Simple the name bilston-online.co.uk costs £6.00 to register and use for 2 Years.
What do you need for a website?
A subject for it obviously!
Ideally a Domain name (definition here if you don't know what one is) as a general rule these are not free, however they can be purchased quite cheaply at LCN.com or 123-reg.co.uk
Somewhere to host the site e.g. www.byethost.com as used for these pages. Cost = £0.00
An HTML editor such as Fresh HTML cost = £0.00 ( you can even use a plain text editor such as Windows Notepad!)
If you need a program to edit images for your site you can use PhotoFiltre cost = £0.00
This site includes both Java and JavaScript features many of these including the ones used here can be obtained for a cost of £0.00 amongst many other sources is javafile.com
Several of the pages on this site have a navigation bar at the top, this particular one is an image map which can be created using Meracl Image Map Generator available here Cost? £0.00
Once you have created your masterpiece and obtained a host you need software to upload it to your host, I personally use FireFTP £0.00 which is an add on for the Firefox Browser £0.00 there are others available including Fresh FTP £0.00. Some FTP software can be expensive, but it doesn't work any better than the free ones!
To sum up you can create a sophisticated website for very little cost, I've ignored the cost of computer hardware and broadband connections etc. because if you're thinking of building a website then it's 99% probable you already have these items.
Helpful information on learning HTML (used for web pages) can be found at http://www.easy-learn-it.co.uk/learner.html together with a variety of other learning resources (and more useful web developer links can be found in the Telematics section).
There are quite a few programs around that will help you to create your web page quickly and easily. Some of these are Template based and not too flexible, if you want your page(s) to have a more individualistic design and appearance there is only one way to do it properly - Learn HTML!* With a knowledge of HTML you can tweak and customize your pages till they appear how YOU want them to.
*In case you are wondering Hyper Text Markup Language
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