Help....
Ok heres the deal....
I've only had experience with free hosts, where everything was right there for you; FTP, control panel etc etc....
And I am going to be putting up a site with a real host. What can I expect, how different is it setting up your pages and everything else, compared to the free services??
Hope this wasn't to confusing of a post
Thanks...
zULuGriD posted this at 00:17 — 21st December 2001.
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well it really depends on which "real host" you are going with.
probably the main difference is that most free hosts have online site creation tools, but most real hosts require you to make your pages yourself and then upload them.
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z28cam posted this at 01:47 — 21st December 2001.
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I was thinking on going with dids.com
Considering The owner of that hosting service Owns this forum so I figured it was a safe bet.
I usually use wordpad for writing all my html anyway so that wont be a problem not being able to do it right on the site. Those are really annoying anyway.
Oh yeah, anyone also know who is a good domain name registration site?
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Brian Farkas posted this at 02:48 — 21st December 2001.
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I'm sure Chad @ dids will provide you with an excellent service. He's a great guy.
As for domain registrations, check out joker.com . I have registered a few domains through here, and have had very few problems. When I had one problem, their support rectified it within 24 hours. The price is another advantage - only around $11 US
Jaiem posted this at 21:17 — 21st December 2001.
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Shouldn't be too different. The layout of the server directories, the look& feel of the control panel, etc will probably be different. But other than that it all should work very similarly.
z28cam posted this at 22:48 — 21st December 2001.
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Ok cool, thanks for the heads up people
fairhousing posted this at 03:21 — 22nd December 2001.
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u asked about a domain registrar. my advice would be to go with a biz located in the same country as u (ur n USA, not germany where joker is). try godaddy.
good luck
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Brian Farkas posted this at 04:10 — 22nd December 2001.
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Well, I'm in USA as well- if I was in Germany I probably would not go with Joker.com, because I would have to pay VAT tax.
mjames posted this at 13:57 — 22nd December 2001.
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I'm not sure what their policy is for overseas customers, but I highly recommend 000domains.com to handle your domain registrations. As for hosting, getting a paid host is well worth it and you'll be glad you did. Take your time, though. I recommend VenturesOnline - just switched to them and have heard nothing but positive about them. And what I've heard hasn't let me down.
inquisitive posted this at 15:59 — 24th December 2001.
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If you are developing your pages offline than a real host won't be much different. Yes you have to ftp your stuff rather than uploading them onsite. With a real host you get real support.
For domain registration you could try the following sites. stargate.com
registerfly.com
namecheap.com
They offer DNR in less than US$9
emcgill posted this at 17:02 — 24th December 2001.
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You'll find that with a paid hosting service everything will just be easier. They usually are not as picky about stuff as the free hosting services that I have used.
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