Hi All - and Hi Lynn! Long time...

[Lynn Terry]

Hi Shel - I do remember you actually, glad to see you here!

I use & recommend HostGator and have a coupon code you can use to get your first month free (actually for 1c, but that's about as close to free as you can get: coupon code "wordpress" (without quotes).

Most of us are now using WordPress to create both blogs and static sites (using Pages instead of Posts). If you're great with HTML, Dreamweaver is a good option, but WordPress offers a lot of visitor interactivity and is very easy to use in regards to content management.

See: How to Start A WordPress Blog (checklist)

Let us know what else we can help you with

[angienewton]

Welcome Shel! Glad to have you here.

[Lynn Terry]

Ahh cool - I haven't been to Memphis (yet).

Do a search on Google for wordpress shopping cart or wordpress ecommerce. There are quite a few plugins you can use.

[Lynn Terry]

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