First Web Hosting Client

Yesterday I started hosting my first client website. I use the word “client” loosely because he’s a band parent and a friend of the family. But nonetheless I’m excited about this opportunity. I have a Media Temple (gs) Grid-Service server for my web hosting and it’s simple to set up sites on it. The only thing it doesn’t have is a control panel for each site so they can’t be independently controlled. But that’s OK in my case because I anticipate the level of my clients will not be that technically advanced to run their own web server anyway, and it’s more convenient for me to have the sites all under one account.

I’ll post a link later when the site has launched but it’s for a residential improvement business. When I asked my client what software he used to build his site he said he didn’t—he hand-coded it. This is very impressive, because the average person isn’t going to learn HTML just to build a simple site. He said he had asked others to build a site for him but they never followed through. So he took classes and learned HTML himself, and his wife got involved and helped to design and build the site. A dynamic duo. Hopefully I’ll be able to pick up more clients like him.