Anyone know of a good FREE web host?

Scotty · Feb 28, 2003, 08:33 PM

I'm building a simple web site for a non-profit organization/club I am associated with and don't have a very large budget (almost zero).
I'm looking for a host that won't put any advertising, porn, or other crap in my page (or the least amount as possible) with a decent amount of space (10 - 50 Mb)
The purpose of the site will be to simply let people know who we are, where we are, and what we do in order to help build up membership.

In a nutshell, it is a target shooting club. I want to post the range address and contact info, hours of operation, types of shooting disciplines, and a few links to pics and other associated sites.

Thanks in advance.
Scotty

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 28, 2003, 08:56 PM

Here try this........... a HUGE free list of free providers

http://www.clickherefree.com/Free_We...irectory.shtml

Nomad559 · Feb 28, 2003, 11:08 PM

http://www.web1000.com/

Welcome to Web1000, the ONLY FREE U.S. English Language Web Host that has NO ADS AT ALL on certain categories of web sites! That's right, we run no ads on your web site! This is not a limited time offer! No Banners, No Pop-ups, No Text Links, NOTHING!

martyr · May 1, 2003, 06:16 AM

You can try www.spaceports.com They provide you unlimited webspace... as long as you can justify for it

Matth · May 1, 2003, 04:39 PM

Do NOT rely on web1000 - if what's said about them is true, they'll let you build up a search engine placement, and drop you and use the address for crap!

In the UK, I'd say use a free ISP that provides webspace, as it's probably the only free and uncluttered space you'll get.

The UK free ISP proliferation is the result of a particular telephone call charge structure, where the ISP takes a small cut from a local rate call charge, so the situation is not going to be the same elsewhere.

kenken1186 · May 4, 2003, 07:14 AM

Heard about this a while ago, but I haven't tried it yet - www.ppwww.com

edit: nevermind, they no longer provide free hosting

daffy · May 27, 2003, 03:41 PM

depends on you coding laguage. If you are going for a ms based language you might try looking in your start page of visual studio 7

geeknik · Jun 7, 2003, 02:59 AM

http://webstrikesolutions.com/

they claim to give you your first 12 months free in the hopes that you'll pay for the service after 12 months. Windows Server 2003 or Red Hat Linux. They don't make you display banners nor do they cause any banners to be displayed on your site. 100mb disk, 2GB/mo bandwidth(hey, it's free) unlimited pop3, your own domain, cgi-bin, php4, perl5, ssl, mysql, jsp.

i don't know anyone that has used them or anything else about them. and nope, i don't work for them either, i just stumbled upon them one day and bookmarked the site in case i needed it.

JavaFox · Jun 7, 2003, 03:08 AM

Well, you know, I know you said that you wanted a free provider, but I don't really know of any quality ones. On the other hand, I do know of a pay webhost that is spectacular, particularly for low-demand users like me. I've got a site hosted with them. They are fast, very awesome to deal with, and extremely cheap. They cost $5 a month and give you 25MB of space with 1000MB of transfer. And it only costs an additional $4.50 a gigabyte if you happen to exceed 1000MB/month, which is pretty much the cheapest I have seen. In addition to all that, they have a really good staff*, very nice policies**, and really cool control panel software. I like them a lot.

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* I had trouble logging into their FTP once (I was using the wrong login), and I got an e-mail saying "Hey, looks like you're having some trouble... remember that your login is your site (whatever.com)" -- I was impressed!

** One month I experienced about a week of downtime so they gave me the rest of the month free.

digerati · Jun 26, 2003, 10:54 PM

You could try http://www.splicehost.com

$3.00 a month - Free domain, 50mb Disk Space, Unlimited bandwidth. I use this host myself, every once and while my server go down. But then again I'm transferring gigs a day lol.

$5.00 a month - Same as above except 100 megs webspace.

http://www.brinkster.com/

Best free host site with no ads I've ever used. Check them out.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jun 27, 2003, 12:07 PM

02-28-2003 03:33 PM i would call this a dead thread ... die thread die

Zardon · Jun 27, 2003, 12:19 PM

what is this with threads over 2 weeks old? they arent all useless ......... a free host is a free host, im sure some new members will be looking for one, so if you guys have any more good companies, then post the linkages.

patje · Jun 27, 2003, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
what is this with threads over 2 weeks old? they arent all useless ......... a free host is a free host, im sure some new members will be looking for one, so if you guys have any more good companies, then post the linkages.

oeps, i miscalculated it is indeed 2 weeks old and you got point.
lets see what google has to say about this...

well well well, take a look here http://www.freewebspace.net they let you make a custom search and let other users make comments on the search resluts, this interesting indeed.

EmXtrix · Jul 18, 2003, 12:32 AM

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Greatwolf · Nov 27, 2003, 10:28 PM

Take a look at Angelfire. They're actually pretty good, 20 megs of space, ftp upload support, 1gig monthly bandwidth, and it's actually pretty fast -- downloaded at 100kb/s+ for a 467kb jpg. Yes they put ads in your webpage but lemme give you a hint. You can code your html page in such a way that it'll block those ads out. That's what I did for my page

The other host worth looking into is angeltowns.com. Free of ads, unlimited traffic, and 50meg space. Only downside is it provides no ftp support and it's kind of slow especially during peek times.

dorkz · Dec 19, 2003, 10:59 AM

http://www.1asphost.com

- 100 MB of Space
- Instant Account Activation
- Online Control Panel
- Online Unzip Capability
- Unlimited Bandwidth
- SSI (DHTML)
- WAP
- Active Server Pages Support - ASP 3.0
- Free Database Connectivity:
- MS Access databases
- Macromedia Shockwave support

d4rkz.

~~Crash Override~~ · Jan 6, 2004, 04:21 AM

1and1.com is great

3 free years of hosting a site on a dual Xeon 2.4GHz machine with at least 1GB of ECC RAM

500MB of HD space to use and 5GB of monthly transfer with only a dollar per additional GB

MindlessOath · Aug 13, 2004, 08:53 AM

their is no such thing of a "GOOD" Free host. just to clue ya in. however their are some free hosts that offer plans in which will give average or underpar users what they need at no cost.

for anyone looking into hosting for any website, i strongly suggest paying for one usually they cost cheap for small stuff, like 3 to 5 $ a month for something. some plans even pay yearly and its eaven cheaper a month.

www.webhostingtalk.com is where you should do your research and ask your questions, ALWAYS search on those forums for the host your going to go with, whether it be free or not. its the best and most use resource, so u will find answers regardless.

as for you runing your website for something simple i suggest geocities.com its simple and free, and if you dont consume a load of bandwidth, it should be up most of the time.

bandwidth costs a lot of money, and if ya want bandwidth, your going to have to pay... (i mean lots of bandwidth).

stdio · Nov 23, 2004, 08:56 AM

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This is what their website says. I heard they're great.

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StuRReaL · Dec 15, 2004, 07:47 PM

Well my suggestion is not totally free but at £29 GBP per year including a domain name and unlimited emails and 1GB web space and you have the options of windows and linux hosting I think thats a steal

http://www.ukhost4u.com/

Louiemaster · Dec 15, 2004, 08:00 PM

hostultra.com
unlimited space and bandwith and no ads

sworkhard · Jan 26, 2005, 12:58 AM

spymac.com

md5 · Jan 26, 2005, 10:05 AM

http://www.dhost.info seems good (too good to be true

)
http://www.angelcities.com seems ok too

Koolaid · Feb 13, 2005, 09:01 PM

http://www.netfirms.com

25 MB of Disk Space

1 GB Monthly Data Transfer

1 WebMail Account (with Domain Name)

Optional Free Sub-domain (www.yourname.netfirms.com)

Microsoft FrontPage Exts. & Perl (CGI-Bin)

24/7 FTP Access

Technical Support via E-mail

cobra2x · Dec 14, 2005, 05:27 PM

i know romanian sites are'n so good but try www.home.ro there's free hosting up to 10 MBytes and it has a cool ending like my site www.go2x.go.ro excepting the .ro of course

g35x · Dec 14, 2005, 05:33 PM

www.geocities.com

Maddogg6 · Apr 11, 2006, 06:02 PM

Ive checked most of those posted and NOT a single one is either offering, of they never send comfirmiation - only spam.

Any one know of any still in biz?

MareBGD · Jul 21, 2006, 02:28 PM

I know good free forum hosting!

Quote:

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RIV@NVX · Aug 1, 2006, 12:29 PM

How about AwardSpace? This seems pretty nice to me:
http://www.awardspace.com/free_web_hosting.html

Aiden · Aug 24, 2006, 12:34 AM

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Aiden

Feb 28, 2003, 08:33 PM	#1
Scotty DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Anyone know of a good FREE web host? I'm building a simple web site for a non-profit organization/club I am associated with and don't have a very large budget (almost zero). I'm looking for a host that won't put any advertising, porn, or other crap in my page (or the least amount as possible) with a decent amount of space (10 - 50 Mb) The purpose of the site will be to simply let people know who we are, where we are, and what we do in order to help build up membership. In a nutshell, it is a target shooting club. I want to post the range address and contact info, hours of operation, types of shooting disciplines, and a few links to pics and other associated sites. Thanks in advance. Scotty

Feb 28, 2003, 08:56 PM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Here try this........... a HUGE free list of free providers http://www.clickherefree.com/Free_We...irectory.shtml __________________

Feb 28, 2003, 11:08 PM	#3
Nomad559 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: California Posts: 26 Rep Power: 0	http://www.web1000.com/ Welcome to Web1000, the ONLY FREE U.S. English Language Web Host that has NO ADS AT ALL on certain categories of web sites! That's right, we run no ads on your web site! This is not a limited time offer! No Banners, No Pop-ups, No Text Links, NOTHING! __________________ XP Pro SP2 - P4 2.8 GHZ with HT Technology - 800MHz system bus - 1.25 MB Crucial PC2700 Non-ECC DDR - (Master Harddrive) Western Digital Caviar 80GB 7200 8MB Buffer - (Slave Harddrive) Western Digital Caviar 200GB 7200 8MB Buffer - Logitech Cordless Mx Duo - Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 - Plextor 8X DVD-RW +RW DVD Recorder - LiteOn 16x/48x DVD-ROM/CD-ROM - 128MB NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 - Winfast Deluxe TV2000XP TV/FM Multimedia Card - SoundMax 6 Speaker sound card - Logitech Z-640 6 Speaker Surround Sound System - 20' Hitachi Monitor 800X600 @ 120hz - Surfboard 4200 Cable Modem - NetGear 4 port Router

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daffy DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BRUSSELS Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	depends on you coding laguage. If you are going for a ms based language you might try looking in your start page of visual studio 7 __________________ Heaven doesn't want me and hell is afraid i'll take over.

Jun 7, 2003, 02:59 AM	#8
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May 1, 2003, 06:16 AM	#4
martyr DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	You can try www.spaceports.com They provide you unlimited webspace... as long as you can justify for it

May 1, 2003, 04:39 PM	#5
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Do NOT rely on web1000 - if what's said about them is true, they'll let you build up a search engine placement, and drop you and use the address for crap! In the UK, I'd say use a free ISP that provides webspace, as it's probably the only free and uncluttered space you'll get. The UK free ISP proliferation is the result of a particular telephone call charge structure, where the ISP takes a small cut from a local rate call charge, so the situation is not going to be the same elsewhere.

May 4, 2003, 07:14 AM	#6
kenken1186 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Heard about this a while ago, but I haven't tried it yet - www.ppwww.com edit: nevermind, they no longer provide free hosting

Jun 7, 2003, 03:08 AM	#9
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Well, you know, I know you said that you wanted a free provider, but I don't really know of any quality ones. On the other hand, I do know of a pay webhost that is spectacular, particularly for low-demand users like me. I've got a site hosted with them. They are fast, very awesome to deal with, and extremely cheap. They cost $5 a month and give you 25MB of space with 1000MB of transfer. And it only costs an additional $4.50 a gigabyte if you happen to exceed 1000MB/month, which is pretty much the cheapest I have seen. In addition to all that, they have a really good staff, very nice policies, and really cool control panel software. I like them a lot. --- I had trouble logging into their FTP once (I was using the wrong login), and I got an e-mail saying "Hey, looks like you're having some trouble... remember that your login is your site (whatever.com)" -- I was impressed! ** One month I experienced about a week of downtime so they gave me the rest of the month free.

Jun 26, 2003, 10:54 PM	#10
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	You could try http://www.splicehost.com $3.00 a month - Free domain, 50mb Disk Space, Unlimited bandwidth. I use this host myself, every once and while my server go down. But then again I'm transferring gigs a day lol. $5.00 a month - Same as above except 100 megs webspace. http://www.brinkster.com/ Best free host site with no ads I've ever used. Check them out.

Jun 27, 2003, 12:07 PM	#11
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	02-28-2003 03:33 PM i would call this a dead thread ... die thread die __________________

Jun 27, 2003, 12:19 PM	#12
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	what is this with threads over 2 weeks old? they arent all useless ......... a free host is a free host, im sure some new members will be looking for one, so if you guys have any more good companies, then post the linkages.

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Nov 27, 2003, 10:28 PM	#15
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Dec 19, 2003, 10:59 AM	#16
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Jan 6, 2004, 04:21 AM	#17
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	1and1.com is great 3 free years of hosting a site on a dual Xeon 2.4GHz machine with at least 1GB of ECC RAM 500MB of HD space to use and 5GB of monthly transfer with only a dollar per additional GB

Aug 13, 2004, 08:53 AM	#18
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	their is no such thing of a "GOOD" Free host. just to clue ya in. however their are some free hosts that offer plans in which will give average or underpar users what they need at no cost. for anyone looking into hosting for any website, i strongly suggest paying for one usually they cost cheap for small stuff, like 3 to 5 $ a month for something. some plans even pay yearly and its eaven cheaper a month. www.webhostingtalk.com is where you should do your research and ask your questions, ALWAYS search on those forums for the host your going to go with, whether it be free or not. its the best and most use resource, so u will find answers regardless. as for you runing your website for something simple i suggest geocities.com its simple and free, and if you dont consume a load of bandwidth, it should be up most of the time. bandwidth costs a lot of money, and if ya want bandwidth, your going to have to pay... (i mean lots of bandwidth). __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

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Dec 15, 2004, 07:47 PM	#20
StuRReaL DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Derby UK Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	Well my suggestion is not totally free but at £29 GBP per year including a domain name and unlimited emails and 1GB web space and you have the options of windows and linux hosting I think thats a steal http://www.ukhost4u.com/ __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ 1GB OCZ Platinum x2 74Gb WD Raptors RAID0 256mb Radeon X1300 Sapphire Pure Innovation M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Windows XP x64 Edition

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Jan 26, 2005, 10:05 AM	#23
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Dec 14, 2005, 05:27 PM	#25
cobra2x DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	i know romanian sites are'n so good but try www.home.ro there's free hosting up to 10 MBytes and it has a cool ending like my site www.go2x.go.ro excepting the .ro of course

Apr 11, 2006, 06:02 PM	#27
Maddogg6 Tail Razer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bernyurass, AZ - USA Posts: 4,027 Rep Power: 0	Ive checked most of those posted and NOT a single one is either offering, of they never send comfirmiation - only spam. Any one know of any still in biz?

Aug 1, 2006, 12:29 PM	#29
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Aug 24, 2006, 12:34 AM	#30
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