Web Hosting - Saxperience

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 13:09

Hi peeps,

Now i am fine with the design element of a website and have been asked by someone at work to set them up a website for their company.

However i've lost grips with hosting. Where is a good place to have the website hosted? and how do i go about setting up a website on the host?

Cheers,

vidal · 6th February 2008, 13:12

www.one.com

although www.netpivotal.co.uk are good also

V.

seat-craig · 6th February 2008, 13:15

www.geniushost.net

betty02 · 6th February 2008, 13:16

www.1and1.co.uk

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 13:18

So when i have all my website built in dreamweaver, where do i go from there?

Soz im abit of a noob when it comes to hosting. Can some reccommend me a package?

betty02 · 6th February 2008, 13:22

Get webhosting from www.1and1.co.uk and then get an FTP Client, (loads freebies on tinters SMartFTP is the best)

Then you set up the FTP client with the setting sent in your email, and then select the folders of what you wish to upload and then upload it through there!

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 13:36

ahhh cool, i manage our school website and use FLASHFXP to update it, so same sort of thing i guess!

Is there a management software provided by the company to link the URL to the homepage or do they do that on the setup?

Cheers mate il rep you.

Noddy · 6th February 2008, 13:44

1&1's control panel is easy to get to grips with. You can either use that to upload and update the site, or (as I do) setup an FTP account for the site and upload it using filezilla - transfer rates are a bit quicker

betty02 · 6th February 2008, 13:51

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Originally Posted by Noddy

1&1's control panel is easy to get to grips with. You can either use that to upload and update the site, or (as I do) setup an FTP account for the site and upload it using filezilla - transfer rates are a bit quicker

Yup 1and1 is by far the best, all the info on setting things up is on there site etc and stuff

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 13:54

so can anyone reccommend me a package to buy? its for a small private building business. Id create it in dreamweaver but need a URL, Say 5 - 10 html pages and a control panel.

vidal · 6th February 2008, 13:58

Everyone is raving over 1and1. I've got a site hosted by them, and although it's reliable - 3 hours outage in 3 years is'nt bad, their upgrades for existing customers are pretty poor. I started off with their home package - and last year enquired about database support - quite fancied recoding it all and taking a dynamic feed from a database, mainly images and forum posts - as the site is for a charity, money is tight - there was no cheap package with a database, business packages running at almost double the cost.

The site does have a forum, but has to use a flat file format, as does the gallery. Integration onto the main site, ie pulling the latest posts or picutres onto the front page is a complete no-no.

You may not need it at the moment, but pick a package that offers database and php5, that way you won't be giving your clients second best when they ask for more features.

V.

vidal · 6th February 2008, 14:00

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Originally Posted by DarylVTR

so can anyone reccommend me a package to buy? its for a small private building business. Id create it in dreamweaver but need a URL, Say 5 - 10 html pages and a control panel.

Sorry for the DP

Go with one.com - free domain name, control panel, database etc, oodles of space all for under a 10 spot.

Also, why not use filezilla for ftp - or the built in ftp in dreamweaver?

V.

RootDogg · 6th February 2008, 14:01

If in dream you've set up the site( site > manage) you can edit the sites details and dreamweaver will upload your site from there, so you don't need a ftp program..

Dont have it installed atm, but its a tab at the top along with file, edit etc..

www.tsohost.co.uk, cheap and easy to use!

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 14:11

1and1 is quite dear £4.99 a month is around £60 a year.

tsohost is £34.99 a year or £14.99 a year. 5 html pages with a few pics on isnt going to need much web space. I want to get the cheapest possible package but it must be decent

vidal · 6th February 2008, 14:16

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Originally Posted by vidal

Go with www.one.com - free domain name, control panel, database etc, oodles of space all for under a 10 spot.

V.

Less than

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 14:20

the 90p a month 1?

vidal · 6th February 2008, 14:26

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Originally Posted by DarylVTR

the 90p a month 1?

Click on the damned link.

LINK

V.

betty02 · 6th February 2008, 14:35

Its £9.80 for a year thats mint?

srcnix · 6th February 2008, 14:43

Depends greatly on what you're looking for.

What do you require (ASP - Windows hosting, PHP - Linux or Windows but preferably Linux). Database? FTP accounts? POP acounts? iMap accounts? Sub domains and so on.

Also, how much space, how much transfer?

What about reliability?

Also how about the location of the server, would you like it to be in the UK or does it not matter on the location?

DarylVTR · 6th February 2008, 15:07

Its literally a website advertising his company and pictures of previous work

so homepage, price list, contact page... basic html, no database ect