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So anyone here recommend me a good domain and web-hosting package?
I've had a look about on-line but the amount of companies is massive, so I'm not sure where to start or even what I should look out for.
So any help would be fantastic.
Cheers.
bought my domain name at 123-reg.co.uk
My hosting at nearlyfreespeech.net
afaik nearlyfreespeec is the cheapest out there.....
SoulKiss
11-09-07, 11:02 AM
Previously Blackcat Networks were the people to talk to for this kind of thing.
Only problem is that they just got bought by someone not so good.
Let me find out where all the cool geeks are going :)
The web developer without a website says:
Meh. :smt102
The cool geeks, who are they then?
The web developer without a website says:
Meh. :smt102
Well your no help are you... :rolleyes:
Well thats aw-inspiring, the https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ website is down...
yup - scheduled maintenance.
First time in a long time! And they did warn me a week ago...so it's all good.
mister c
11-09-07, 12:24 PM
Could always try 1&1.com
Seem fairly easy & painless signing up etc :)
mr.anderson
11-09-07, 12:29 PM
Perhaps look at www.fasthosts.com (http://www.fasthosts.com).
They host 1.5 Gb for £4/month and sell domains for £3 - £12 depending on whether it's .com .co.uk etc.
Only bugger is they charge £25 a year for hosting on an .asp enabled server.
domainmonster.com easy to reg domains
as for hosting i duno, i host my own stuff though a co in usa as i need a fair bit on BW that you dont get in the UK cheep enough.
I'm with Supanames on their mid-host linux package (http://www.supanames.co.uk/index.php?page=mid).
£3.33 per month when two years are bought, 1.5GB space and 10GB monthly transfers, one domain, 5 mysql databases, choice of php4 or 5, phpmyadmin via CPanel, database backup scripts, perl & python, 10 sub-domains, 500 email accounts, spam filtering and virus protection, etc.
Don't be tempted by their cheaper packages, though - the servers can't cope with the loadings put upon them and I ended up having to upgrade. Absolutely no such problems with current package and one very satisfied customer here :D
Well I need to possibly host a forum, along with a web fronted, so will that restrain me in anyway?
Well I need to possibly host a forum, along with a web fronted, so will that restrain me in anyway?
depends on load and BW used, this forum uses a fair bit.
Pedro68
11-09-07, 01:29 PM
Grinch, I'm with 1and1 (http://www.1and1.co.uk) you could give them a try.
Incredibly easy to add stuff to your package, nice easy(ish) control panel.
You wanna host a forum ... they offer it in one of their packages ... so it should be easy to set up (probably something like "include this HTML/code in your webpage", or just add some CGI scripts or stuff).
Only issue I could ever see with hosting a forum would be the amount of traffic - so might be worth just checking what limits there are (if any) on available bandwidth of site traffic.
Pete
Well thats aw-inspiring, the https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ website is down...
back up now....
Spiderman
11-09-07, 01:56 PM
www.fasthosts.co.uk are pretty good for hosting but nothing much more i'd say. they also do domain names thru a sub company called UK Reg but i know little about them.
DO NOT GET A DEDICATED SERVER from fasthosts tho cos they are utter crap, unsupported and they have a 3 day turn arouind time to any issues you have with it.
i tried telling them the other day that they were only suposed to turn off the Terminal Services on ours while i did some maintanence. They fluffed that up and when i called them to tell them they said "you'll have to respond to the email we sent you" the reason i called was to say they had turned off our mail service too and i couldnt access my emails.
"OK, i see" they says "can you put that in the reply to the email"
:smt013
Well I need to possibly host a forum, along with a web fronted, so will that restrain me in anyway?
Wanna forum then all the decent ones use a mysql database.
Make sure that whatever package you go for you get at least two, one for a "live" site and one for backup/testing.
I run my whole website from a database using a CMS system; makes backups easy :thumbsup:
timwilky
11-09-07, 02:21 PM
As most of the stuff I do is servlets/jsp etc I needed a hosting service that would give me control over a tomcat environment and with Oracle servers etc. Couldn't find one and as it is for development purposes I host my own from home.
So whilst bandwidth might not be brilliant, Reliability is excellent. Backups are done properly, scheduled maintenance is always communicated by me to me etc.
I don't expect a lot of bandwidth, and at first I don't really expect any at all as I will need to get the idea running. That even if I can think of something to fill it all up with, but we will see.
DoubleD
11-09-07, 05:06 PM
I'm with www.1and1.co.uk (http://www.1and1.co.uk) and not had any problems.
I have 5 web names and 1 lot of space with them.
powelly
11-09-07, 07:51 PM
Do not touch 1and1, I have had to move almost 200 domains away from them this year, they are fine when things are working but if things dont work you are screwed.
You can speak to a call center in the far east, that only recieved email updates from the data center in germany. Company policy is to not allow you to speak to a supervisor or a manager, all complaints have to be in writing and supprise supprise they dont reply to letters.
Best place to register a domain is 123-reg, if you want hosting I can help you out with that I'll even do you a nice discount drop me a pm, let me know what you need and I'll see what I can do for you.
As for you forum, I asume your going to use phpbb, so you need PHP hosting and a mysql database, ideally you want the ability to run chron jobs so you can automate backup etc.
I use flump.net for my stuff. It aint cheap, But has full UK support, I got a support ticket solved the day after xmas in 30 minutes.
Also comes with Cpanel, which is great for all the nitty gritty jobs.
Cheers I will keep this as a ref, as first I need to do some testing, but this has been a great help.
I had problems with 1and1 until I went down to their office in Slough and wouldnt leave until they sorted the issues out.
I use www.ukreg.com (http://www.ukreg.com) for domains..
Their hosting company (partner) www.fasthosts.com (http://www.fasthosts.com) has always been good when i've used it
I know of people with bad experience from 1&1 as well
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