FAQs

As asked by some of my students over the last twelve months:

1. How much money do you make from this site?

None at all. In fact it costs me money to run it.

MoreThanMaths.com does not charge any fees, nor does it carry advertising or sponsorship. I’m planning to keep it that way forever if I can – so far I’ve managed to keep costs within limits that I can afford to sustain.

2. How long did it take you to make the site?

To be honest, I don’t know the answer to that, but it would be a lot of hours!

3. How do you make a website?

There are lots of ways to do that. If you want to get started without spending lots of money, you could try creating a blog. Sites like Blogger, WordPress.com and Posterous make this very easy to do.

4. How do you get a cool name for your site?

That bit normally costs money! You can buy domain names (like I did for MoreThanMaths.com). The price depends on the name you choose (for example .com names are usually more expensive than .co.uk names). It also depends on which company you buy from – they don’t all charge the same prices.

5. Why haven’t you got more games on your site?

Two reasons:

Games take ages to create. Since I’m working on this site as a spare time / hobby activity, I have limited time to devote to it.
Games also require a lot of knowledge about scripting/coding to make them work. I’m learning about Actionscript (which makes Flash games work), but I’m still a beginner, so I haven’t got the skills to make complex games yet. I’m working on that.