any one know of a good free host
does anyone know of a good free host kind of like f2s (in the means of that it has cgi, perl, has reasonable bandwidth and reasonable space)
does anyone know of a good free host kind of like f2s (in the means of that it has cgi, perl, has reasonable bandwidth and reasonable space)
Suzanne posted this at 06:25 — 18th February 2002.
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good
cheap
fast
pick two.
Notice how "free" isn't in the list? That's because if you want free, you pretty well have to put up with slow and ads, which are neither good, nor fast.
Hosting really isn't that expensive, you would do better to save your pennies and find a cheaper host that will give you what you need when you pay a year in advance.
movieguru posted this at 10:16 — 18th February 2002.
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its called no money... how can i pay for something with no money
mjames posted this at 15:12 — 18th February 2002.
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http://www.freewebspace.net is a great resource.
All things aside, Suzanne is correct. There are no free lunches and you must be willing to make sacrifices somewhere if you're not paying.
thedawg posted this at 17:40 — 18th February 2002.
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i have one of my sites hosted at barrysworld.com they give u 20mb HD, no ads, and 100mb of data transfer a day also php and mysql support...but the bad thing is they've stop registring of new accounts at the moment, apparently it will be back up soon though. so u might wanna check it out
I shall not fear no man but god, though I walk through the valley of death...shed so many tears.
thedawg posted this at 17:42 — 18th February 2002.
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oh yeah cgi-bin aswell
Suzanne posted this at 21:35 — 18th February 2002.
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"its called no money... how can i pay for something with no money"
If you have no money at all? You can't. That's a fact of life. If you have nothing with which to trade (and money is the accepted token for trade in this society), then you get nothing.
If you have knowledge, you can exchange that knowledge for money. If you have brawn, you can exchange that sweat for money. People often barter trading services instead of money. You could, if you have barterable skills, trade them for hosting if you could find someone who needs your skills more than they need money.
Suzanne
thedawg posted this at 08:11 — 19th February 2002.
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the one i recommended doesnt cost a cent! keep checking there site they will be up again soon...i can also recommend coolfreepages.com, which was passed on to me from someone else on this forum...50mb, hard drive, unlimted bandwidth and my sql...one catch is a pop-up ad. also if ur concerned about a long domain name check out cjb.net and dot.tk. u seem like ur in the same situation as myself...no money but a desire to make it work
I shall not fear no man but god, though I walk through the valley of death...shed so many tears.
WannaBaHost posted this at 23:26 — 20th February 2002.
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You can ask for a sponsorship of sorts from a hosting company. When I get mine set-up I will be giving away accounts for a small banner saying "Hosted By" soon.
Suzanne posted this at 00:41 — 21st February 2002.
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IMO, having ads on the site is you paying for it -- you are paying for it by bringing traffic to those ads. It's not free.
Same with having a banner or button for the host -- while it doesn't cost you money, you are still "paying" for it.
There's no free lunch. Really. There is always a catch, whether that's limited options, them using you to build usership to leverage a pro version, et cetera.
Suzanne
fifeclub posted this at 04:19 — 22nd February 2002.
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First, if it's even half-way professional, don't go free.
Now, I checked out dozens of free providers and tried several of them. My primary requirements of 1)cgi-bin with Perl and 2)no pop-up ads (ads are expected, but IMHO popups are annoying and drive people away). I settled on free.prohosting.com. I was reasonably happy with them. They give you 50 Megs. If you need more than that then you shouldn't be looking at free ones anyway.
P.S. Be careful. SOme free servers say they allow cgi-bins but will only let you choose from the sevices they have installed. If free.prohosting.com doesn't work for ya then be sure to look for "custom" cgi-bin.
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(and now I want to use some rare "smilies" for no reason at all :snow: :ducky: :martian: :roll: . That was fun. Thanks
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