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| an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86693] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 17:16  |
steve the artguy
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hey, Parisians-
It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years. The
servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except HTML...
So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied are
you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site strictly
personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
in your closet?
thanks for your time and experience
-steve
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86696 is a reply to message #86693] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 17:32  |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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Steve,
There's a server in my kitchen, next to the stove, and Kim W will attest
to. ;o) It runs Linux and Apache, and Dnews for the NG.
As far as I know the machine has NEVER EVER crashed due to software. The
hardware has had some minor issues over the years. It runs cgi and pearl
if you wish, and html.
I'm 99.8% sure every web server ever runs html, therefor they just don't
mention it.
I have had very few hassles with running my own server. If you have broadband
and a static IP already it's fairly economical. Basically just the electricity,
and you have complete control.
Of course if you don't know any LINUX you may have trouble. I'm not sure
that they make APACHE for Windows... though they may these days. It's not
hard to do a Linux install these days however, and you pretty much don't
need to know anything other than a couple of text files and commands in order
to do simple web stuff. It has a gui and is all pretty easy. Depends if you
can be bothered messing about.
Cheers,
Kim.
"steve the artguy" <artguy@somethingorother.net> wrote:
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>hey, Parisians-
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>It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
>local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>
>Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
>in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
>a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>
>I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
>do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years.
The
>servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except HTML...
>
>So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied are
>you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site
strictly
>personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
>in your closet?
>
>
>thanks for your time and experience
>
>-steve
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86698 is a reply to message #86693] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 17:50 |
JeffH
Messages: 307
Registered: October 2007
Location: Wamic, OR
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steve,
Most of the bigger names would be fine for hosting a straight ahead html
site. My experiences are as follows:
Dreamhost.com- hasn't been a dream
Dotster.com- A flurry of outages about a month ago, but has gotten solid
again.
Webintellects.com-Been using for three years with about an outage a
year. Have a couple storefronts hosted.
In the closet (at a customer site)- Never has gone down. If your ISP
can assign you an IP or you want to try DDNS, my guess is you're not
experiencing throughput like google anyway so you could do it.
Hope this helps,
Jeff
> hey, Parisians-
>
> It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
> local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>
> Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
> in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
> a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>
> I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
> do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years. The
> servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except HTML...
>
> So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied are
> you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site strictly
> personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
> in your closet?
>
>
> thanks for your time and experience
>
> -steve
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86707 is a reply to message #86693] |
Fri, 15 June 2007 21:19 |
Bill L
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www.1and1.com Cheap, lots of features and very reliable. Everybody i
know uses them and no one complains. Fantastic tech support, too.
I think I get a free month if you mention me.
steve the artguy wrote:
> hey, Parisians-
>
> It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
> local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>
> Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
> in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
> a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>
> I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
> do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years. The
> servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except HTML...
>
> So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied are
> you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site strictly
> personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
> in your closet?
>
>
> thanks for your time and experience
>
> -steve
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86731 is a reply to message #86693] |
Sat, 16 June 2007 06:48 |
Kateeba
Messages: 76
Registered: August 2005
Location: Hamden, Connecticut
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Steve
I have been with Hostway.com for years and am very pleased. So far, it has
never been down. They have a ton of useful tools when you log into their
site and several different plans. I use the $13.05/month plan and I have
the option of paying yearly if I want to also - which I do. For that price
(the Gold Plan) I get 12 gig of web space! 250Gijg/mo monthly traffic, and
up to 250 email accounts (yeah, like I need that many lol). Here is the
llink if you want to investigate:
http://www.hostway.com/web-hosting/index.html
Lou
"steve the artguy" <artguy@somethingorother.net> wrote:
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>hey, Parisians-
>
>It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
>local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>
>Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
>in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
>a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>
>I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
>do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years.
The
>servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except HTML...
>
>So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied are
>you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site
strictly
>personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
>in your closet?
>
>
>thanks for your time and experience
>
>-steve
Louis Guarino Jr.
www.enchantedvibrations.net
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86733 is a reply to message #86707] |
Sat, 16 June 2007 06:53 |
Kateeba
Messages: 76
Registered: August 2005
Location: Hamden, Connecticut
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Wow this place looks great. I have to look into it and maybe change up
from Hostway.com if it is that cheap and that good! Thanks for the link!
(didn't notice this till after I posted my site to Steve).
Lou
Bill L <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:
>www.1and1.com Cheap, lots of features and very reliable. Everybody i
>know uses them and no one complains. Fantastic tech support, too.
>
>I think I get a free month if you mention me.
>
>steve the artguy wrote:
>> hey, Parisians-
>>
>> It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on
a
>> local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>>
>> Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
>> in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
>> a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>>
>> I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but
I
>> do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years.
The
>> servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except
HTML...
>>
>> So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied
are
>> you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site
strictly
>> personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
>> in your closet?
>>
>>
>> thanks for your time and experience
>>
>> -steve
Louis Guarino Jr.
www.enchantedvibrations.net
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86736 is a reply to message #86707] |
Sat, 16 June 2007 08:15 |
Deej [4]
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Registered: January 2007
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Dude!!!.that looks fantastic. If'n I go there, you will be getting a free
month.
;o)
"Bill L" <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote in message news:4673664b@linux...
> www.1and1.com Cheap, lots of features and very reliable. Everybody i know
> uses them and no one complains. Fantastic tech support, too.
>
> I think I get a free month if you mention me.
>
> steve the artguy wrote:
>> hey, Parisians-
>>
>> It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
>> local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>>
>> Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
>> in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
>> a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>>
>> I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
>> do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years.
>> The
>> servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except
>> HTML...
>>
>> So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied
>> are
>> you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site
>> strictly
>> personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a
>> server
>> in your closet?
>>
>>
>> thanks for your time and experience
>>
>> -steve
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86750 is a reply to message #86733] |
Sat, 16 June 2007 10:58 |
steve the art-like pe
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Somehow I knew the collective Paris brain would have the answer I was looking
for.
Thanks all!
-steve
but who are those imposters at Paul's site? They don't look anything like
the images of Paris folk I have in my head...
"Louis Guarino Jr." <kateeba@snet.net> wrote:
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>Wow this place looks great. I have to look into it and maybe change
up
>from Hostway.com if it is that cheap and that good! Thanks for the link!
>(didn't notice this till after I posted my site to Steve).
>
>Lou
>
>Bill L <bill@billlorentzen.com> wrote:
>>www.1and1.com Cheap, lots of features and very reliable. Everybody i
>>know uses them and no one complains. Fantastic tech support, too.
>>
>>I think I get a free month if you mention me.
>>
>>steve the artguy wrote:
>>> hey, Parisians-
>>>
>>> It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on
>a
>>> local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>>>
>>> Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
>>> in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
>>> a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>>>
>>> I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but
>I
>>> do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years.
>The
>>> servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except
>HTML...
>>>
>>> So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied
>are
>>> you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site
>strictly
>>> personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
>>> in your closet?
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks for your time and experience
>>>
>>> -steve
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| Re: an essay test: web hosting--what are you using? [message #86754 is a reply to message #86693] |
Sat, 16 June 2007 12:39 |
Aaron Allen
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http://www.doteasy.com
free basic + services, paid for as you grow. They have HTML and much more.
I've used them for several sites both small biz and personal, zero hassles
man.
AA
"steve the artguy" <artguy@somethingorother.net> wrote in message
news:46732bc0$1@linux...
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> hey, Parisians-
>
> It occurs to me that after having my website up for nearly 10 years on a
> local server I should bite the bullet and get my own domain.
>
> Exploring this option has opened my eyes to what exists in the cyberworld
> in the way of web hosting companies that offer your domain and apparently
> a zillion other features, most of which I've never heard of.
>
> I know nothing of Pearl scripts or CGI (other than what they are), but I
> do HTML well enough to have thrown my own site together over the years.
> The
> servcices I've been looking at mention everything in the world except
> HTML...
>
> So, the question is, what are you guys (and gals) using? How satisfied are
> you with the service and features? How much is it costing? Is your site
> strictly
> personal, or business, or both, or what? Are you using an ISP, or a server
> in your closet?
>
>
> thanks for your time and experience
>
> -steve
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