TheUltimateWinner Posted 17 July 2011 Share Posted 17 July 2011 I know OVH were running a free .CO.UK domain registration service... Anyone know if they still do this? Or is there any other registrar's offering free Domain registrations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 17 July 2011 Share Posted 17 July 2011 Not that I know of - why would people offer this for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUltimateWinner Posted 18 July 2011 Author Share Posted 18 July 2011 KK thanks anyway & I was hoping some crazy rich bastard was handing them out for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 21 July 2011 Share Posted 21 July 2011 Before I left college, my lecturer said take a look at this http://www.names.co.uk/ Now I have looked. It isn't free but compared to other hosts, it is cheap, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyK Posted 22 July 2011 Share Posted 22 July 2011 Based on a quick glance through the booking process, hosting (not the actual domain name registration, although this included) works out at about 48 quid a year not including email. It's been a while since I've had a look at this kinda thing but that's nothing special if I remember correctly. Plus they seem to have some very bad reviews of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 22 July 2011 Share Posted 22 July 2011 one.com are very cheap - £9/year i think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUltimateWinner Posted 25 July 2011 Author Share Posted 25 July 2011 Thanks everyone for your help Have a look at them links now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 1 August 2011 Share Posted 1 August 2011 Would recommend godaddy.com for .com or 123-reg.co.uk for .co.uk, they might be a little dearer but your paying for the better service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 2 August 2011 Share Posted 2 August 2011 I've always used www.fxdomains.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUltimateWinner Posted 2 August 2011 Author Share Posted 2 August 2011 Hey everyone Im going for 123-reg.co.uk thanks for your help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 Did you/anyone manage to secure a cheap hosting service? I wanted to start a magazine, but I might start a website/blog first to try and pull people in, you know. I can easily create a website in dreamweaver and am just looking for a host to host it. Getting confuzed abit because I'm not sure what hosting size is good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 Did you/anyone manage to secure a cheap hosting service? I wanted to start a magazine, but I might start a website/blog first to try and pull people in, you know. I can easily create a website in dreamweaver and am just looking for a host to host it. Getting confuzed abit because I'm not sure what hosting size is good? What's your website/blog about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 What's your website/blog about? Just like contraversial stories. Do you think thats interesting, really? There seems to be nothing about so I was going to give it ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillbert Posted 14 September 2011 Share Posted 14 September 2011 Did you/anyone manage to secure a cheap hosting service? I wanted to start a magazine, but I might start a website/blog first to try and pull people in, you know. I can easily create a website in dreamweaver and am just looking for a host to host it. Getting confuzed abit because I'm not sure what hosting size is good? If you're going to use a content management system (Wordpress, etc.) or otherwise require PHP/MySQL, I can suggest 34sp.com. I am using them for a few projects at the minute, and besides a bit of latency every now and then I cant fault them. I pay £3.95 a month for their most basic package, but it is more than ample. You could almost certainly host for less if you are just going to be using static content though. For something very small scale, you could always use the webspace most ISPs bundle, and just point a domain at it using something like Freeparking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 15 September 2011 Share Posted 15 September 2011 If you're going to use a content management system (Wordpress, etc.) or otherwise require PHP/MySQL, I can suggest 34sp.com. I am using them for a few projects at the minute, and besides a bit of latency every now and then I cant fault them. I pay £3.95 a month for their most basic package, but it is more than ample. You could almost certainly host for less if you are just going to be using static content though. For something very small scale, you could always use the webspace most ISPs bundle, and just point a domain at it using something like Freeparking. Thank you, might have a look. I think I'd find it cool, or like a hobby, if I were running a blog for some reason. What am I looking for though? There are many hosting services at decent prices, but how much bandwidth etc do I really require? 5gb web storage space? 10gb bandwidth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 15 September 2011 Share Posted 15 September 2011 Well I host davieg-gallery.limeo.co.uk for davieG off here, free of charge, I think I host a few more as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillbert Posted 15 September 2011 Share Posted 15 September 2011 Thank you, might have a look. I think I'd find it cool, or like a hobby, if I were running a blog for some reason. What am I looking for though? There are many hosting services at decent prices, but how much bandwidth etc do I really require? 5gb web storage space? 10gb bandwidth? It really does depend on what level you want to do this at (if you need a database backend etc). Like i said, at the lowest end you could get by with either the free hosting your ISP might give you or a free blogger account, with a domain name pointing at them (easy enough to do by changing the DNS settings - I can explain if you need). At the other end, if you want to host your own with no ads and a database driven content management system people like 34sp are about right.Those limits you talked about are modest but to be honest will be more than adequate unless you want to host media (videos/audio etc) or if you write a post which gets picked up by a big website (in which case you usually just pay for some more bandwidth if you want it). You can work it out by building your website and looking at the size of a typical page including all your graphics, and then dividing it by the amount of bandwidth you get a month. Assuming your typical homepage is 100k, you could have 52,000 visits a month with 5gb of bandwidth. You're right that there are a lot of competitors at the bottom end of the market....thats why reputation goes a long way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 16 September 2011 Share Posted 16 September 2011 Well I host davieg-gallery.limeo.co.uk for davieG off here, free of charge, I think I host a few more as well Free It really does depend on what level you want to do this at (if you need a database backend etc). Like i said, at the lowest end you could get by with either the free hosting your ISP might give you or a free blogger account, with a domain name pointing at them (easy enough to do by changing the DNS settings - I can explain if you need). At the other end, if you want to host your own with no ads and a database driven content management system people like 34sp are about right.Those limits you talked about are modest but to be honest will be more than adequate unless you want to host media (videos/audio etc) or if you write a post which gets picked up by a big website (in which case you usually just pay for some more bandwidth if you want it). You can work it out by building your website and looking at the size of a typical page including all your graphics, and then dividing it by the amount of bandwidth you get a month. Assuming your typical homepage is 100k, you could have 52,000 visits a month with 5gb of bandwidth. You're right that there are a lot of competitors at the bottom end of the market....thats why reputation goes a long way! Ok, I might look deeper into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 16 September 2011 Share Posted 16 September 2011 Free If you want, yeah. I have a reseller; it costs me nothing so hey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 19 September 2011 Share Posted 19 September 2011 If you want, yeah. I have a reseller; it costs me nothing so hey Ok, yeah, have you got a website I can visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 19 September 2011 Share Posted 19 September 2011 Ok, yeah, have you got a website I can visit? No I don't sell hosting or have any form of hosting business. Well, I'm associated with http://www.vealhost.com if you wanted to take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 19 September 2011 Share Posted 19 September 2011 No I don't sell hosting or have any form of hosting business. Well, I'm associated with http://www.vealhost.com if you wanted to take a look. Looked on your website... what do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 19 September 2011 Share Posted 19 September 2011 Looked on your website... what do I do? Erm well my personal reseller you just PM me and I'll set you up a basic account But I must stress, I'm not really that interested in babysitting how to use cPanel or create pages or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 20 September 2011 Share Posted 20 September 2011 Erm well my personal reseller you just PM me and I'll set you up a basic account But I must stress, I'm not really that interested in babysitting how to use cPanel or create pages or anything Ok. But, what happens? I mean, do I use Dreamweaver and then put it on the account? I don't want you to set me up an account for nothing, know what I mean. And, its ok, it won't be about babysitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 20 September 2011 Share Posted 20 September 2011 Ok. But, what happens? I mean, do I use Dreamweaver and then put it on the account? I don't want you to set me up an account for nothing, know what I mean. And, its ok, it won't be about babysitting You can use whatever you want and then you use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to upload them. Dreamweaver has a built in FTP that you could use. As long as you place the files in the public_html folder you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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