I've bought a domain from 123-reg and I have now put together a small site in Publisher - only 4 basic pages.

What do I do about hosting this site?

I know 123-reg do it but only for free if 1-page. Is there anyone who does say, a 12-month free offer?

Thanks

www.saveitfree.com - but they put up a popup on your first page, its not too annoying, www.gw-radio.com/blog/ to see what its like.. Thats hosted on them..

Who is ypur internet connection with?

Im with BT - So I host mine on there - point my domain there from 123reg and it works fine. For what I want to gain from it that is!

Yeah, your ISP will probably offer you a small amount of free webspace... maybe 15-25MB.


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www.saveitfree.com - but they put up a popup on your first page, its not too annoying, www.gw-radio.com/blog/ to see what its like.. Thats hosted on them..

Yes it is, pop-ups are very annoying.

A couple of cheap pay-for options for you:

www.jswf.co.uk < £10/year
www.catalyst2.com < £11.99 (+VAT)/year

Yes it is, pop-ups are very annoying.

Agreed.

And it looks unprofessional if the site is something business-related.



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Yes it is, pop-ups are very annoying.

I allowed the scripts inserted by the host to run... Bloody scared me ^%$%less:D.

http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/freewebhosting.shtml

never say there's no such thing as a free lunch.

http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/freewebhosting.shtml

never say there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Only 100meg of data transfer per month though:(.

I presume that's where they make their money though. You sign up for a free account but then have to pay once you go over 100meg which is highly likely if it's anything but a small personal site with limited pictures. They give you 2.5gb webspace and then 100meg a month limit, lol.

Just had a quick look at their 'Starter Professional' package and you get 2.5gig storage and 10gig monthly data transfer, 1000 email boxes, php, sun asp etc. which doesn't seem too bad for £2.49/month plus £9.99 set up fee. Not sure what they're like though as I've never heard of them.

they advertise a lot in the industry magazines. they're a big player.

There's that many I don't take much notice anymore and I don't get any web development magazines - just a general one. I just have one company that I tend to stick with as they've always been superb.

Having said that it does look like a good deal.

EDIT: Just noticed that there are no databases included in that deal and the next one up is £8.99/month which is a massive difference.

Do any of these mentioned support FrontPage extensions though? If not then they might not be much use to the OP.

they advertise a lot in the industry magazines. they're a big player.

Run buy the guys who started WebFusion (http://www.webfusion.co.uk/):thumbsup:.

Do any of these mentioned support FrontPage extensions though? If not then they might not be much use to the OP.


Only on the "Home", "Business" & "Reseller" packages:(.

They also charge an additional £19.99 for AV scanning:o.

Full comparison table here (http://heartinternet.co.uk/comparison-h.shtml)