Websites - where to begin!?

PrettyKitty

I'm not sure if this is the exact right place for this question, but here goes!

I'm pretty tech saavy - but i've never gone so far as to set up my own webpage. I have a zenfolio account, but it's a zenfolio address since I never did a "pro" version of smugmug or zenfolio. I'm considering it though! I just don't know if I need to set up a regular website first? How does it work? hehehe...

Basically i want a webpage of my own choosing, that starts off with a selection of my photos and a link to my blog. I don't mind if the links redirect people to zenfolio or smugmug (whichever I continue with) to see particular galleries, but I want a nice little slideshow to play to showcase my work. I've seen many versions of this - many very similar - so I'm guessing there's some template out there already started?

So where do I begin? Buy an internet domain and space on a server? Then create a page there that links to zenfolio/smugmug? Or is there a place that creates the domain and starts the template all in one? I'm totally lost as to how to begin. Are there any online tutorials or pre-written posts I can read? I just don't even know what to search for exactly without getting a million links to things that aren't completely relevant.

here's a few examples of sites I like that are similar in structure:
http://www.athenakalindiphotography.com/
http://www.carlosavelasco.com/#

Maybe there's a simpler version - but that's approximately what i'm interested in creating. Any info or references would help! Thanks!

Art Scott

If you buy your domain at GoDaddy then you get a FREE web page.......You have to code it from start to finish or
you can use the C-name to take you directly to your Smug pro site........There are tutes on here to do all that......
might take a bit of searching to find them but they are here.

daylightimages

Just about everything you want you can do with a SmugMug site. All you'd need to do is buy a domain name and a SmugMug pro account. An opening page can be done using a SmugMug all-HTML page and a slide show (such as mine at www.railroadphotographer.com) can be done using the stretchy slide show tutorial. No need to have hosting anywhere else.

Stella7d

daylightimages wrote: »

Just about everything you want you can do with a SmugMug site. All you'd need to do is buy a domain name and a SmugMug pro account. An opening page can be done using a SmugMug all-HTML page and a slide show (such as mine at www.railroadphotographer.com) can be done using the stretchy slide show tutorial. No need to have hosting anywhere else.

Wow! Your steam engine shots are awesome!!!

daylightimages

Stella7d wrote: »

Wow! Your steam engine shots are awesome!!!

Thanks!!!