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walkingshadow wrote: »

Hello,
I bought a .ie domain for my business recently without the hosting option. It will be the summer before I have my site ready to go, but right now, I just want a single image to appear on my domain with contact details should anyone click on it. Can I upload a simple jpeg to the domain, or do I have to buy hosting pack to do this?

You will need hosting of some variety.

walkingshadow wrote: »

But why?

At the moment you have the equivalent of a telephone number but no telephone/line.

The jpg that you're talking about (or better still a single html page that can be understood by search engines) need somewhere to live. That somewhere needs to be accessible to the rest of the internet.

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Set up a blog in blogger.com.

Choose the simplest template. Turn off all the text options. Upload your single image as a header Do not make any posts.

Publish your blog to a custom domain (Settings > Publishing) - and the domain to use is the .ie you have purchased.

Must admit, I thought Blogger had been killed off years ago. Just took a quick look and it probably should have been.

I guess it's free so it might be alright for hosting a simple holding page. I don't think I'd recommend using it for anything else though.

WordPress.com might be a more up-to date free option or any budget hosting package might similarly suit the OPs purpose and leave growing room for the future.

walkingshadow wrote: »

Thanks for the replies folks, really looking forward to getting my online cat and dog tuxedo business up and running.

It's not the strangest business idea to be posted around these parts.

I would strongly recommend clip on bow-ties as the default option, claws snag the silk when trying to tie a traditional bow.

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Let's leave the WordPress religious zealorty for some other place.

If that's targetted in my direction I would point out that my original posts mentioned NO providers.

The only reason I mentioned WordPress at all is because you directed the OP to a virtually obsolete blogging platform with absolutely no room for movement in any direction anywhere in the future (apart from off the platform). The only basis for this recommendation appears to be an imaginary requirement that the solution be free because I can think of no other earthly reason why anyone would make such a recommendation. In that context, WP is a better solution.

I think the OPs best bet is to pay for a very small hosting package with any of the reputable providers as I also suggested in my last post. I would make a recommendation for 1 or 2 but that would be against the forum charter.

The OP could also consider one of the dedicated launch page services, LaunchRock comes to mind but there are lefty of free and paid alternatives.

Now lets leave the accusations of WP zealotry out of the conversation.