Just as long as you never intend to make money off said website.
I stressed that point because a lot of people seem to think domain names are a must.
Many people do not want a domain name or any promotions via search engines.
For example I have two websites. One has a domain name and presently is getting 800-900 visitors a day and ranks high in the search engines.
The other website has no domain name and I use it to post pictures or information to a discussion newsgroup that will not accept any type of attachments.
The only people I want to go to that site are people on a particular newsgroup. I give them the IP address to access the second website.
If Darkwolf is just going to exchange family photos with friends and family he does not need a domain name since he can e- mail them the sites IP address.
If he is doing something else like spreading information or making money he should get a domain name and hope some search engines willl pick up his website. - tom
Thank you Tom. Yes, I intend to use it to promote magazine appearances of my stories and such.
I'm thinking this is going to be more complicated than I thought...but then everything short of hitting the power button is, computerwise, to me.