Websites...on the road...

[JoeSheffer]

So how did all you chaps keep your websites going. Are you techie guys and dolls, did you pay people to make your websites. My web design skills are non existant.

Or did you use a template type of thing and an editor. Can anyone reccomend something which is preferable free and will allow me to copy blogger into it (Obs not free hosting etc.. just something i can muck around with). Nick SAnders website is something very very simple but effective and informative.

[juddadredd]

Hi Joe,

this is me...

F650 Ride the World - A journey of Global Proportions

I built the website long before the trip so that I could drum up some sponsorship, which worked as you can see. Now I built it so that its mostly template based so that way each new month I have the minimum of coding to work on, and I have a distinctive look to my site. But you can get free blogging templates and they work pretty well.

Most of the software you can get by typing free website builder into Google

Apart from that you need an FTP client I actually use cute FTP as it's really easy to do.

then it's just a case of sitting down and doing a rough draft on paper working out what sections you want to do, then try your best to get it right on screen.

Any problems just give me a shout.

Lee

[Redboots]

As lee says, build it way before you go.

I use Textpattern. Again you need somewhere to host your site (domain name).
You can update the travel entries as and when you find an internet cafe just by logging onto your admin panels and typing directly into the admin interface.

There are loads of free templates available that have been written by Textpattern users.
A clean and simple one is Soren.

My blog is just another page of my main website at BikerBytes.com the the blog is at BikerBytes.com/txp or get there via the menu.

Best of...

John

[Flyingdoctor]

If you only want to tell your story in words and pictures so family, friends or anyone else can view it then just start a blog. Google "blog". You can be up and running in 15 minutes. If you want more then you need a website. Try starting a blog and see if it's what you want, it's free.

[Alexlebrit]

Or just use Blogger itself... If you Google "Blogger Widgets" and Blogger Templates" you can find loads of free add-ons for Blogger, which means you can get almost anything you like out of it.

And of course they provide free hosting.

Paisley - Peking

Nothing on it yet as I'm in the early stages, but it started as a standard Blogger template.

[jkrijt]

Actualy, I am a "techie guy". I make a living working with computers.

For updating my website (Jan Krijtenburg homepage (Trips)) while I am on the road, I do the preparation before I leave.
I have all pages ready and just "fill in the blanks" with some short notes and maybe a picture, from an Internet cafe or another PC I can use. Then when I am home after the trip, I do it again with more pictures, more stories etc.

It may not be the best way for everyone but I like it this way.
I'm thinking about bringing a simple laptop next time because more and more campings, restaurants, railwaystations and hotels have WiFi so then I can update my website form my own laptop.