OT - Hobby/Collection Website

[otismalibu]

Any recommendations for building a collection website? I've got a sorry little Yahoo page, but was thinking of trying to build something a little nice looking.

Thanks!

[Canseco44]

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I would recommend www.freewebs.com It is very easy to work with and has options to make your site unique. I know several members here have sites there as well as myself. This is mine:

www.freewebs.com/canseco44

Thanks, Todd

[cjw]

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I would recommend www.freewebs.com It is very easy to work with and has options to make your site unique. I know several members here have sites there as well as myself. This is mine:

www.freewebs.com/canseco44

Thanks, Todd

Freewebs is good, but if you want to avoid the advertising banners, you can build an inexpensive, advertsing-free Blog (with unlimited extra pages for images etc.) through hosting sites such as www.typepad.com.

While I don't have extra image pages showing addtional items from my collection yet, I plan to add them. chris

[kylehess10]

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I use the paid version of freewebs. No banners & plenty of storage for the hundreds of pictures I have on my page. It's only $5 a month, and worth it in my opinion.

[karamaxjoe]

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I use the same site as Kyle and for the most part am pleased with it. I would definelty spend the extra couple bucks a year to keep the advertising down and the extra space for photos. I'm surprised more people on this forum don't create sites. A lot of people claim to have tons of stuff that most other collectors would enjoy seeing.

[otismalibu]

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Thanks guys.

I moved my content to a webs.com page and bought the ad-free page. Looks a little better than the old setup.

Now I just need to transfer the domain name and I should be good to go.

Also found that old 'collection sites" thread to look thru.

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: OT - Hobby/Collection Website

Freewebs is good, but if you want to avoid the advertising banners, you can build an inexpensive, advertsing-free Blog (with unlimited extra pages for images etc.) through hosting sites such as www.typepad.com.

While I don't have extra image pages showing addtional items from my collection yet, I plan to add them. chris

Chris
I read your blog when you posted last month...looks nice. Good work!

[cjw]

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Chris
I read your blog when you posted last month...looks nice. Good work!

Thanks BTPH!

[David]

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All big sites starts small. A site seems piddly at first, but if you regularly or semi-regularly add stuff it even eventually be big.

Someone asked me how I got so much stuff on my site, and I said I've been updating it for 9 years.

[both-teams-played-hard]

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http://www.both-teams-played-hard.com/photo_archives.html

I just added a "photo-archives" section to my website. There is no rhyme or reason, just a lot of vintage images.
Many are from my personal collection, some are original negatives, a few are unpublished and never before seen. I have yet to add descriptions and titles. I call this "Poor Man's Getty". All sports represented.

[cjw]

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BTPH...some classic and amazing images! Do you mind if I link my blog to your image file? I particularly enjoyed these:

Slick certainly was....and Fly certainly did!

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: OT - Hobby/Collection Website

BTPH...some classic and amazing images! Do you mind if I link my blog to your image file? I particularly enjoyed these:

Slick certainly was....and Fly certainly did!

Please, feel free!