Good hosting service?

External Since: Jan 20, 2005 Posts: 3

I'm using FrontPage 2003 to develop a web site with up to 100 pictures, most
will be about 100k with 2k thumb nails along with descriptions. I'd like to
find a host that has good performance and reasonable in price as this is a
personal project. I'm using SBC/Yahoo DSL but they don't provided the
service without a bunch of rules and advertising. And to get away from the
ads and rules costs a bunch. I've heard of some good sites but never paid
attention because I thought I had no need but now I do. Free is better if
it doesn't take over but low cost is OK.
tnx

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73
Hank WD5JFR

External Since: Dec 13, 2004 Posts: 5

Henry Kolesnik wrote:
> I'm using FrontPage 2003 to develop a web site with up to 100
pictures, most
> will be about 100k with 2k thumb nails along with descriptions. I'd
like to
> find a host that has good performance and reasonable in price as this
is a
> personal project. I'm using SBC/Yahoo DSL but they don't provided
the
> service without a bunch of rules and advertising. And to get away
from the
> ads and rules costs a bunch. I've heard of some good sites but never
paid
> attention because I thought I had no need but now I do. Free is
better if
> it doesn't take over but low cost is OK.

If your content is static then pretty much any host will do. Linux
hosting is generally cheaper than Windows. (If you go with Linux, make
sure they have FrontPage extensions enabled).

Do you have any other requirements like the ability to do ASP pages?
Do you wish to have your own domain?

If you have your own domain, you might consider:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.webzpro.com" target="_blank">http://www.webzpro.com</a>

They have excellent service and the pricing is decent.

If you don't have your own domain, you'll need a host that offers
subdomains (sometimes called vanity domains). Example:
yourname.somehost.com

Hostingforabuck.com is also pretty cheap, and they offer cPanel, which
is nice:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.hostingforabuck.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hostingforabuck.com/</a>

I haven't used them, and I'd generally say you get what you pay for,
but the price and features are right. You'd have to ask them if they
allow vanity domains though.

Another good option is to use WHT's HostQuote:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.webhostingtalk.com/request.php" target="_blank">http://www.webhostingtalk.com/request.php</a>

Enter what you need and hosts will get back to you with offers. I've
used it before and that's how I found WebzPro, which I'm very happy
with.

Good luck,
Daniel
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.danhendricks.com" target="_blank">http://www.danhendricks.com</a>