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I want a website, but I'm picky and have no skills
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: Thenasty on May 03, 2005, 01:50:12 pm ---they give you 100 MB space. I though it was 10 but I just read it again and its 100 MB.
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Wow, you are right. When i signed up they only allowed 10MB. I will hve to try some stuff out, maybe they changed some of their other policies I didn't like.
Thenasty:
it looks like files must be smaller that 1MB. I tried uploading a 1.5mb GIF file and it won't let me. I had to shave it down less than 1MB then it accepted it.
But yea, that 100MB sounds neat. Need more stuff to add on to my new page.
EndTwist:
Wee...something I know quite a bit about ;D
Anyways, this is old hat to me so here's what you should do:
1. Check out http://freewebspace.net/forums/ -- go to the "Free Hosting Offers" section and check out what people are offering. Note - make sure you READ and CHECK everything before you sign up. With some of these free hosts, certain things are iffy, and others are pretty reliable/trustable.
2. Put up a request in the "Free Hosting" section for what you're looking for if you don't find anything in the "Free Hosting Offers" section. Remember though -- new offers appear in the aforementioned section daily, so it is reccomended (by me) that you check there for a little while.
3. Also try putting up requests on the following sites:
- http://freewht.com/ ("Free Web Hosting Requests" section) -- also, while you're there, check the "Free Hosting With No Ads" and "Free Hosting With Ads" sub-forums of the "Free Web Hosting Offers" section
- http://hosthideout.com/ (you want to post in the "Shared" sub-forum of the "All Requests Forums")
Note about requesting hosting: Be reasonable and very flexible. Offer to put text links or [small] ads on your site in return for the hosting. Do not ask for too much space or bandwidth (something reasonable would be like: 50-200mb space and less than 10gb of bandwidth)
With the above outlined method, you should be able to find [free] hosting quite quickly. I did :)
Now, if you are willing to pay for hosting, I would check out http://www.webhostingtalk.com/. Look in the "Shared and Reseller Hosting Offers" sub-forum of the "Web Hosting Offers" section (You want to find shared hosting). Also, make sure you read some reviews of hosts in the "Web Hosting Forum", but remember, these are posted by both experienced and inexperienced users, so just be aware.
My final note here is:
Do not ask any hosts for templates. That's something you need to find on your own. Also, if you do manage to get a free hosting account, do not bother the support techs / cust. service (if they have it) much. Remember - it's a free service.
Edit: Forgot to mention this -- DO NOT, and I mean DO NOT sign up for a host offering rediculous (1000GB bandwidth, 80GB space, etc) or "unlimited"/"unmetered" bandwidth and/or space. Those companies are lying/overselling or have obscene restrictions that prevent you from actually using the space they advertise.
Hopefully that helps a bit.
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cholin:
Wow, being a web-coder, this is quite an interesting thread. Anyways...
--- Quote ---I'd like a point and click template that looks decent (not incredible)
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Search around google for "free website templates" and tons will pop up. Also try www.zymic.com for good free ones, with a copyright of course.
--- Quote ---I'd like to use my own domain.
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Done...?
--- Quote ---No popups or ads
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http://www.free-webhosts.com/
http://www.clickherefree.com/
--- Quote ---decent bandwith
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Alot of sites give away unlimited bandwidth or very generous portions of it. For example: I have unlimited bandwidth and unlimited space for no reason whatsoever. Beware of new post-to-host sites offering large plans, they tend to fail.
--- Quote ---an HTML e-mail account for myself and a friend or two
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Most hosting that offers cPanel comes with web-based email software. SquirrelMail for example.
As for designing a site, try Macromedia Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage. I used to use them together for HTML sites. If you decide you need dynamic stuff, just ask around and people will most likely code a site for you as long as you give them permission to use it in their portfolio.
EDIT: Forgot the basics! If you're an absolute "newb" you can go to www.geocities.com or something of that nature for one of their small accounts. Those are the starting-out companies that give you free space (like 50 megs) for small sites and then charge you quite a bit for services you can otherwise get free. The webhosting business is more advanced that most people would expect, so be careful because lots of companies try to rip you off.