There are a number of ways that you may host your website... many of you may try to buy a domain name... yes good idea there are also other ways

Freewebs - you build, host, update, upload, download and share stuff for free with this site

Piczo - same as freewebs but you dont have proper templates... more of a bloggy kinda thing

No-Ip - No - ip offers free domain names to some extent, and they let you host a website off your own computer for free!!!!! so you can build a website with frontpage or dreamweaver and host it off your computer for free!! all you need is broadband or jetstream.

Abyss server x1 - lets you run a server and run a website for free same as no-ip but you cant pick domain name you have it based on your ip address.


if more could be added that would be great thanks
Seclinix

Hi Seclinix

Just a quick mention about free hosting. "We get what we pay for." Although it may be free", the performance of our site will be related to that "free". Depending on what our objective with our site is, free may not be the best way to go.

See ya
Colin

I had a free host at geocities for some time but the problem is it looked like a free site. I've never really seen any free sites that have the professional look I want. Plus isn't it harder to get into the engines with the free sites?

I agree Seclinix there are tons of places out there but I've always heard if you want to make money or build a business that you should by your own domain. Or I may use Site Build It! as Lisa suggests.

What has been your experience with freewebs or whatever you use?

Hi

I use Site Build It!, and can honestly say there's nothing better out there

See ya
Colin

Hey Colin,

You may have seen my other post where I said I was going to try SBI. It seems like the way to go and I know lisa highly recommends it. Can I ask how long you've used them? And if I may ask did you make your investment back?

Hi

Sorry, I didn't see your other post. I've been with SBI! just over 3 years. If it's ok, you can read my 3-year story on my site:

http://www.eazigoal.com/first-three-...-build-it.html

See ya
Colin

freewebs for now is actually going quite well, i havnt had much success with them before but its the content of your website and how it is set iut that will bring the most traffic... some sites with their own domain name etc dont have many impressions because of the content that is being shown.

I dont use any website in perticular to host my website...I just host it on my own server. The computer is old too....very old. There is also an alternative to the .com name in the .co.nr websites. I use this and it seems to work alright with me (although there is only a small amount of traffic because of the .co.nr name).
I use the Xampp software package to put the website up (ip adress) and use [website address removed by admin. Please read forum rules. Only place site address in sig file.] website to redirect people to my website. Its cool for those who want to try out webservering.

what is xamp software like? i mean is it actually worth it? and could you make a review in this forum about it please related to website hosting


Thanks
Seclinix

I usually go for $4 shared web hosting. I've been Godaddy customer for long time but their tech support is horrible.

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yer, you get what you pay for tho remember...

Well since I am working tward a computer science major, I have been looking into making my own website. At first I tried vqserver, a (verry) small webserver program that turns any windows computer into a webserver. It worked and had great documentation....but it didnt work with my router. So I looked into other webserver software and found apache. It worked perfectly and for a while I liked this piece of software because all you would do is edit the index.html page in the main folder and the webpage would pop up in the ip adress (localy...I had to configure the router to recognize apache and route though the main ip-->local ip its really weird but works). Xampp is what I use now which is Apache and 3 other programs that support it (other types of servers database, ftp, and others). I havent been able to master mysql and php (parts of database servers) because they are languages all in themselves. I got the ftp server up and running easy.

If you want a rating system...I cant really give one based on how good they are. All three programs (apache and xampp are kinda the same just one is more advanced) are good at what they do. They put a website up on an ip adress (you can redirect with a .com, .edu ect...). What I can rate is how easy they are to use.

Vqserver-->good for an absolute beginner. It helps you with lots of documentation and is a small program. It has limits though like not working with my router. It is recomended for those that know nothing of webserver (or html for that matter).

Apache (html)-->This is one of the most common used webservers. I use it on windows but it is better on linux. The reason I dont use linux is because Im still learning linux functions and the windows version of Apache is easier to use then the linux counter part (in my opinion). It is good at what it does and its functionality can be used for many things. It is recomended for the intermediate webmaster because you need to know the basics to use it.

Xampp-->This is a small package that has Apache, php, mySql and an ftp server. It is really easy to use in linux and windows. I use it in windows because I do work on my server other than just the webserver (I have my whole house wirelessly networked hehe). It can be used in linux, windows, and Mac computers (there are others but this is 3 major OS's). It is easy to use once you know how to use it. Its a small learning curve but apache works the same way that it did without the xampp package so its just adding on apache in functionality. Its recommended for the intermediate to advanced webadministrator becasue it is easy to work but without proper php or mysql training, it can be a dificult learing curve.

hope this is helpful.

yes they are some small ones to start off but having a dedicated server wouldneed better software


Thanks
Seclinix

mesamunefire, good to see you doing comp. sci major. We need more techies in the world

I'm planing to build a php+mysql tutorial webiste. Right now I'm brain storming how i'm gonna lay it out. I already made a community based module on which i can launch the site but i'm planning to keep things simple where i just write a simple html site and i build pages on that manually.

Anyhow, hopefully the site will have how to get started with php+mysql starting from how to install them on your machine and turn your machine into a webserver.

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if you have a MySQL Serve please make sure it is protected... they are so easy to destroy these days