Showing posts with label Web hositng. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web hositng. Show all posts

Monday, September 22, 2008

Review of Free Hostia

Free Hostia is my favourite free web hosting service. The various qualities of Free Hostia are:

1. Web Space - 250 MB

2. Monthly Bandwidth - 5 GB

3. PHP with PHPMyAdmin

4. 1 MySQL database with 10 MB storage

5. 3 POP3 enabled e-mail accounts

6. Elefante free scripts installer

7. Custom "Error 404 : Page Not found" page

8. Hosting for 2 domains with upto 10 sub-domains

9. Good Customer Support

10. Control Panel with Detailed Bandwidth Stats

This webhost is given a rating of 114 out of 125 by Free-Webhosts.com. The review of Free Hostia by Free-Webhosts.com can be read at
http://www.free-webhosts.com/reviews/FreeHostia.php

How to choose any webhost

OK Now you know about some webhosts which provide free webhosting services. Get list of more at:
Free Webhosts Power Search

But how to judge which is the best for your purpose? The question "Which is the best?" depends on your usage and skill levels.

Before signing up for a Free Webhost look for following services in the same order as given (High priority to low priority):

1. Should provide sufficient webspace (above 100 MB).

2. Should have PHP or ASP. Though PHP is preferred since almost all Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) are build for PHP.

3. Should hava a Database Management System. Preferrably MySQL for PHP and MSSQL for ASP. This will required if you use any CMS or Catalogue applications.

4. It will be good if it provides emails since this will create emails like yourname@yourdomain.com which looks more professional with regard to the usage of that domain.

5. It will be an added advantage if it supports Custom Error Pages, Script Installer (Elefante or Fantastico).

Also the Power Search at Free-Webhosts.com give a proper rating of the services provided by and Free Web Host. Visit how they are rated on Free-Webhosts.com for more information.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Free webhost discussion

Lets today discuss about the various free webhosts available on the internet.

Normally webhosts charge a considerable amount against their services. Creating a webhosting company needs much money. This webhosts earn their money by charging you for it.

But there are some webhosts which offer their services for free. They have alternative ways of making income out of your webhosting. Like some add advertisements on your website, some ask you to link back to their site and some give advertisements on Error 404 page. They better know how they are earning and so let them handle that part.

Some of the webhosts I found good are:
1. Free Hostia

2. Awardspace

3. x10hosting

4. Qupis

5. 110mb