I'm thinking of creating a political parody website that may step on some toes and/or trademarks. I have a few technical and legal questions about how best to go about this. [more inside]
posted by Riki tiki on Dec 22, 2009 - 6 answers

Sys Admin filter: I'm looking for cheap web hosting that is out of the box GMP math friendly. Does anyone have a good recommendation?
posted by wmeredith on Nov 10, 2009 - 1 answer

Researching options for all things website: hosting, domain name registration and DNS. Can you help me narrow it down? [more inside]
posted by titanium_geek on Oct 1, 2009 - 8 answers

How can I create an RSS feed from a wordpress site that doesn't add new posts, only updates the SAME post every day? Please direct me to online tools I can utilize based on specifics below. [more inside]
posted by Merlin144 on Aug 16, 2009 - 5 answers

When registering a domain name, should I pay - annually - to hide these details from the Whois database? [more inside]
posted by Kirn on Jul 6, 2009 - 17 answers

What programming language should I use for a Digg-like web site? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 15, 2009 - 14 answers

Please give me some input on web hosting planning for a small XML file which might get a lot of requests. [more inside]
posted by Your Time Machine Sucks on Mar 3, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm a web developer who has to handle a couple of my clients websites. Mostly small, static sites without much traffic, but a couple of Ruby on Rails websites too. I don't particularly want to get a full-on reseller account as my clients don't really need to access their control panels and be billed through a separate system etc. At the moment I'm just using a decent hosting account with all of the sites running in their own domains. I'd like to know what reseller tools you guys use to help you keep track of your various websites / monitor their progress and uptime / bill your clients for the hosting?
posted by xanderbeedle on Feb 5, 2009 - 2 answers

How do I put an end to this reoccurring CMS/hosting security breach? [more inside]
posted by serial_consign on Jan 10, 2009 - 12 answers

I need an inexpensive ($20 or less a month) webhost that allows multiple domains and Movable Type installations and can handle OK & occasionally large traffic... I've gotten dugg 3 times! Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by aristan on Nov 3, 2008 - 10 answers

What would be a good web interface for a personal backup site? [more inside]
posted by perrce on Oct 27, 2008 - 3 answers

How much should I expect to pay for someone to create me a simple two page website and where is the best/cheapest place to host it? [more inside]
posted by davidstandaford on Sep 20, 2008 - 12 answers

Why does my web page work with a www prefix and not so much without? [more inside]
posted by attercoppe on Sep 11, 2008 - 1 answer

How do you find good shared web hosting, aside from word-of-mouth? Is there a "Consumer Reports" (or Ars Technica?) of the hosting world? [more inside]
posted by mr. creosote on Mar 25, 2008 - 12 answers

Why do I suck so bad at uploading stuff to hosting sites? [more inside]
posted by sully75 on Mar 15, 2008 - 8 answers

Does anyone know what's up with http://www.dnn4free.com? (Or how to get back the data for son's History Day project???) [more inside]
posted by caroljean63 on Feb 21, 2008 - 5 answers

I will soon be distributing a bunch of large scientific and research datasets, all entirely legal for redistribution, many as large as a few gigabytes. Bittorrent is the best solution for this. Many respectable webhosting sites don't allow Bittorrent trackers; too many of those that do seem fly-by-night. I have a budget for this and want something respectable and reliable. Recommendations? [more inside]
posted by mrflip on Dec 18, 2007 - 20 answers

Were can I find another web hosting company that offers this type of hosting? [more inside]
posted by johnd101 on Dec 5, 2007 - 9 answers

Where can I have a huge MySQL database hosted? My current host only allows databases of up to 100Mb in size, but I have one of just over 1Gb - anyone know a web host that will allow such a thing? (I'm in the UK if that matters.) Cheaply, of course!
posted by hatmandu on Nov 2, 2007 - 5 answers

I need to move a domain name, and set up email hosting for 200 addresses, with minimal downtime. [more inside]
posted by andrewzipp on Oct 1, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a web service that would host, for free, a web form that would allow kids to sign up for time slots for one-on-one conferences in my school library. [more inside]
posted by carterk on Sep 24, 2007 - 10 answers

Looking for customizable & free Wordpress (or other) hosting [more inside]
posted by daksya on Aug 20, 2007 - 3 answers

Who do you recommend for website design in the Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, FL area? [more inside]
posted by the_binary_blues on May 28, 2007 - 4 answers

Web-hosting quandary: how to best prepare for the potential of a surge in high-bandwidth traffic? [more inside]
posted by robbie01 on Apr 3, 2007 - 22 answers

I'm new to editing .htaccess files, and I'd like some help managing multiple domains on one hosting package. [more inside]
posted by rocketman on Jan 30, 2007 - 5 answers

Google Apps for Domain-style service for non-organisations? [more inside]
posted by Mwongozi on Dec 28, 2006 - 3 answers

What's a good free, semi-anonymous Web hosting service that isn't quick to take down content? I want to post some satirical artwork I created, but not get canned because of some overreactive corporate legal department. I've heard Dutch sites are good for this. Any thoughts? And does Google do a good job indexing free servers?
posted by hodyoaten on Nov 9, 2006 - 7 answers

Is there any reason I'd want a website hosted in the UK rather than the US? [more inside]
posted by hoverboards don't work on water on Oct 12, 2006 - 9 answers

I'm asking for advice on which web applications you would recommend to a person wanting to start their own web-page. I am new to web-page design and want to get up and running on a simple web-page relatively quickly and easily. I'm not afraid of trying to create some of my own design as I know a little HTML and the bare basics of web design - CSS etc -- it's just I haven't used it in real life yet. My e-mail provider (runbox) provides free web-site hosting and I needed to buy a domain name which I did. I want to start my own web page for personal use on items such as pictures, surveys or polls, blogs, discussions etc. My domain provider uses the following applications and I'm asking for advice on which applications a new user, relatively green on the tech side, should use. See below for the list of supplied web applications (if that is what you call them). [more inside]
posted by orlin on Sep 26, 2006 - 11 answers

Dreamhost alternatives? [more inside]
posted by shannymara on Aug 7, 2006 - 14 answers

Anybody have experience with plone hosting service providers? I need to find a good reliable provider. So far I have come across High Speed Rails, Siteground and Interlix. Any feedback on them would be helpful. [more inside]
posted by srboisvert on Jul 5, 2006 - 2 answers

Dreamhost has become unacceptably slow and down. We're trying to grow a MT-based site. Any host suggestions? Requirements: shell access, php, Movable Type (perl, etc), most importantly: good uptime and responsiveness.
posted by xmutex on Jun 3, 2006 - 30 answers

A2Hosting down? [more inside]
posted by chrisfromthelc on Jun 1, 2006 - 8 answers

What is the best way to deal with a dedicated server provider gone M.I.A.? [more inside]
posted by jackofsaxons on May 11, 2006 - 5 answers

Where can an honest man find a free place to park his domain for a while? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on Apr 7, 2006 - 12 answers

I need an easy (free or very cheap) way to make and host websites. I've been using blogger since it is free and easy, but I'd ideally like more of a website format, rather than a blog format (no comments, and being able to keep my main messages right at the top). Any advice appreciated. [more inside]
posted by krudiger on Mar 9, 2006 - 14 answers

Yet another request for help selecting a web host - but this one's a little different. I'm not trying to move a small personal site but something bigger. [more inside]
posted by mikel on Jan 26, 2006 - 16 answers

Please please please can someone help me make my Network Solutions registered domain map to my Typepad site? [more inside]
posted by nthdegx on Jan 21, 2006 - 5 answers

Online Storagefilter: I'm having difficulty sorting through all the options when it comes to buying storage space online. How much should I expect to pay? [more inside]
posted by djdrue on Nov 1, 2005 - 13 answers

I plan to purchase a few domain names, and each domain would show a different web page when visited. How can I manage that without subscribing to a separate web hosting package for each domain? [more inside]
posted by arrowhead on Oct 27, 2005 - 20 answers

Recommendations for Canadian domain registration and hosting? [more inside]
posted by Mitheral on Oct 26, 2005 - 9 answers

I am completely clueless about web hosting. Let's say I wanted to start a web business. And let's say that web business relied on a variety of different web technologies. At this point, I am technologically agnostic. For the sake of this question, let's pretend those technologies could be a combination of anything, i.e. .Net, Cold Fusion, PHP, Ruby On Rails, Lotus/Domino, Perl, Python, Real Media, Flash, Oracle, SAP, MySQL, etc. etc.
Are there managed hosting companies that will essentially rent you a beefy server in a cozy and secure data center with a clean install of Linux/Windows/etc, which will in turn let you install whatever technology you want as long as you have the requisite software licenses.
I could just host this out of my house, but I would prefer not to purchase my own enterprise server(s), T-1, diesel generator, fireproof room, and requisite Red Bull I will need to stay awake just in case it all falls down.
What are my options?
posted by jasondigitized on Oct 13, 2005 - 18 answers

What could be the reason(s) that a few sites hosted on the same server can't be found by my ISP. They load fine for other people but not for me. [more inside]
posted by davebush on Aug 8, 2005 - 2 answers

Looking for a new host. Am intrigued by Fantistico. Seems like it includes everything. Any recommendations for hosts that offer Fantistico? [more inside]
posted by strangeleftydoublethink on Jul 1, 2005 - 12 answers

My budget web host does not have the GD or ImageMagick libraries installed. How can I get around this? More inside... [more inside]
posted by hifimofo on May 22, 2005 - 5 answers

An ASP/SQL Server web/e-mail/domain host that's affordable and reliable? [more inside]
posted by normy on May 12, 2005 - 8 answers

On the recommendation of some AskMefites, I started using Dreamhost as email/web provider for a small-business. Pretty serious email downtime (undeliverable messages, 24+ hour lags) in the last month necessitate a switch. [more inside]
posted by piro on Apr 20, 2005 - 13 answers

I am looking for a web host that also has IMAP email access. I'm not looking for anything fancy. I would like at least 1 GB of storage. All I read is horror stories and none of the rating sites seem very reputable. Could you please post your recommendations?
posted by whatevrnvrmind on Feb 12, 2005 - 8 answers

TechFilter : Looking for online website building software for a free webhosting community. (MI) [more inside]
posted by lobstah on Feb 5, 2005 - 6 answers

I'm looking webhosting with these features: (1) will let me host and manage dns mappings for an unlimited number of domains (2) will let me create and manage an unlimited number of MySQL number of domains (3) ssh access (4) PHP/Perl/Python and maybe even Ruby and (5) Reliability. [more inside]
posted by weston on Jan 24, 2005 - 8 answers