Web site Hosting ?

[Ron the don]

I thought id put this up and see what everyones using , and then people new to web desin can have a good place to start off building their website.

I'm currently using free hosters such as
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/build/welcome/build.html
which offer 50 megs of space and no limit on file uploads + cgi server side

and

http://www.esmartstart.com/
which did offer 100 megs but now only 20 and a crappy 576k file upload size :( and no server side languages.

there are also
http://www.netfirms.com/
25 meg + cgi

http://angelfire.lycos.com/
30 meg

I'm sure people wil be asking where/who's best for bandwith, file upload, server side lagunages + i'm always searching and need a better one. ??

Also some of these do have banners and pop up's but if you dont like them...well search on google...*wink wink* but thats up to you.

[Ron the don]

Actually i'l post more on this when i get back from muh weekend away...
More options, hosters..ect..ect
speed and reliabilty are also important...

[zigar]

i've used catalog.com for several sites over the years... since... geez..'91 i guess
.they've been pretty good..reliable and never had an issue with speed....and they have a free hosting forever plan if you register your domain with them...

From their site...
"NO BANNER ADS!
20 MB Disk Storage
1 Email Account
500 MB Transfer Per Month
Browser Based Control Panel
Add more Features via àla Carte Products
$35 Domain Registration + FREE Web Hosting FOREVER! "

i should say that i haven't used their free hosting...only the monthly packages...so i don't know how fast or reliable the free servers are...

their monthly's are 24.95/month and up....and the best part is you can pick windows or unix servers...

[AnthonyGayden]

Good day, I currently use the awful geocities hosting service. It is bad, but since my site is small and personal it is all I need. Visit http://www.geocities.com if you are interested. I also use a forwarding system provided by http://www.cjb.net it forwards requests to the name I specified, to my website. Both geocities and cjb have banner ads attached to your site so if these things bother you, you can either steer clear, or pay a fee to be banner free.

[redgore]

Hmmm slight misatke there CJB only hae ads if you choose to cloak your URL!!! I have used netfirms portland the list goes on. The best free host i found was www.f2s.com unfortunately their free hosting will not be available from today :( I find all my free hgosts from http://www.clickherefree.com It has a searchable database of hosting companies (be careful some are only free if you purchase a domain from the company) You can define your search to include free hosts offering sql cgi etc. Check it out!!!

[Ron the don]

Blah...

Ive found 1 100 megs for free, full cgi and unlimited file upload but a sham and i say again SHAM use of the "download off your own site files usage"..

It does seem that you get what you pay for ? but with that i ask if i do pay and they go under what have i got > ? nadda...hmmm.....unless you go big company style......but yar....no money so far....so i'm still a miser looking for free access...o well.

[lord_darkside_x]

www.brinkster.com ----> 30 mb, no banners or ads, fast uploads
www.dot.tk ----> free domain name used for redirects... must have 30 viewers in 90 days

[ac1dsp3ctrum]

All of those host pretty much suck... Try T35.Com (http://www.t35.com) Unlimited web space, non banners, no popups, and unlimited bandwith... But you have to sign up before February 28.

[Juridian]

I chose not to go with a free hosting co. Too much hassle. I went with hostway.com....$20 a month get's me 200 megs of space, 10 pop3 mail accounts to play with, a few ftp accounts, and 6 gigs of bandwidth per month on a windows 2k server so I can do my site with asp. Also has mail list functionality, db if I need it, etc.

They also run space on their unix servers....

[valhallen]

thanx ac1d - is this t35 any good?

v_Ln

[NetherBen]

Windows.. yuck, why not get something running linux with SSH access. I don't think I'd trust windows for anything other then word processing. How's the reliablity on the windows box?

I've been doing this for about 6 years and the only time I've been on a windows box doing hosting was when exploiting numerous bugs in microsoft frontpage.

-Ben

[Juridian]

I've never had problems running or doing development on windows boxes...and I've been doing it for years as well. I've also worked in linux and solaris environments. They all have their problems and their places and suck just as much in the end.

[adiz]

I am running a site on t35 and it has been working fine for me.

[African]

Did yu mentioned freeservers.com?

[GreekGoddess]

Excellent webhosting resources:

http://www.freewebspace.net/
http://www.webhosts4free.com/
http://www.0php.com/free_PHP_hosting.php
http://free-php.cjb.net/

[xmaddness]

I use www.netfirms.com almost exclusivly. They have never done me wrong.

xmad

[Robert.Box]

Thanks for some of those different options.

I have been trying to get some decent free hosting for ages and im going to try a few of the ones posted above.


Cheers Again,

Robert

[volcanic]

I have used hostrocket (hostrocket.com (http://www.hostrocket.com) ) in the past and thought I would fill you in about my experience. They offer a great price for what you get. $9.95 a month (24 mo.) gets you pleny of space, new rollover bandwidth, unlimited email accts, tons of bandwidth, plus all of the basic back end stuff. They were good to me but Im in the process of switching hosts because you cant pass up unlimited everything for 5 bucks a month (special deal from a friend though, sorry).

Only complaint with host rocket is their support system. It probably works fine for the most part but when something went wrong with my account, it took a few days to get everything back into order.

Other than that, hostrocket is a good place for newbies or old timers.

-Cheers-

[Trichinosis]

http://100best-free-web-space.com/