Web Hosting Question

[Sly]

Whats a good place to buy a domain and have it hosted for really really cheap, cus im poor and want a site?

 

[Forged]

buy a domain at www.namecheap.com

buy hosting at http://www.micfo.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=ecotserver

 

[Sly]

14 bucks a month total for that!? whew, im poor, i need a job or somethin

i can afford that much, but dont really want to...

i need something thats really cheap (both hosting and doman), and the only real thing that i need is a high file size limit

 

[jd-inflames]

Well...most hosts that are cheap have unlimited file size limit, you just aren't going to get much space for cheap. E-mail Ebay.God and ask him about his hosting thing.

 

[Sly]

i looked at his hosting thingies and he does have his hosting for cheap. thanks for pointing that out cus i mite host from him. now ill search for a domain

 

[Forged]

namecheap is about as cheap as you will get. $9 a year really isn't that bad -_-

 

[Sly]

very true, ill compare with others

aplus.net has a sale for today at 5.95 a year

 

[RoaCh of DisCord]

dreamlandhosting.net

Great hosting...

Also, godaddy.com for a domain.

 

[Forged]

If I were him I would go with the aplus.net $5 domain name

 

[borednerd]

or 1and1.com 5.95 per year

 

[Sicloan]

dont just look at price when your looking for a domain. Some domain venders are shitheads and thier usability sucks. Like they wont provide DNS servers... or shit like that. Make sure it suits you, and by that i mean... get what you pay for... get a well known place like godaddy or namecheap (namecheap also comes with video tutorials)

as for hosting... the "unlimited" plans arent always that great. Sure they claim they have unlimited, but they pack thier servers full of people and the server loads are extreme and become laggy.

look around for the best deals.

 

[tfc_GeneralKMK]

domains godaddy

for hosting lifelesspeople.com

best free hosting that i have ever seen

 

[-Sh1Ft-]

build a server.

 

[Sly]

and how would i manage to build a server. all i know is about the free software: apche or somethin like taht....

 

[borednerd]

get your own computer and a fast connect, install apache and PHP (all i know ) and then buy that domain and redirect to your comp's ip

 

[Forged]

That's pretty much it, and it isn't hard to do but you need a t3 or faster and a gig of ram atleast.

 

[Sly]

how fast is t3?

 

[Sicloan]

fast... you dont need that. you just need to have a fast upload connection.

My server specs: (kinda shitty atm)

300 mhz pII
256 mb memory
16 gig hd space

connection:
3 mb/s downloads
30kb/s uplods (****ING COMCAST BLOWS)

i run windows 2k3 enterprise :rolleyes with PHP installed. its alot easier to run the php module on windows than the .asp on apache.

edit: if you think your going to have downloads on your server, you need at least a 200+ kb/s uploads on your connection. Especially if you leave your server on and your gaming. (lags to hell)

edit2: If you cable provider has a "buisness" plan (comcast has "comcast pro") then get that, usually will have more ip's more upload and more download bandwidth

 

[jd-inflames]

I'm surprised you didn't go into your thing about IIS

I have my computer set up for serving as well as gaming right now...but I don't serve global, only over LAN so it only gets bad when there are about 1000+ people there. (It has happened before...)

I use Appserve, it's pretty good for beginners, but I still haven't learned how to make it broadcast the website...so my knowledge in that won't help you much :unsure

 

[borednerd]

oh if you plan on using PHP, i suggest using a non-windows server, even if you arent using PHP. i get ticked off when im on windows/unix servers, because when i was hosted under one, i couldnt have upload scripts, basicly anything that required CHMOD to 0777. i suggest linux based operating system for your server