Creating a website questions and advice...?

I have been working on a website I do not have a domain name yet and I am not being hosted. Is it better to a get a package deal when it comes to getting the domain and hosting from the same company?

The website I am building does include some controversial material, not pictures or anything, it basically deals directly with religion and the misconceptions about it, but it can get graphic and reading some of the sites that offer domains and such, seem to have issues with controversial issues, I know they mean illegal stuff but you can never be too careful.

I just need some basic advice on easiest ways to go about this.

Thank you in advance.

Creating a website questions and advice...?

be very careful about getting the %26quot;Package deal%26quot; where they get you your domain name AND Hosting.... Alot of times, these companies maintain themselves as the Billing, Administrative and TEchnical contacts for the domain name. What this equates to is the fact that YOU do not have any legal ownership of that domain name and if you wanted to move your hosting elsewhere, you may end up fighting a huge battle to claim ownership of your domain name.

The best course of action is;

1) Buy the domain name from a registrar like Network Solutions or GoDaddy

2) Get a shared Hosting account with someone like Hostway or 1%26amp;1 internet

3) Set your domain name%26#039;s Nameserver addresses to the Nameserver addresses provided to you by the hosting company

Creating a website questions and advice...?

You can find step by step guide on how to create a website at websites like http://oktutorial.com/webdesign.htm .

Other Replys:I use Networkworksolutions.com for my domain name and Yahoo for my webhost both have been very good for me but I hear there are cheaper host but I feel $2 per month more isn%26#039;t bad when I have a larger known host a great customer service I am yet to have any problems with servers or anything else.

Other Replys:The fastest quickest, and easiest that offers everthing you need a a resonable cost .

http://www.geocities.com

This is through Yahoo.