Tom,
There are numerous companies that will register a site for a fee and the fees vary. Do a search on "Domain Registration" or something similar and then shop them. I’ve been using
Netfirms.com and it’s working out real well.
If you go to
Network Solutions and enter a domain name in box #1 and then choose not to register it (after hitting enter) they will probably register it for you. They did it to me. After they did that, I entered a rather unique name (networksoultions&&&&&) and sure enough they registered it. The moral of the story is: I use the command line in my browser to see if a domain name exists anymore.
If you want to bone-up on your HTML skills, try
www.htmlgoodies.com. They have several free tutorials on HTML, Scripts, Banners, etc.
Here's another site where you can check out some free tutorials including Dynamic HTML
DynamicDrive. They also have free (pre-written) Java Scripts that you can incorporate into your HTML documents.
From either of these sites you'll find more information than you probably want to know.
An alternative to programming would be MS FrontPage, which basically allows you create your page(s) in MS Word, without all the HTML coding, and then upload into your ISP's server. That's an oversimplification but I'm sure you get the idea. Here's a link to the 30 free trial version of
MS FrontPage.
If you decide not to mess around with the programming, contact Beth, of See Dirt Run, Inc., I believe she builds websites and she's very knowledgeable about the pressure washing industry.
Good Luck!
Paul Freeman