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Choose a Domain Name


Pick and register a domain name that feels right for your portfolio

Choosing a domain name can be easy or it can be very difficult. It all depends on what you're trying to do and there are no wrong or right answers. In this task you're going to pick a domain name that feels right for your portfolio. You can have any domain name that is not already registered. You can use sites like domai.nr to check the availabilty of a domain name.

Many people choose to register their own name as the domain name for their portfolio. This approach may not be the most exciting method, but it is very versatile and to the point.
 
You may choose to register a word with specific meaning behind it. Jeremy Keith uses adactio.com for his domain and this may be for its latin meaning or it may simply be because he likes it. 
 
Domain hacking is another popular method for choosing a domain name. In this sense the term hacking refers to the art of combining all the parts of the domain to form an overall word. 
Bit.ly, del.icio.us and foundat.io/n are examples of domain hacking. Typically it costs a little bit more than a .com to register a domain suitable for hacking (there are often more legalities to it as well) so you might want to bear this in mind when selecting a name.
 
Spend the next 20 minutes or so thinking of a domain name and checking its availability. If you find one that you think is perfect for your needs then go ahead and register it. If you can't think of one in this time then don't register one just to finish the task. You can finish this task in your own time. The important part is that you register a domain name that you're happy with.
 
When you've registered your domain name, post it onto the challenge discussion page telling people what your domain name is.

Task Discussion


  • Jasmine said:

    on Sept. 4, 2014, 10:58 p.m.
  • Jared Frenzel said:

    Many Over the Years, but never did this one, but now I did jaredfrenzel.com

    on Sept. 4, 2014, 4:29 p.m.
  • Ashish Gautam Karn said:

    My New domain name is:

    https://www.rebelmouse.com/AshishGautamKarn/

    on Sept. 3, 2014, 1:53 p.m.
  • Johnny van der Laan said:

    We are still under heavy construction but www.laanwebdesign.nl is my domain.

    on May 12, 2014, 12:21 p.m.
  • GENTLE JACK said:

    My new Domain is freehosting.com and i like it

    on April 26, 2014, 8:41 p.m.
  • scar495 said:

    you can find my shiny new website here:

    tangledSTRAND

     

    on April 21, 2014, 2:26 p.m.

    algotruneman said:

    It is great to see your live site.

    Fill us with joy as you fill the site with great stuff!

    --Algot

    on April 21, 2014, 4:03 p.m. in reply to scar495
  • riatha1982 said:

    on April 14, 2014, 8:58 p.m.
  • Rodrigo PImenta said:

    I've register in: http://www.rbpwebmakingchallenge.comxa.com/. It's a free domain, I choose this for now because I'm just want to learn, and don't have interest in pay anything right know. But I can change my mind later.

    on March 28, 2014, 12:03 p.m.
  • Sergio Romero said:

    imperialambassador.org -> Go with Go Daddy.com great customer service. I was struggling with the purchasing of my domain but within 10-15 minutes my whole transaction was finished. MUCH SUCCESS TO MY FELLOW ENTREPRENEURS!

    on Feb. 3, 2014, 6:23 p.m.
  • Skwal said:

    http://skwalweb.net

    on Jan. 5, 2014, 1:47 a.m.
  • StansSongs said:

    For the past  5 or 6 years I have registered my domain names through Justhost.com from inside my Cpanel. I have had only good  experiences with them so far , features, support, and pricing have been great .
    in the past I have used Godaddy, Yahoo domains, Midphase and a few others.


    Some of my current domians are www.Stanwilliamsmusic.com

      www.Artistpromo.net   www.Stans-songs.com  www.Vanzants.net  and  www.Stratozfear.com

    on Nov. 29, 2013, 6:37 a.m.
  • Attapit said:

    I registred my domainname with www.starthosting.nl for 0,99 euro:

    www.jufanitasmit.nl

    on Nov. 22, 2013, 5:15 a.m.
  • Ryan Guy said:

    I went with dreamhost a while back.  I registered http://ryanguy.net and http://ryanguy.org.  Both are currently pointed at the same wordpress page I am using to complete these activities. 

    on Nov. 17, 2013, 4:23 a.m.
  • Shel said:

    I chose  as my domain registar.

    I registered http://www.michellegilbank.com and http://soularity.co.

    on Oct. 20, 2013, 1:36 p.m.
  • Cleo said:

    Another peer mentioned free domain name with .tk. So I went the frugal route and registered http://kolorfullyvulgar.tk/

    on Sept. 25, 2013, 10:40 a.m.
  • Cleo said:

    I went with http://kolorfullyvulgar.tk/ what do you guts think?

    on Sept. 25, 2013, 10:38 a.m.

    algotruneman said:

    We "guts" think it is kolorful.

    Be prepared to make a change right away, though, looking ahead to task 6. You will want to establish a hosting of real web pages and point the DNS to that hosted location.

    Pointing DNS to your blog will not give you a real, live web site on which you will post html, css, etc. As it is, your work is built inside the infrastructure of the blog software.

    on Sept. 25, 2013, 10:51 a.m. in reply to Cleo
  • v4lent1na said:

    I used 101webmakingchallenge as a name for my blog on Wordpress.com.

    Of course there's the wordpress.com part too but I'm happy with what I have.

    on Sept. 8, 2013, 9:14 a.m.

    algotruneman said:

    While you are "live" with a blog (and that is just great), you will actually need to reconsider how to be "live" with Webmaking101. The steps of the challenges are intended to take you to the web where your code will determine what the visitor sees.

    As it is, much of the visible pages is determined by Wordpress. Your code is embedded within the blog software. You will get a lot done there, and more power to you.

    Next, though, is taking the step of doing code in html, css, javascript or eventually python with a web framework like Django. With such a site, the infrastructure is all your code. Even if you start with simple html only, the site will be "yours."

    Good work so far. Good luck moving ahead.

    --Algot

    on Sept. 25, 2013, 11:02 a.m. in reply to v4lent1na