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Voltwad

Fri Nov 19 2010, 04:20PM

Registered Member #1829 Joined: Sun Nov 30 2008, 01:06AM
Location: Raleigh N.C.
Posts: 74

Hey everyone. I'm looking to create a web page for all my projects and whatnot. I plan to link to it in job applications so I want it to look professional. I'd like to know if anyone has any suggestions for a host. I'd like a simple hostname, doesn't have to be entirely custom, i.e. myypage.4hv.org or something. I'd prefer unlimited bandwidth. I'm willing to pay up to $30 a month. I'm located in the USA, if that matters. The 1121 host looks good except they're not taking anymore applications. Thanks for any advice guys.

Nicko

Fri Nov 19 2010, 05:56PM

Registered Member #1334 Joined: Tue Feb 19 2008, 04:37PM
Location: Nr. London, UK
Posts: 615

Voltwad wrote ...

Hey everyone. I'm looking to create a web page for all my projects and whatnot. I plan to link to it in job applications so I want it to look professional. I'd like to know if anyone has any suggestions for a host. I'd like a simple hostname, doesn't have to be entirely custom, i.e. myypage.4hv.org or something. I'd prefer unlimited bandwidth. I'm willing to pay up to $30 a month. I'm located in the USA, if that matters. The 1121 host looks good except they're not taking anymore applications. Thanks for any advice guys.

Personally, I'd go for a cheap host that has PHP & MySQL and allows you to install Wordpress - you can then easily generate a really cool website that has buckets of features and is easy to maintain. And... Wordpress is free....

Installing Wordpress is a complete breeze. Probably 5 mins to install and have a usable neat framework for a website a few minutes later...

Did I mention that it has a bazillion free plugins & features?

Cheers

Steve Conner

Fri Nov 19 2010, 06:15PM

Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 6706

Try PMing Chris Russell anyway. I think it's said "no more applications" for years now, but that didn't stop me moving scopeboy.com

to it.

His web hosting service has been great, and as Nicko said I am running Wordpress.

Thomas W

Fri Nov 19 2010, 07:23PM

Registered Member #3324 Joined: Sun Oct 17 2010, 06:57PM
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Posts: 1276

justhost.com,
its what i use i payed Â£50 for 2 years and a "free dormain name"

Chris Russell

Sun Nov 21 2010, 12:50AM

... not Russel!
Registered Member #1 Joined: Thu Jan 26 2006, 12:18AM
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Posts: 1052

Steve McConner wrote ...

Try PMing Chris Russell anyway. I think it's said "no more applications" for years now, but that didn't stop me moving scopeboy.com

to it.

His web hosting service has been great, and as Nicko said I am running Wordpress.

Conner is correct. There's still plenty o' space on the server. I just got burned by a few spammers and a lot of other people started signing up. I didn't want to end up running a hosting business (and I didn't want to bog down the server by having dozens of active sites), so I closed the applications and now signups are by word of mouth only. I don't offer unlimited bandwidth, but I do offer custom packages, and as most people hosted by me can attest, I am quite flexible and understanding when it comes to things like getting frontpaged on digg, reddit, hackaday, slashdot, etc. All our standard packages are also quite a bit less than $30 per month. Anyway, just putting it out there for your consideration. Feel free to PM if there's any interest.

Alex Smith

Sun Nov 21 2010, 03:37PM

Registered Member #3258 Joined: Wed Sept 29 2010, 06:25PM
Location: Ascot, UK
Posts: 25

I've built several websites as a part time job, and personally I would rate Squarespace as one of the best hosting platforms/CMS out there. Its has downsides i.e. no server side scripting but I don't think you'll miss that. Anyway the advantages are immense and only $12 a month.

Free trial with no credit card & excellent support (I can vouch for that from personal experience) http://www.squarespace.com/

^ im getting the 4hv internal error again...

[Edit: You need to put the URL where it says "hyperlink url"]

[Edit: ^ Cheers ;)]

Adam Munich

Sun Nov 21 2010, 09:57PM

Registered Member #2893 Joined: Tue Jun 01 2010, 09:25PM
Location: Cali-forn. i. a.
Posts: 2242

Go for freehostia. I've been using them for two years now with no downtime at all. Domains are ten bux a year, and they host your website for free. Quite generously too; I get something like 6Gb a month bandwidth, 256Mb disk space and a mysql database. They also let you host 4 domains and 11 subdomains. Wordpress works great too, though I decided not to use it myself.

So for a total cost of $10 a year, it certainly can't be beat.

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