Recommendation for a free hosting service

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erichar11
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# Posted on: 02-Jul-2006 20:16:30   

Hi all, can anyone recommend a free hosting service with no adds/banners and the ability to transfer/setup their own domain name. A friend of mine is looking to put of a really simple site (she's just learning - simple html stuff). I only use paid hosting services so I don't know about the free ones.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Eric

Kris
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# Posted on: 03-Jul-2006 08:02:13   

Hosting is so cheap nowadays, just get a good cheap host. If you need bannerfree hosting with domain setup, you need to spend a few dollars.

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mkamoski
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# Posted on: 07-Jul-2006 20:58:03   

erichar11 wrote:

Hi all, can anyone recommend a free hosting service with no adds/banners and the ability to transfer/setup their own domain name. A friend of mine is looking to put of a really simple site (she's just learning - simple html stuff). I only use paid hosting services so I don't know about the free ones.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Eric

FWIW, please consider http://www.WebHost4Life.com .

It is not free; but, it IS very inexpensive.

If you do go with them, then please tell them I referred you, username=mkamoski .

They are quite good and give a lot for a little.

IMHO.

HTH.

Thank you.

-- Mark Kamoski

alexdresko
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# Posted on: 10-Jul-2006 14:39:42   

The advice about WHFL on the DotNetNuke forums is quite the opposite. Granted, for what you pay, DNN may be overkill for their servers. I haven't used them personally though.

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# Posted on: 11-Jul-2006 12:34:25   

alexdresko wrote:

The advice about WHFL on the DotNetNuke forums is quite the opposite. Granted, for what you pay, DNN may be overkill for their servers. I haven't used them personally though.

Hmmm.

That's news to me. I am interested. Do you have link to that thread?

FWIW, I do host a DotNetNuke (DNN) site via http://www.WebHost4Life.com . It is a sub-domain, http://www.Woodworking.WebLogicArts.com/ , and it seems OK to me. I will add that I have not done too much with the site yet, so it is low-traffic right now-- primarily experimental and for testing until I find a little time. That said, with what I have done, it does seem to run just fine to me.

Anyway, I am only speaking from my own experience with http://www.WebHost4Life.com so the experience of other might, obviously, be different. I have no affiliation other than hosting with them for about 3 years now. I do get referral points if someone mentions my username (mkamoski) when signing up-- but, that is nothing special as it is the case with all of their customers.

I realize that while I may like WebHost4Life, others may not. I guess that it depends what the requirements are. The following were important to me and were delivered by WebHost4Life-- cheap hosting; no hidden fees; SQL Server 2000; SQL Server 2005 Express; ASP.NET 2.0; virtually full control over the base root of my web space via web control panel; web based help desk with quick response; lots of space for just a little money; unlimited email addresses; unlimited sub-domains; and a few other things. All of that, I can say, they do deliver-- or, at least, they have delivered it to me.

As always-- buyer beware.

HTH.

Thank you.

-- Mark Kamoski