I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000
Mike wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P


I use freeola.com for the church website (http://www.binsey.org.uk).
They have been very good with support, uptime, etc.. Not sure if they
support commercial stuff, but I see no reason why not.

I use Joomla! for the website software, which needs a Unix Server with
MySQL, PHP and Apache. Quite easy, lots of good extensions. I also use
it for the other 5 websites that I run on my ISP's system.

R.

Mike :
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

I use Zen internet for a couple of sites. Recommended.

--
Mike Barnes

On 22 Dec, 17:24, Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike *P

We use Webfusion.Only because they swallowed Magic Moments our
original host but they`re quite good.Under £50 p.a. IIRC.
Mark.

Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P

Over in uk.adverts.computer there's a regular called Alex Threlfall who runs
a small hosting outfit - seems very friendly and quick to respond to
technical queries, has a good reputation. The site is www.cyberprog.net

"TheOldFellow" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000
Mike wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P


I use freeola.com for the church website (http://www.binsey.org.uk).
They have been very good with support, uptime, etc.. Not sure if they
support commercial stuff, but I see no reason why not.

Ditto. Unless they are your ISP as well (not in my case) you'll need to use
their 0845 dial in number, but loading pages is very straightforward with
FileZilla.

I use Joomla! for the website software, which needs a Unix Server with
MySQL, PHP and Apache. Quite easy, lots of good extensions. I also use
it for the other 5 websites that I run on my ISP's system.

R.

Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

I use Namehog. Very good support, speak to real people by name etc.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In message , Steve Walker
writes
Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P

Over in uk.adverts.computer there's a regular called Alex Threlfall who runs
a small hosting outfit - seems very friendly and quick to respond to
technical queries, has a good reputation. The site is www.cyberprog.net


Used them for a while, but moved on, can't remember why now though.

Currently use eUKhost, costs £29.99 inc VAT for the basic plan (200 MB
space, 2GB bandwidth/month)

http://www.eukhost.com/

It's been very reliable. When I did need to contact support a couple of
times I used the chat system they provide and the issues were sorted in
no time.
--
Chris French

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000, Mike wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on


Thanks for all the information .. will compare tomorrow. My only
requirement I would like to cover is pop3 for email .. as I use Eudora

Mike P

In message , Mike
writes
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000, Mike wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on


Thanks for all the information .. will compare tomorrow. My only
requirement I would like to cover is pop3 for email .. as I use Eudora


I'd be surprised if there were many (any?) hosting companies that don't
provide POP3 email
--
Chris French

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P

I use, and would recommend www.one.com
they provided pop3 (and SMTP) mail, are cheap, and reliable.

Toby...

chris French
wibbled on Tuesday 22 December 2009 22:43

In message , Mike
writes
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000, Mike wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on


Thanks for all the information .. will compare tomorrow. My only
requirement I would like to cover is pop3 for email .. as I use Eudora


I'd be surprised if there were many (any?) hosting companies that don't
provide POP3 email

I thought Eudora could do IMAP by now?

--
Tim Watts

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On 22/12/2009 22:24, Mike wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000, wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on


Thanks for all the information .. will compare tomorrow. My only
requirement I would like to cover is pop3 for email .. as I use Eudora

Web hosting and POP3 email are different services and there's no reason
why they should both be provided by the same company.


--

Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P
I use one and one for three web sites. Their cheapest one is 1.99 a
month. If you hit the right moment you might get the first year free.
They will also host your domain name(s). Very easy and efficient and
can't be beaten at the price. There also an upgrade path if the site
devlops and needs more sophisticated hosting. I use Zen as my ISP but
they charge quite a lot to store the domain name.

Peter Scott

In message , Bernard Peek
writes
On 22/12/2009 22:24, Mike wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:28 +0000, wrote:

I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on


Thanks for all the information .. will compare tomorrow. My only
requirement I would like to cover is pop3 for email .. as I use Eudora

Web hosting and POP3 email are different services and there's no reason
why they should both be provided by the same company.


No indeed there isn't.

But generally POP is offered as part of the hosting package. Certainly
with the sorts of packages the OP would be looking at
--
Chris French

"Peter Scott" wrote in message
...
Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P
I use one and one for three web sites. Their cheapest one is 1.99 a month.
If you hit the right moment you might get the first year free. They will
also host your domain name(s). Very easy and efficient and can't be beaten
at the price.

Oh the certainly can!

www.one.com is FAR cheaper!

5GB of space with unlimited traffic is £0.90 per month with one.com
1&1 is £4.99 a month for the same sort of package

Even their cheapest offer if £1.99 per month for 250 MB is more than double
the cost!

Toby.. (not affiliated, just a happy customer)

I had a web site for a small business ( now closed ) some years ago.

I used http://www.studentwebhosting.co.uk/index.php after searching around.
( You don't have to be a student - but their prices would allow that - they
have several packages ).

Checked tonight that it still existed and it does.
I WOULD definitely use them again if I had a use for an, outsourced, web
site.

The service was *excellent* and the price good.
Email response to enquiries or problems was super fast from a man in St
Annes Lancs ( may have changed ).
Even late at night - I used to think when does this man sleep..

I have no connection etc.

During the time they hosted my site they upgraded to a server farm in ( I
think it was ) Texas.
A few minor glitches during upgrade were addressed quickly and frequent
emails were sent.

Well worth a look.


"Mike" wrote in message
...
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P

Toby wrote:

"Peter Scott" wrote in message
...
Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P
I use one and one for three web sites. Their cheapest one is 1.99 a
month. If you hit the right moment you might get the first year free.
They will also host your domain name(s). Very easy and efficient and
can't be beaten at the price.

Oh the certainly can!

www.one.com is FAR cheaper!

5GB of space with unlimited traffic is £0.90 per month with one.com
1&1 is £4.99 a month for the same sort of package

Even their cheapest offer if £1.99 per month for 250 MB is more than
double the cost!

Toby.. (not affiliated, just a happy customer)

I host 3, on a very old PC, here,. by my knee. On my broadband link.

Its plenty fast enough.the data is as secure as my house is and I KNOW
its getting backed up.

"Mike" wrote in message
...
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P

http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/H...op&__lf=Static

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
Toby wrote:

"Peter Scott" wrote in message
...
Mike wrote:
I would like to put a 2-3 page website on the WWW for a small
business.
I do not wish to use my current ISP as I will probably move on from
them next year.
Can anyone reccomend a hosting company .. cost etc .. .. I will design
the site myself and promise not to use MS Frontpage ;-)
Dreamweaver or by hand .. depending on how much time I have.

Mike P
I use one and one for three web sites. Their cheapest one is 1.99 a
month. If you hit the right moment you might get the first year free.
They will also host your domain name(s). Very easy and efficient and
can't be beaten at the price.

Oh the certainly can!

www.one.com is FAR cheaper!

5GB of space with unlimited traffic is £0.90 per month with one.com
1&1 is £4.99 a month for the same sort of package

Even their cheapest offer if £1.99 per month for 250 MB is more than
double the cost!

Toby.. (not affiliated, just a happy customer)

I host 3, on a very old PC, here,. by my knee. On my broadband link.

Its plenty fast enough.the data is as secure as my house is and I KNOW its
getting backed up.

...but it probably costs you more in power than other alternatives, unless
that PC is always on for other things too!

What does the PC draw in power - about 70w?
70 x 24 = 1.680 kWh per day
1.680 x 365 = 613.2 kWh per year
unit price of, 12p that is £73.58 per annum or £6.13 per month

You would need to host 7 websites for it to be cheaper!

If you have a standard broadband line, and don't have UPS and generator
backup you won't get anywhere near the 99.99% uptime too.

You can still do regular backups of the website by doing an FTP sync to keep
the backups on your own PC.

Toby...