Band website, how to do it on the cheap?

[DSOP]

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/mu ... 84131.html

[sejuba]

Thanks for the replies guys! Awesome info right here.

I made some research and ended up on Bandmo (http://bandmo.com) a website generator designed especially for music artists & bands. It’s pretty cheap considering that it includes hosting + domain + everything else. I think it might just be more simple to deal with them instead of ordering every element I need from different companies.

The reviews I found are looking pretty good, I am going to try it now and let you know what happens...

Thanks!

PS. If you guys have more suggestions, please reply to this thread!!!!

Dude, I think it looks very generic, boring and uninspiring. i have know idea what your budget is I would recommend the guy who did this website: http://www.seibei.com/
His e-commerce stores are around 1.5k... you just need something super simple for your band, so I'd say its gonna cost you 800 or less...

[DeeP_FRieD]

Anything that's a free service should be used on top of getting your own domain and website, plus social media. You have to hit it at all angles.

Go to a cheap hosting company like hostmonster and grab a year of hosting and a domain. Hit retailmenot up before and see if you can get a coupon.

From there almost every hosting company who's worth a grain of salt will have automated installs for wordpress. Do like suggested before and use that.

Install wordpress, go to some theme site like elegant themes or themeforest, grab a tasty looking one (if it's good it won't be free).

Install the theme, make a logo, and fill it with content.

Any issue in this process can be worked through with google and some tutorials.

End cost no greater than 120 bucks, and you just took a major step in being a musician nowadays, knowing how to manage your online marketing presence.

[Yussuf]

Has anyone here used wordpress.ORG ? From what I konow it's a nice and free customizable platform but you still need some coding experience (I know nothing)?. I made a band page in wordpress.com with a ready made theme, looks quite ok, but still dreaming of having full control over the design..

[Lucas Ives]

The term "coding" is relative here -- you won't need to learn any PHP if you're willing to go with existing themes as-is and plugins/widgets. If you can figure out how to embed videos in a post you have the skillset needed.

[flybyfender]

UPDATE!

I did it! Here's my new band website:
http://sunholesmusic.com/

What do you guys think? I like it!!!

I chose to do it with http://Bandmo.com - It's 100 % worth the price IMO. Took me about 1 hour to do everything.