason. Oh, and on Bravenet, if you learn a little html, you can tweek your site without the wizard, which is cool after you've been doin' it for a while.

 

Hope that helps!

[LND1218]

What a great idea! I use GoDaddy for my website - $3.95/month. I really need to look at other sites.

 

I think I will have my kids do this too - thanks for a great suggestion!

[Deidre in GA]

google has a free site service. you use their templates instead of uploading your own.

 

i design small sites for friends and i set them up with A Small Orange. $25 A YEAR. weird name, i know, but highly touted on a mac board i frequent and the service has been spot on in the year+ i've worked sites through them.

 

A Small Orange