Re: [CGUYS] Webhosting options?
Didn't realize Google had this. Guess they now have everything or soon will have! Just like Yahoo, MSN, AOL, they try all sorts of things. This service from Google is done quite well and they have yet to plaster it with advertising. Enjoy it while you can. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Webhosting options?
Thanks, Didn't realize Google had this. Guess they now have everything or soon will have! Randall On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BlueHost appears less expensive than the one Tom once recommended, A1A or something like that. Bluehost is $7/month. 11 has tiered plans at $4, $5, $10, and $20/month. You need to look at the features chart to find the plan that works for you. I have the $10 plan. If you are starting out the $4 plan should be fine. Or you can try Google. I think cguys.org works fine and that is free. Google's online editor worked fine for me, but I did most of the work in the raw HTML mode. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Webhosting options?
Morning - I am now using Bluehost for all our clients. I am not sure what you mean by paying a lot up front, but Bluehost does let you out at any time with full refund (even prorated for the month if you drop their service short of a full month). A 12-month plan is $7.95/month, payable it appears all at one time, with free domain. Since you have a domain already, if you decide to transfer the domain to Bluehost when it comes for renewal, there is free transfer. There is no setup fee with an annual subscription. For a 24-month plan, the hosting fee is only $6.95/month. Their tech support is live and knowledgeable. For one hosting fee, you can set up unlimited free standing sites (they will be top domain). I've been developing sites since 1996 and tested quite a few hosting companies over the years, often testing with our own dummy sites for 12 months or more -- all with the goal of saving our clients' money. Bluehost is by far the best we've used -- it is so good I signed up to be an affiliated partner and am migrating our clients there. If you decide to check it out, and will click through my site (www.conlinks.com), I will earn 25 cents (regardless of whether you sign up for the service or not -- those quarters do add up - thank you). If you want to compare this with 1and1.com or Dreamhost, which are similar, Bluehost is just more user-friendly. Having used GoDaddy for one of our nonprofit clients last year, I would never recommend it. Another company we've used is pair.com, which is less user-friendly for those maintaining their own sites and, like GoDaddy, the add-ons add up quickly, but an excellent company. /gayley -- Connecting Links Web Production Consulting targeting your web problems, providing inexpensive solutions Randall wrote: I have 3 domain names through Go Daddy and have begun to set up 2 of the free, basic websites that come with the purchase of the domain name. Have found it a pretty user-unfriendly experience so far and takes forever to load, though may be having slow loading problems beyond this site. At last Saturdays PC Computer Users meeting someone from this list (whose name I will keep confidential) heard me ask about webhosting alternatives and came up and suggested Bluehost. I checked it out and it seems to be better than Go Daddy, though you have to pay a fair amount up front rather than on a monthly basis as Go Daddy lets you. Also, I now get a free, albeit very basic, minimal site (5 pages) with the domain name. I'm tempted to try Bluehost but just wondering if anyone else has had experience with it and in comparison with Go Daddy, or any other sites. BlueHost appears less expensive than the one Tom once recommended, A1A or something like that. Also, my current site gives me 1 GB bandwidth, so wondering if this might have to do with the slow loading speed. I can upgrade to a better deal on Go Daddy but it would be a little more than BlueHost and looks like you would still get less. And am I write in thinking, after playing around with site awhile, that I'll probably need or want more than 50 MB of disk space? Thanks, Randall * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Webhosting options?
Is the 50 meg bandwith on My Go Daddy site a likely contributor to why it takes so long to add anything to the site? If so, the Bluehost bandwidth (is that the same as transfer rate?) is much greater. No. It mostly depends on how heavily they load the server. If they put 1000s of virtual sites on one server it will be slow. If they put 100s on the same server it will be faster. Note that none of these hosting services tells you how heavily the server will be loaded nor do the make any QoS promises. My experience with 11 is that the scripts I have there run fast. This was not so at other hosts. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Webhosting options?
BlueHost appears less expensive than the one Tom once recommended, A1A or something like that. Bluehost is $7/month. 11 has tiered plans at $4, $5, $10, and $20/month. You need to look at the features chart to find the plan that works for you. I have the $10 plan. If you are starting out the $4 plan should be fine. Or you can try Google. I think cguys.org works fine and that is free. Google's online editor worked fine for me, but I did most of the work in the raw HTML mode. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Webhosting options?
I have 3 domain names through Go Daddy and have begun to set up 2 of the free, basic websites that come with the purchase of the domain name. Have found it a pretty user-unfriendly experience so far and takes forever to load, though may be having slow loading problems beyond this site. At last Saturdays PC Computer Users meeting someone from this list (whose name I will keep confidential) heard me ask about webhosting alternatives and came up and suggested Bluehost. I checked it out and it seems to be better than Go Daddy, though you have to pay a fair amount up front rather than on a monthly basis as Go Daddy lets you. Also, I now get a free, albeit very basic, minimal site (5 pages) with the domain name. I'm tempted to try Bluehost but just wondering if anyone else has had experience with it and in comparison with Go Daddy, or any other sites. BlueHost appears less expensive than the one Tom once recommended, A1A or something like that. Also, my current site gives me 1 GB bandwidth, so wondering if this might have to do with the slow loading speed. I can upgrade to a better deal on Go Daddy but it would be a little more than BlueHost and looks like you would still get less. And am I write in thinking, after playing around with site awhile, that I'll probably need or want more than 50 MB of disk space? Thanks, Randall Please note new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
