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Post by Rockman Striker on May 6, 2012 14:30:08 GMT -5
I want to have a site, but I'm not sure which free host can be better, any ideas?
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Post by Adrian2040 on May 6, 2012 21:08:24 GMT -5
What kind of site? Also, do you want the host to allow you to code your website manually in any programming language you want to (If so, which programming language would you prefer to use.) or would you rather have the host be one of those "create a website free and easily" ones that offer easy to use website-creating features?
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Post by Rockman Striker on May 7, 2012 13:41:14 GMT -5
I'm planning in creating a site for my project "The Master System" I want to be able to code it in HTML by myself and maybe add some flash features, I believe those "create a website free and easily" hosts would not let me have full control of how my site would look, that's why I prefer to code it manually.
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Post by Chiz on May 7, 2012 14:29:03 GMT -5
I remember many years ago a friend of mine using www.byethost.com, I think, for a personal site...but they started giving us grief when we started really taking advantage of the space and bandwidth they gave us. If it's just a small personal site, however, you probably won't have any problems. This is probably not the answer you want, but I personally run a webserver off my own computer with Xampp (Cross-platform Apache+MySQL+PHP+Perl) installation; works as a very convenient filehost for testing Terraformer and similar projects, and for running MediaWiki to organize my DASH2PC research. If outside access is not a priority and you're willing to do a bit more work learning how to secure it, a setup like this can provide a lot more options for website creation. |
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Post by Pitch on May 7, 2012 14:56:08 GMT -5
I use 000webhost to host my files and a few assorted other things. It'll give you a nice bit of space to host any hand-made websites (1.5GB, I think) or files, and it supports PHP, which is a nice plus for certain things. (e.g., my avatar randomization dealy is hosted over there) It injects a teeny bit of their own (non-validating :15:) code into each of your pages, which is really annoying; but you know, it's free hosting; you get what you pay for. If you don't know your way around HTML and CSS code, Posterous is rather nice-- or at least it was when I started using it. They've changed things up a bit since then, but it's basically a blog, and you can set off individual Pages for your site if you so choose. It doesn't have file hosting in any useful sense of the term, but it's very easy to set up and use. And you can always host files somewhere else. I'm using it in combination with 000webhost to show off my sprite gallery and source codes and the like, at the moment. |
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Post by Adrian2040 on May 7, 2012 15:16:11 GMT -5
Or you could always host everything yourself. (But you'd still need to buy a web address.)
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Post by Rockman Striker on May 7, 2012 15:22:37 GMT -5
So, let's say I chose another host (rapidshare, mediafire etc...) Can I get a free domain or web address somewhere?
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Post by Chiz on May 7, 2012 15:47:22 GMT -5
Rapidshat, Mediafire, etc. are not web hosts, they're file lockers. If you want to run a website, you can't use these sites for anything other than offering downloads for, say, your game.
You also definitely acquire a domain name from somewhere other than your web host; just remember that there are no "good" free domain names. They will all either be rarely used TLDs (like .tk) or subdomains (something.randomfreehardtorememberaddress.info)
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Post by HF on May 7, 2012 18:22:57 GMT -5
This is probably not the answer you want, but I personally run a webserver off my own computer with Xampp (Cross-platform Apache+MySQL+PHP+Perl) installation; works as a very convenient filehost for testing Terraformer and similar projects, and for running MediaWiki to organize my DASH2PC research. If outside access is not a priority and you're willing to do a bit more work learning how to secure it, a setup like this can provide a lot more options for website creation. (To think there are others who do this kind of stuff. Nice.) Too bad some ISPs intentionally block Port 80 for private subscriptions, though I somehow managed it after doing some port forwarding on my router to get it working. But because DynDNS was placing ads in the separate forwarding process (free option after all), I decided to use it for my media server instead. My current web host (HelioHost) is free with no apparent bandwidth limit, but it has a bad downtime habit. I am actually considering moving to a different paid service when I think RMDL expands enough to warrant one. |
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Post by Buster Cannon on May 9, 2012 21:38:07 GMT -5
If you're looking for a solid, free host, Zymic is what I'm using for the Digger's Database. You get a solid amount of space (much more than enough needed to host a site), FTP sharing, and no ads in sight.
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