BlueDreamer

It sounds as if you need a proper domain account somewhere, independent of your web site hosting. Once you have that set up you should be able to use the transfer code to transfer the domain name over.

When I use Windows my go to editors was https://www.webuilderapp.com/ - that did pretty much all I needed.

sFTP is still widely used, more than you probably think! Granted when you work for a large company or agency you're more likely to use some sort of version control because you're professional coders who know how to use them. For the average person who just wants to get a web site up things like Git are way over their heads so sFTP provides them with a relatively easy way to upload and download their sites files.

Welcome to the forums. I use a reseller account to host development sites, and a few low traffic client sites. In addition to that I use a dev only domain name so I can use subdomains for builds such as client1.mydomain.co.uk client2.mydomain.co.uk - my host also offers true temporary domains (like 123456.temp-dns.com) that can be added and removed on any account should that be more applicable. That gives me a lot of flexibility. TSO was bought out by Paragon a few years back who tend to asset strip hosting companies to reduce costs and increase profits, it's no wonder their service has declined!

A Paypal donate or payment facility works well on charity sites I manage, You could also look into Stripe for card payments - they now have "payment links" which takes the customer to a Stripe payment form. You have to set up links in your Stripe account and each link is a fixed amount, there's no reason why you can't create several links for different amounts. Payment links also allow you to set up subscriptions as well as donations or general payments.

What age range are your students?

Welcome to the forums. I'd go for the .co.uk because that's the most established and known. .

Welcome to the forums I'd guess you'd need at least two people, one for backend stuff, API integration etc, and another for front end. What platform/language to use hasn't got a distinct answer, I'd probably look at things like cost of maintenance, availability of coding people for that platform, and environmental impacts (some platforms are "greener" than others).

Forget the text formatting, there's way too much animation on that page - made me queezy just scrolling!

I think you're on the right path. Fewer well chosen navigation options are much easier to choose from - too much choice can lead to "choice paralysis" and overwhelm/confuse people. In my mind navigation is a starting point, not a whole site map. I also think you're correct in wanting to offer the right information on each page, for instance on your Nassau location page I'd expect to see what sports can be played there with links to book for that sport/location - right now you have to hunt for them. Ditto for renting and other location specific activities. The "What we do" link seems a bit odd. No doubt the staff all "do" lunch but that's not mentioned anywhere! Seriously though, maybe rename that to "Activities" or similar, then guide people through to the booking process from there. Ditto for "Where we are", "Locations" may be a better word. Here's a suggestion - on small screens (aka mobile phones) having just 4 links - Book|Locations|Activities|Contact - you might be able to squeeze this links in a row and do away with the hamburger toggle - one less tap for visitors. Another suggestion is to do away with the navigation dropdowns, in fact imagine if you have no navigation at all but had page content doing the navigation. If you can get that to work you'll make t easier for people to do what they wanted to do by creating the content structure. Of course navigation can help so don't remove it entirely!

Welcome to the forums. Have you done any Top Task analysis on your primary navigation?

HTML, CSS and a bit of Javascript. The backend appears to run on Ruby on Rails/PHP according to the site report at https://builtwith.com/dentsu.com - certainly you could easily built a similar site on any popular content management system,

Yes the image is a bit small. My question - what problem are you trying to solve?

Ok so your container has an iD of "variety". What you now need to do as link to that ID, e.g. <a href="#variety">Jump to variety</a>

You'll need to add anchor links to the parts of the page you want to go to. <a href="#a">Jump to section A</a> <a href="#b">Jump to section B</a> <a href="#c">Jump to section C</a> <div id="a"></div> <div id="b"></div> <div id="c"></div> Note how the href attributes link to the container (div's in my example).

Sounds like a job for some CSS absolute positioning so you can place text wherever you want.

Never heard of it but they do have some docs at https://docs.rws.com/home

I've done this in the past using a "favourites" type addon. This enables the customer to "favourite" an entry (in your case a course entry). When an entry is favourited by a customer you'd just remove the ability for them to change it, typically removing your input and replacing with a simple message. As a side benefit using a similar addon you could then dynamically mark each course in your course listings so customers can see an overview of what they've completed and what they haven't. Note this was using ExpressionEngine but I'm sure Wordpress has a few similar addons.

That was back in the day (1990's) when Webfusion offered 100mb storage for £100/month. How things have changed!

Wasn't Jonathan Brealey founder of Webfusion back in the day?

You could argue a short or easily memorable domain name has some sort of non-SEO value especially if it's used in printed or video media. Something like amazon,com is unforgettable but imagine if they used amazononlinebookshopinc.com instead! Aside from that relatively few people type domain names nowadays when searching or wanting to get to a particular site. The majority go via a search engine, type in "amazon" and click a link.

Completed here as well, like Fisicx I thought the questions didn't really match the subject,

As it's your first job you'll need to estimate how many hours it might take to complete. It might help to break the project down into smaller chunks such as: Scoping Identify requirements, CMS platform, special needs such as how bookings need to be work Design Create mockups for common elements (such as global header/footer), and key page types. Share these with your client and tweak until they're happy (this stage may need a few revisions). Build Build the site on whatever platform you're working with. Create custom graphics as required. Test test test, and test again. Share the build with the client at certain stages to get feedback, tweak as required Deployment Make site live Test to make sure everything works Hand over to client Support Build in some time to do any tweaks/fixes after the site has gone live. If you test thoroughly there shouldn't be any bugs but they do happen. Quite often when a client starts using their site you can find things that weren't planned for so expect the unexpected! Estimating work time is hard, especially for your first few jobs. After you have a few sites under your belt you'll get a better idea of how long things take and can then provide more accurate prices.

I've worked with numerous hosts over the years (I started in 1998) so over that time you do get to know how good or bad they are. Yes cost can be a factor, "cheap" hosting can be ok for small sites until you run into (often low) limits. I've had more than one client find cheap hosting isn't suitable for them and ask me to find a better one for them. Ones to generally avoid IMHO are hosts owned by Paragon Group, they're essentially an investor company who buy up hosts, asset strip them, and run on minimal staffing to maximise profits. Many a good host has gone by the wayside to then, 1&1 can be a bit flaky. Their servers tend to be reliable but if you need support or server tweaks it often goes downhill. My reasons for Clook They built up the company via word of mouth/recommendations and have never really advertised anywhere. Also they don't run an affiliate program so don't end up on tedious fake hosting "comparison" sites that send cheap (and often troublesome) customers! Clook used to be a little on the more expensive end but over the years they've tuned their offerings to be more competitive. They are sh*t hot on security, all SSD's now I believe, rolling daily/weekly/monthly backups, stable and speedy servers. I don't think they offer a "free" domain but that's not a deal breaker. The biggie with Clook is their amazing support. They answer in minutes 24/7 (my fastest ever response was about 20 seconds) and most issues are resolved in minutes.

What sort of qualities are you looking for to define "best"? I've been with the same host (Clook) since 2003 and for me their nothing short of superb support is the no.1 thing.