New Host

[Randy Morgan]

I understand that this newsgroup isn't necessarily about hosts, but
after the night I'm having with mine I'm very likely going to get a new
one. I'm interested in any opinions on how one finds a good, relatively
low-cost host. I know there are several "review" sites online, but I'm
not sure how much to trust them.

Thanks,

 

[Anne Troy]

Me. How much space do you need?
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Randy Morgan]

About 50MB tops, I suppose. Not sure if I want to stay with Windows or
go with Linux/Unix. My current account is Windows and I don't seem to
be able to explore all the things I'd like to try, but I'm not sure if
that is a host limitation or a Windows limitation. One thing I (think)
I know I'd like to explore more is php.

Randy Morgan

 

[MD Websunlimited]

Windows

http://www.webhost4life.com
http://www.crystaltech.com

Both are excellent.

 

[Anne Troy]

Mine's Linux. Hate to do "sales" here, but the truth is, I don't host to
make money, really. It's more as a convenience to my clients. I can give you
50MB, unlimited email, php/MySQL (unlimited DBs), for maybe $50/year. All
those "free" Fantastico programs come with it, so you could really go to
town on the PHP stuff.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Randy Morgan]

What is Fantastico? I've seen references to it.
Randy Morgan

 

[Anne Troy]

See this, Randy: http://www.webmasterstop.com/110.html
For instance, you can go into Fantastico, and with a button, install phpBB
or WordPress blog or one of about 10 content management systems, 6 customer
relationship systems, 3 different shopping carts, etc. You could contact me
off the board, and I'll show you a control panel for a web that I'm hosting
but not using.
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~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com