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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I can buy other domains, but how do I do that without revealing who I am? Don't I have to share my real information when I purchase and register, which then becomes public knowledge through who-is lookups and all?

When you say grab another site and point it to the host, I understand the words you're saying and what they mean, but I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to create or run a server. I don't know what it means to work with Cloudflare or other networks. I don't know how files get put onto a machine (or cloud), or how to set up a database. But if you give me some Python or Javascript, or a language I don't know but can learn, I will dig into that all day every day.

We're talking about different sides of the tech world. And I don't *get* that particular side of it, which is why we went with someone who did and *seemed* to be established until the past month showed otherwise.

I could have rewritten the site myself if they would stop whining and just pointed me towards a file or path to review and get into. It would take forever, but I could and I would. But once we get into machines/hardware or virtual reality/software of the internet, it's beyond me.

I really mean it when I say this is outside my skill. I'm in tech due to personal interest, but I'm not an IT person by trade or even a professional dev. I'm a self-taught code monkey.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can buy other domains, but how do I do that without revealing who I am? Don't I have to share my real information when I purchase and register, which then becomes public knowledge through who-is lookups and all?

I know there's a way to get Whois protection, but I'm not sure how difficult it is. (edit: RipoffOfLove addressed this issue here) I included in my other comment-- I think that this, actually, is the biggest barrier to us hosting our own site. I know you're concerned about the technical expertise aspect but I mean, hey, learning on the internet is cheap. (And I'm down to do it, anyway!)

I really mean it when I say this is outside my skill. I'm in tech due to personal interest, but I'm not an IT person by trade or even a professional dev. I'm a self-taught code monkey.

I hear you. You've done a ton already; I appreciate it. This isn't really my area either, to be honest, but I'm not convinced yet that we need a professional in order to launch a website.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry for the delay.

I can buy other domains, but how do I do that without revealing who I am? Don't I have to share my real information when I purchase and register, which then becomes public knowledge through who-is lookups and all?

There is a privacy service registrars offer. There has to be contact information (email, address etc) but they can act as the third party and provide proxies to keep the customer's real info from being visible. Yes, the third party(the domain registrar) will still have all the contact info the customer has to provide. And I suppose they can be more or less susceptible to be strong-armed into revealing it to other parties, depending on the company. But I suppose the more third party(middle men) layers you can manage to put between yourself and public visibility(if that is at all possible), the more difficult it will be to get to your info.

But if you give me some Python or Javascript, or a language I don't know but can learn, I will dig into that all day every day.

Oh yeah, the latter is the one I know a wee bit of. True, that the internet space is a different beast altogether and I understand how it can be confusing. But pointing to nameservers from domains is relatively easy for people who decide to acquire one. It is done on the Registrar's site and an example of a nameserver would be something like this: ns01.000webhost.com (for 000webhost.com).

Your particular webhost will be the ones giving you the nameserver(s) that can be pointed to; And that will find the servers which provide resources for your website. That has to be arranged with the webhost.