Recommend me a web host

000webhost

I use them to knock up websites before moving them onto live sites, just for testing out things or learning other stuff.

Add free too :)
 
Hmmm.

My situation is, I want a simple website (nothing flash...haha get it....haha...I'll get my coat...), I'm prepared to buy the domain name, but for now I can't afford to pay for hosting as money is (as always) tight. Later on when I'm earning something from my photography then I'll be quite happy to pay for a better host.

I want a website to put on my card, and an email address would be nice also, which I can get from the domain name purchase with free masked forwarding. I'd normally have had some webspace with my internet provider but recently switched to Sky which doesn't offer this service yet. Hence my need for a free host, and preferably one without ads (as I think ads would take away from the professional look if you know what I mean)

Doing a bit of googling last night I realised that this could well be a bit of a Pandoras box, which is why I asked if anyone had a recommendation.

I'll have a look at the suggestions - thanks guys - and see. Prepare for lots of "how do I" questions next as its years since I did any website building and I think things have moved on a bit since then!
 
neil_g said:
http://www.tsohost.co.uk/

ive just grabbed their lite package and 2 domain names from these guys. fantastic support, i raised a ticket at 11 PM the other night and got a reply back within 10 mins.
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Couldn't agree more. We've got work stuff with them and have been a real nuisance recently because of changes we're making. Nothing is too much trouble, support is virtually instant and the rates are good.
 
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I use http://www.dream-hosting.co.uk on my pixelpost, link in my sig.
I ordered the basic package which is the silver. £9.99 annually. 500mb, 10GB bandwidth per month.

For just a photoblog, it's more than enough for me.

No free domain though, you will need to buy one separately, or buy through them, which has a minimum of 2 years.
The hosting itself can be bought per 1 year.
 
I think for now, I'll buy the domain, this will give me the email alias and have it forward to my normal account, and do the website later on when I've got my head round it! Things have definately moved on since I last had a website! I've got a good friend who's into this sort of thing in a big way, he lives in New Zealand though...!
 
neil_g said:
http://www.tsohost.co.uk/

ive just grabbed their lite package and 2 domain names from these guys. fantastic support, i raised a ticket at 11 PM the other night and got a reply back within 10 mins.
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I will third it, somebody on here suggested them to me a while ago, I moved over to them and have not looked back, there support is second to none.

Tim
 
If you purchase a domain through "123", they give you a free web page together with forwarding for email, plus web forwarding. If you want to go further in the future, you can buy more space at reasonable monthly cost. They also include a free web page designer.
 
Chaz Photos said:
Compila.com for domain names
and web hosting start from 21.99 ayear
I got 1000Gb space unmeatered plus loads more for 50.58 for two years
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So why are you on Flickr?
 
You're havin' a larf, 1000GB of space and you're using Flickr?
 
Ah sorry,

have you read your contract with them, are you sure it's 1000GB and not 1000mb? :D
 
Im looking for a new host, and the price on TSOhost seems very good, £2.99 a month!

People reccomed them then ?
 
I have been using lchost.co.uk for about 4 years, 1 problem which they sorted out in 1 hour! - If they ask, April Productions reccomended you!
 
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