Latest website by Blue Horizon Design
Paulagraphy
Content managed photography portfolio and showcase website
Latest website by Blue Horizon Design
Paulagraphy
Content managed photography portfolio and showcase website
If Blue Horizon Design is going to create a new website for you, you will need to take into consideration where the website will be hosted, as well as deciding on the best domain name for your website. Blue Horizon Design can provide you with the best solution, depending on your existing situation.
For more information on your options, please see our web services for more information.
Your website will need to be uploaded to an existing domain name before other people will be able to view it. Blue Horizon Design recommends using the company UKreg for domain name registration. They offer extremely competitive rates for domain name registration, and opening an account for registering a domain name is free. The only cost you pay is for registering a domain name.
What are your circumstances?
Your chosen domain name may very well be available! It all comes down to what kind of domain name you have in mind to register.
You wish to choose a domain name for use in the United Kingdom only (.co.uk, .org.uk, .net.uk).
Please use the form box below to check if your domain name is available (opens in a new window).
You wish to choose a domain name for use internationally (.com, .org, .net, .info, .biz).
Please use the form box below to check if your domain name is available (opens in a new window).
Blue Horizon Design recommends UKreg for all domain name registrations because of their highly competitive prices and the ease of use of their services. The minimum registration period for any domain registered is two years, and the maximum is ten years.
If you have registered a domain with UKreg but wish to transfer to another company in the future, the process is easy and straightforward. Please see below a list of current prices for registering a domain name with UKreg.
| Domain Type | Min Registration (2 yrs) |
|---|---|
| .com, .net, .org | £20.89 Inc VAT |
| .co.uk, .org.uk | £6.93 Inc VAT |
If you already own a domain name but you still wish for Blue Horizon Design to host it for you, there are two options:
Transfer the domain
With UKreg, this is the Same price as a new registration. The price of the transfer will depend on
the domain name type. See above for pricing and details.
Change the DNS servers
You do not need to change you current host. This will point your registered domain name as the
web space that the new host has set aside for you. You can contact us
further is you wish to know more about how this is done.
If you already have a hosting account set up for your domain, Blue Horizon Design will only be able to provide you with a full website if your current host supports all of the technologies we use to build our website's.
Please contact us regarding your requirements.
If you are in need of a place to host your website then Blue Horizon Design can help you. We strongly recommend for website's to be hosted using Donhost. They provide extremely efficient and reliable systems for web hosting, along with an excellent selection or additional options to aid in the improvement of your website and your web experience as a whole.
Here are a few of the FREE extras they provide if you host your website with them:
Custom 404 error page
This specialised page displays if people target a non existent page on your
website, or a page that has been deleted. Blue Horizon Design can create a
404 error page that matches the design of your website, so people can
continue navigating your website without disruption. This option is available
as one of our services.
Email
Create unlimited mailboxes, forwarders and auto responders. Web browser based
and POP3/SMTP access for all your mailboxes. Powerful anti-virus scanning and
SPAM filtering for all your mail.
Email forwarding
Create unlimited email aliases for your website. Excellent for hiding your
true email addresses. Email forwarding can forward emails to external email
address (eg somebody@yahoo.com) or to a mailbox on your website.
Auto responders
Attached to existing aliases for your website, these can generate an email
which is sent back to the from address of a sender. Very useful for
automated responses to email enquiries.
Mailboxes
Very useful feature. Using a separate email program such as Microsoft Outlook
or Mozilla Thunderbird you can connect to mailboxes on your website to check
your incoming emails.
You can create email forwarding that targets mailboxes on your website for
greater organisation of your incoming emails.
Multiple routing addresses
Functions much the same as email forwarding except for an important difference.
While email forwarding forwards emails onto a single email address or mailbox,
multiple routing address forwards emails onto an unlimited number of other
address simultaneously.
You do not own a domain name
Blue Horizon Design will assist you in registering a domain name. We will then
help you to create a new hosting account for your website through Donhost, our
recommended web hosting company. From that point on we can administer the domain
registration and web hosting for you.
You already own a domain name but have not chosen a host
Blue Horizon Design will help you to create a new hosting account for your website
through Donhost, our recommended web hosting company. We will then instruct you
on how to make your domain name work with your new hosting account.
You own a domain name and already have it hosted
If you wish to have a website fully developed with options such as the control
panel and internal search engine, we might recommend that you transfer your
domain name to our registered hosting company, Donhost. The purpose of this is
to make certain the web technologies used to create the site remain compatible
with the web host. For more information, please see our page about web
technologies we use.