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Feb 2012
I'm looking to register a domain name and start up a
website, and am looking for alternatives to GoDaddy for this
service. It seems like they have the market cornered, but
frankly I can't stand their boobylicious advertising and I
don't want to support Bob Parsons' disgusting big game
hunting hobby. I'm at a loss, as everyone seems to use
them. Anyone have alternate suggestions? Go(Away)Daddy
I recommend bluehost.com hosting service. You can post
unlimited domain names for the same price, believe it or
not.
I have also used totalchoicehosting.com as a hosting
company. Barry barry@beachcollegecounseling.com
Onedollarhosting.com
Maya
Sonic.net, a small local company based in Santa Rosa, will
host web domains (among other services). I can't recall the
cost, but it wasn't expensive. Used them when we designed
our own wedding site and they were great! Good tech support,
easy web interface for uploading content, modifying
settings, etc. and you can purchase the domain through them
if you don't already own it, too. They have various options
based on how much or how little you need them to do. Happy
Sonic customer!
You didn't mention what industry you are in or if you want
it to be free, but if you are in the art or design field,
Other People's Pixels has a really great and easy way to
create an individual looking site and host your images, and
the ability to sell your stuff. They have a ton of examples
of sites and it's easy to choose your layout/font, create
pull down menus, have multiple pages, etc. I paid for a
year at once so I don't have to think about it. My site is
my name, but I think you could use what you like. Here's the
link to their site: http://otherpeoplespixels.com/
-Carmen Erasmus
http://www.networksolutions.com/
Mr. Website
I use InMotion Hosting and I'm very happy with them. Very
good customer service - very fast response time to emails.
http://www.inmotionhosting.com/
I found them by googling 'best web host' and they were
ranked #1 on a list of 10...Go Daddy didn't even make it on
that particular list, so there are a lot of good options out
there to look into. happy with InMotion
There are domain name registrars who register the actual
domain name, and there are web hosts who will house the
website you are creating. Some do both, but since you ask
about web domain providers, I will offer two other options:
easydns.com and namecheap.com. I use the former. I know
others who use the later. Both seem to be reputable and do
the job. You can check to see if either will host the
website, but you'll probably find it better to go with
another company for the actual website. Whoever you choose
will work with you to make sure the domain is pointed in the
right place. hates godaddy too
Many web hosts these days throw in a free domain
registration with your hosting plan - two that I can
personally recommend are DreamHost (the better option if you
want to host a Wordpress installation on your site, plus
great customer service) and 1and1.com. Hostgator is another
one to try. If you know you need hosting anyway, I think it
makes sense to bundle them. If you're not ready for hosting
yet, all these companies (and just about any other host)
also offer domain registration alone at reasonable rates.
I'm not sure why GoDaddy has such a perceived monopoly -
maybe the constant advertising. Web designer
I like Hostgator.com and have several websites there. I've also
used A2Hosting.com.
Oct. 2003
I am helping the non-profit Kairos Youth Choir set up a web site,
and would appreciate any recommendations for web hosting+domain
name registration, and email list management. I'm not a
professional - have done this a bit once for Neighborhood Moms,
using my own personal free earthlink web space and doing some
quick and dirty stuff so that I now know what html/ftp/cgi-bin
are...)
Other than avoiding Verisign/Network Solutions, any other tips?
Our budget is of course limited, but so are our needs -
eventually we do want to put samples of our music on the site but
everything else is pretty simple - photos, text, a calendar,
email aliasing. I've been looking around and iPowerWeb looks
good. Any other recommendations? And any tips on how to extract
ourselves from relying upon Yahoo Groups for our email list
management? It's just awful.
Thanks!
Natasha
LMi.net in Berkeley offers discounts for non-profits. They are a
full service ISP and can help you with web hosting, domain
registration, email lists and anything else you need for the
internet. They are small and local and have real people available
to help you if have questions. Their number is 843-6389 and they
are located on MLK at Virginia.
Lynn
I too am a tinkerer. I did some looking around about a year ago
when I got a web host for our cooperative preschool (and then
myself). I wanted the stuff that yahoo provides plus more (I had
written some Perl scripts to handle our curriculum rotations so
needed a host that allowed you to run scripts).
As you probably know, there are tons of cheapie hosts that
provide a lot but give you poor service. iPowerweb was one of
the places I checked out; in fact, they may have been one of the
few hosts that actually responded to my inquiries. I wound up
choosing gisol.com because they provided Mailman- a web-based
mailing list software program. Their tech support has been less
than stellar, but hey, you get what you pay for. These places
keep changing what they offer, so I'd go down the list comparing
their offerings before choosing.
One piece of advice I read is to have the company doing your
domain registering be different from your webhost. Lots of
places offer first year free but you have to be sure that they
register the domain in your name, not theirs. Otherwise you'll
have trouble if you want to walk. I used godaddy.com where you
can register for $8.95 a year.
Here are some things I've done for us: created several POP3
email accounts and aliases for directors and board members;
created three mailing lists- board, members, alumni; created a
password protected subdomain for members only; created a
subdomain for storing files; installed a free PHP calendar
program (from sourceforge.net) which sends email reminders (you
need CronTab) and works off a MySQL database. I recently went
through our website and changed all our mailto links to a
javascript which has cut down on the amount of SPAM we receive.
Now I'm about to do the same thing for my temple, but I'm first
checking into accepting credit cards online (have to get my butt
to the phone and call our current merchant account)
Got a fussy baby so I'll stop here. Feel free to email me, and I
look forward to reading the other replies you get.
Sophie
March 2002
My 7-year-old would like to have his own e-mail account,
and if possible, a website (we've been building one).
Does anyone have experience with domains that provide
one or more of these services, specifically in a
kid-friendly way? I'm interested in issues like the
enforced advertising on the correspondence and/or
webpage; the amount of screening of advertising and
other unsavory material that might otherwise reach the
child's inbox, costs, and anything else you can think
of . Thanks--
L. C.
Check out nick.com. They have a web.lab. Kids have to
have parents permission, but they can create things
and put them on their own web page there.
marianne roberts
Your ISP may be able to provide hosting/email for your
child. Also for an inexpensive domain name registration,
I recommend www.godaddy.com - it's quick, easy and much
less expensive than Network Solutions. There are also
some inexpensive hosts - I've heard good things about
Binary Blocks: http://www.binaryblocks.com/hosting.html
My husband's company, PagePoint (www.pagepoint.com)
also provides hosting for $12/month. Feel free to
email him at aaronATpagepointDOTcom if you have any
additional questions.
cain
I have recommended (though not used personally)
www.hostyard.com. They are not particularly child-friendly,
but seem competent and their basic rate for hosting a
web site is only about $60/year. You can get a domain
name for $15/year from several places (possibly even
hostyard, I haven't checked) so that would give you
www.yourdomain.com plus mail to user@yourdomain.com for
a reasonable yearly cost.
Luigi
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