Setting up a website with Godaddy

[CaesarAZealad]

Anybody use godaddy before? I just registered a domain and want to setup a website that's literally just a single image of a raccoon. Unfortunately their website and support is as predatory as **** and their website builder is a half baked abortion. Anyone with experience with these ****kickers know how to just upload a website/CSS file/HTTPS file to the domain I own?

[Leslieann]

The more web development you do the more you realize that pretty much every website builder is half baked.
99% of websites are either a template or Wordpress which is a dumpster fire.

There's probably a file manager or FTP upload, just need to find where the settings for it are.

[suicidal_orange]

I would hope there is an option for a background in even the worst website builder - can you just set that as your picture and do nothing else?

[CaesarAZealad]

I would hope there is an option for a background in even the worst website builder - can you just set that as your picture and do nothing else?

I guess but that's not really what I wanted, I just wanted it centered in the middle of the screen. I'm talking to an actual web developer tho so he's laying out how to get this **** running for me.

[granola bar enthusiast]

i used wix before, it was solid but you were stuck to the templates and it was difficult to get multiple different template features like scrollable extended pages onto different parts of a website. until someone makes an ultra-compatible, non cookie-driven website builder IMO its still worth it to just learn coding

[Coreda]

Worst-case you could just create a Github Pages site and point it to your custom domain using the DNS settings on GoDaddy. See eg this article (the article assumes you've already created a Github Pages repo on their site, see other guides for doing that).

Then you could just use Github's site-based uploader to upload/change whatever. History of all changes would be public, keep in mind.

[Leslieann]

I always use Wordpress, it's super convenient.

It's also one of the most hacked server software on the planet and every plugin/template you use makes it even less secure.

[restion]

i used wix before, it was solid but you were stuck to the templates and it was difficult to get multiple different template features like scrollable extended pages onto different parts of a website. until someone makes an ultra-compatible, non cookie-driven website builder IMO its still worth it to just learn coding

Wix is TERRIBLE for anything but a single page site. Every element can be moved or reformatted so after a while each page looks different. Wix is also frustrating to use and keeps crashing the browser.  I would like to add that wordpress website maker can be an excellent choice. I highly recommend it, especially if you don’t know anything about building a site (like me).