Which Web Host?
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Which Web Host?
I recently started considered setting up my own web page because in the future, I'll have a big project I'll need the community to test. Now, there are so many hosts out there, and I've been wondering, which is the best? Here is a nice comparison website:
http://www.free-webhosts.com
I don't know much about web design, but I am willing to learn. I also want to be able to mess with PHP because it looks flexible I probably won't set one up for a few months, but it'll be nice to know which host I want beforehand. Any ideas?
/edit: Which one do you use?
http://www.free-webhosts.com
I don't know much about web design, but I am willing to learn. I also want to be able to mess with PHP because it looks flexible I probably won't set one up for a few months, but it'll be nice to know which host I want beforehand. Any ideas?
/edit: Which one do you use?
"If SOURCE is outlawed, only outlaws will have SOURCE."
- benryves
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I use Pipex: http://www.pipex.net/products/hosting/shared/
I use cyberconnectics: www.cybcon.com
They are a local group and very reliable. In the 7 years that I was stuck with dialup my internet never went down once, whereas my friend frank who was on comcast cable went a week without internet once. He says that they go down for at least an hour every month. :O
They are a local group and very reliable. In the 7 years that I was stuck with dialup my internet never went down once, whereas my friend frank who was on comcast cable went a week without internet once. He says that they go down for at least an hour every month. :O
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Nothing can beat this!http://www.savefile.com/
I saw this the other day, not sure how good it is though.
http://www.dreamhost.com/
http://www.dreamhost.com/
dreamhost rocks...I got a year of hosting for like 12$ after you enter a coupon code (thanks to Vincent for the link and tip). I think the promotion code is 777, and it takes like 110$ off the year of hosting. Hey, if you want to help me get a referral follow this link. Sign up for the prepaid year of Crazy Domain Insane, then enter the 777 code at the end. Like I said, I signed up under Vincent's name the same way, and got super cheap hosting for a year. The servers are always up and always fast.
Here is my plan:
I will set up a temporary web page from a free web host and use that as my "home page" until I graduate from high school. The reason it's until I graduate from high school is because my parents will allow me more freedom then, and I will finally be able to get a more powerful host with many powerful features. At the moment, I have no method for paying for a host, let alone getting the money to do so. This "experimental" web page will let me mess around with these new things (e.g. PHP) so by the time I get a new, permanent web page, it'll look good from the get-go. I need this temporary one now so people can test this "big" project by just downloading it, instead of me sending hundreds of emails/day. For example, Jim e uses GeoCities for us to d/l his greyscale stuff, but I don't like ads. Something free, big, convenient, and maybe user-friendly will be nice.
Btw, my parents wont know I'll be doing this
I will set up a temporary web page from a free web host and use that as my "home page" until I graduate from high school. The reason it's until I graduate from high school is because my parents will allow me more freedom then, and I will finally be able to get a more powerful host with many powerful features. At the moment, I have no method for paying for a host, let alone getting the money to do so. This "experimental" web page will let me mess around with these new things (e.g. PHP) so by the time I get a new, permanent web page, it'll look good from the get-go. I need this temporary one now so people can test this "big" project by just downloading it, instead of me sending hundreds of emails/day. For example, Jim e uses GeoCities for us to d/l his greyscale stuff, but I don't like ads. Something free, big, convenient, and maybe user-friendly will be nice.
Btw, my parents wont know I'll be doing this
"If SOURCE is outlawed, only outlaws will have SOURCE."
Yeah, I thought about it. It's kind of awkward for me to approach my parents for anything, let alone a webpage. If I ask, I have an uneasy feeling that it'll be a no... heck, I don't even know my grandparents (seeing that they're across the globe)! *sigh* To do or not to do, that is the question...
On a brighter note, I'll start coding this "big" project in April and hopefully will have half of it done by mid-summer I wont give any details as of yet
On a brighter note, I'll start coding this "big" project in April and hopefully will have half of it done by mid-summer I wont give any details as of yet
"If SOURCE is outlawed, only outlaws will have SOURCE."
- kv83
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extermly good considering you can get hosted a whole year for 7.95... calcwebzine is hosted at those guyssoinsg wrote:I saw this the other day, not sure how good it is though.
http://www.dreamhost.com/
My year? Do you mean my age? I'm 15 and a sophomore in HS, and also first in my class. My parents have always wanted me to stay "up there," so they've limited my social life ever since I was young... I guess they have good reason to do so... *sigh* But after high school ...
"If SOURCE is outlawed, only outlaws will have SOURCE."