Good, free webhosts?

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-04-11 03:36am

Well, maybe not so much a webhost, but a place where one can make a website. I've heard iffy things about Tripod and such places, so any recommendations of places that are good, free and fairly intuitive?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-04-11 03:39am

Google page creator?

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-04-11 03:42am

They're not offering accounts and I don't have a G-mail account.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-04-11 04:23am

Erik von Nein wrote:They're not offering accounts and I don't have a G-mail account. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Not a problem, drop a mail to mikaeltr "at" gmail.com and I will send you a invite to gmail.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-04-11 04:29am

Okie dokie. Thanks, Faram!

EDIT: Oh, yeah. It'll be coming from DragoonRider00 at aol.com

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-04-11 10:24am

Geoshitties. Angelfire. Tripod. AOL free pages. That's about it. And remember, Angelfire and Tripod are pure evil on hotlinks...

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-04-11 10:40am

With the advent of services like Imageshack, using free webhosting for images is a thing of the past.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-04-11 10:47am

Google page creator is very easy to use, but I'm not sure it allows a lot of customization (at least, I haven't tried any modification apart from Google's own interface - theoretically you should be able to add your own HTML)

Freewebs might be another option, at least they were useable a few years ago.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-04-11 11:31am

Uraniun235 wrote:With the advent of services like Imageshack, using free webhosting for images is a thing of the past.

Maybe he wants to make a real webpage. Also, services like Imageshack can't do dynamic images AFAIK.

TimothyC · Post by **TimothyC** » 2006-04-11 12:07pm

Bounty wrote:Google page creator is very easy to use, but I'm not sure it allows a lot of customization (at least, I haven't tried any modification apart from Google's own interface - theoretically you should be able to add your own HTML)

Freewebs might be another option, at least they were useable a few years ago.

I've had trouble uploading HTML files, and adding HTML to the existing pages. If I ever get either to work right I'll let you know.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2006-04-11 12:27pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:With the advent of services like Imageshack, using free webhosting for images is a thing of the past.
Maybe he wants to make a real webpage. Also, services like Imageshack can't do dynamic images AFAIK.

At that point, you'll normally want a real webhost, not a free one.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-04-11 05:53pm

Bounty wrote:Google page creator is very easy to use, but I'm not sure it allows a lot of customization (at least, I haven't tried any modification apart from Google's own interface - theoretically you should be able to add your own HTML)

Freewebs might be another option, at least they were useable a few years ago.

I fiddled with Google's page creator for a bit, and it seems less flexible than even Geoshitties. I'm not even sure you can change the background beyond its default templates.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-04-11 08:50pm

Beowulf wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:With the advent of services like Imageshack, using free webhosting for images is a thing of the past.
Maybe he wants to make a real webpage. Also, services like Imageshack can't do dynamic images AFAIK.
At that point, you'll normally want a real webhost, not a free one.

True. To be honest, I don't see why people are so reluctant to get paid webhosts. I've seen paid webhosts for as little as $5 per month. Granted, they're not the greatest webhosts, but they would get the job done.

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2006-04-11 08:56pm

If you are planning on any kind of serious website, paid hosts are the way to go.

If it is just some small thing to dick around with, I would recommend either: your ISP's hosting, or finding a friend who has a server and will give you space.

The other real option is to turn an old PC into a webserver and point a service like DynDNS to your home's IP Address. Assuming that your ISP doesn't block Port 80(a lot do).

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-04-12 04:15am

Beowulf wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Uraniun235 wrote:With the advent of services like Imageshack, using free webhosting for images is a thing of the past.
Maybe he wants to make a real webpage. Also, services like Imageshack can't do dynamic images AFAIK.
At that point, you'll normally want a real webhost, not a free one.

You're both right. I do want something for an actual webpage and a paid service would be better, however the person who wants me to do this doesn't want to pay (at the moment) and wants it right this minute (actually, he wanted it done today).

Thanks for the suggestions.

EDIT: Sorry, meant to respond to this, too.

If it is just some small thing to dick around with, I would recommend either: your ISP's hosting, or finding a friend who has a server and will give you space.

The other real option is to turn an old PC into a webserver and point a service like DynDNS to your home's IP Address. Assuming that your ISP doesn't block Port 80(a lot do).

Yeah, I mentioned this to him, as well. I told him we could buy a cheap computer and use something like DynDNS for hosting but he shot it down. Same issue of time and all that.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-04-13 05:21am

Okay, convinced him of the paid webhost route. So, does anyone have any recommendations for paid webhosts?

EDIT: I ask because I have no fucking clue what to look for.

EDIT DUEX: How's this for a webhost deal?

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2006-04-13 05:51am

Unfortunately it seems that http://www.illfuckinghostit.com is down. They had a free service with server side scripting running for a while.

Of course there are some issues with having http://spyder.illfuckinghostit.com on a business card.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2006-04-13 06:12am

Heh. Yeah, Spyder, I think plastering that all over a public access talk/news show that's supposed to be family friend (I.E. no swearing) would probably be a bad idea. Okay, a really bad idea.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2006-04-13 12:05pm

General Zod wrote:I fiddled with Google's page creator for a bit, and it seems less flexible than even Geoshitties. I'm not even sure you can change the background beyond its default templates.

Not by using the page creator, it seems. But you can upload pages. I did a quick test: Here.
Seems like it's not possible to create directories, though. Even Geocities can do that. I seem to recall that you can directly edit html-files there, too...

It's this darn WYSIWYG crap. People are too lazy

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-04-13 12:15pm

I seem to recall that you can directly edit html-files there, too...

That *sort of* works in GPC too, there's a "edit HTML" button and it saves your changes. It doesn't include the header, though.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-04-13 12:39pm

Erik von Nein wrote:Okay, convinced him of the paid webhost route. So, does anyone have any recommendations for paid webhosts?

EDIT: I ask because I have no fucking clue what to look for.

EDIT DUEX: How's this for a webhost deal?

1&1 Hosting. I see them advertised in Computer Shopper quite a bit and their rates seem fairly reasonable. Not used them myself though.

Fleet Admiral JD · Post by **Fleet Admiral JD** » 2006-04-13 06:22pm

I use Startlogic, who are fairly reasonable.

Speaking of which, my website desperatly needs updating...