Tips on creating / Making a website for Free?

[djhipnotikk]

+1 for wordpress :P

it's perfect for just a single user, but can be easily expanded to have a whole team of bloggers under one roof. super customizable, and with a little coding knowledge you can make some bomb designs. plus there are thousands of themes out there you can tweak to your liking. here's an example:

www.labwerxdjs.net

edit:

in order for wordpress to work, you need MySQL and PHP access. aka you can't use most free hosting places. also if you want to be professional, it looks a lot better to get a dedicated host name. this stuff is hella cheap these days. if you buy a hosting package from most places they'll throw in free domain registration.

[Segfault]

I host my own website using a 200$ computer that sits on my desk. (makes a nice monitor stand) The domain name costs me 12$ a year, and I've nearly made that back from the google ad at the bottom of my mixes page. Its super easy to maintain, as it is nothing but very basic html with css for style, and I got to make my own banner and everything.

check it out: link in my signature

[CuttaBoi]

Another vote for Wordpress from me.

It's easily updatable with no knowledge or web programming or HTML and can be totally customised as mentioned by others e.g. youtube vids, galleries, soundcloud etc

Here is something I made for my girlfriend to start promoting her DJing more using Wordpress and a cheap template and that only took a couple of hours to install/customise.

http://www.joannedj.com

Total cost about £20 or less for the year.

Bargain!!

Loving that site, just about what I'm looking for!

Will look into this now Thanks for the heads up all

[kelsey7k]

this...

Why not just go with a well designed blogger, a free soundcloud account and a youtube account? Everything can be linked and embedded easily and with a little work can look very professional.

the blog format is popular because it makes sense. the artblog in my sig is just a wordpress blog that i bought a domain name for and set a custom header

[MaxOne]

wordpress all the way! i would buy a domain though and download the proper version rather than use the free blog thing.

the free blog is... free which is good but i found it less customisable that the full wp thing.

If you go through bluehost there's a 1 click wordpress install option too. which is mega helpfull