Actual Costs Incurred
In an effort to be accountable to each of you who have contributed to the Domain Name
Fund/ACS Contribution, I will publish the actual costs incurred in the setup &
maintenance of bestofboards.com.
INTERNIC Registration $70.00 1/25/99
2 years paid in advance
Geoplus Membership
$120.00 deducted $5.00 monthly
(2 years planned at this time, however I am comparing costs & reliability factors that
may result in moving the site to an independent space provider, only if there would be a
significant improvement in accessibility both from viewing & programming standpoints.)
Virtual URL
"rent"
$120.00 deducted $5.00 monthly
(this was an unexpected cost that I discovered halfway through the registration
process...I was under the assumption that the geoplus fee was inclusive of this cost, but
that may not be correct. It may be payable and required to a third party (NameSecure) just
to HAVE the registered domain name "housed" at geocities. If I find this is the
case, there are other options that may or may not be cheaper. Other deciding factors will
be continued ease of 24-hour editing of the pages, regardless of the server location. Stay
tuned!)
FrontPage
Software $70.00 (upgraded
to FP2000 June 1999)
After careful consideration, I decided this was definitely a justifiable
expense. I personally purchased the "full" copy (not the
upgrade) of FrontPage 98 in December of 98, due to the increasing size and
administration of this website. To put it in basic terms - Best of the
Boards has grown from a simple 5-page website in May of 1998, to its
present size of nearly 400 pages in a year! As it continues to grow, I
need the administration capabilities of a full web editing program, since
I have to be able to maintain it in my "spare" time. There are
many editing features in FP2000 that made the upgrade a very desirable (if
not absolutely necessary) expense.
