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 on Mar 25, 2008 - 12 answers
Why do I suck so bad at uploading stuff to hosting sites? [more inside]
posted 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 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 on Dec 18, 2007 - 20 answers 
Were can I find another web hosting company that offers this type of hosting? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 on Sep 24, 2007 - 10 answers
Looking for customizable & free Wordpress (or other) hosting [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 3 answers
Who do you recommend for website design in the Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, FL area? [more inside]
posted 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 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 on Jan 30, 2007 - 5 answers
Google Apps for Domain-style service for non-organisations? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 on Sep 26, 2006 - 11 answers
Dreamhost alternatives? [more inside]
posted 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.
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posted 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 on Jun 3, 2006 - 30 answers
A2Hosting down? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 on Oct 27, 2005 - 20 answers
Recommendations for Canadian domain registration and hosting? [more inside]
posted 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 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 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 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 on May 22, 2005 - 5 answers
An ASP/SQL Server web/e-mail/domain host that's affordable and reliable? [more inside]
posted 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 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 on Feb 12, 2005 - 8 answers
TechFilter : Looking for online website building software for a free webhosting community. (MI)
posted on Feb 5, 2005 - 7 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.
posted on Jan 24, 2005 - 9 answers
I am running a free Web-based service for friends and acquaintances. Lately, the volume on this service has been growing greatly. The next step is to move the service to a professional host. I am thinking of putting a paypal donation button on the site to help pay for it. Are there any legal or tax issues I need to worry about? Do I need a business license? What if I want to start selling Cafe Press items or running Google ads? I am located in the USA.
posted on Jan 16, 2005 - 5 answers
Webhosting uptime. What's reasonable to expect from at $10/month hosting package? I'm hosted by netacore and by my count, my domain has been down about six times this year, for an average of about a day at a time.
posted on Nov 1, 2004 - 14 answers
Since web hosting companies tend to come and go like ships on the tide, I would like
">to revisit this question ... with a few alterations. I want the price to stay below $10 a month, possibly even under $5. Instead of 20mb of space, I want 500mb or more. Also, I want PHP, MySql, CGI scripting, FTP, webmail, etc ... and if their servers run on Apache, then all the better. Any recommendations?
posted on Oct 1, 2004 - 28 answers
What are the benefits and drawbacks of hosting blogging software on a domain separate from a blog's domain? The only advantage I see is that it keeps my blog's log files clear of my MovableType 3.11 installation, resulting in cleaner traffic reports. I see no disadvantages. Is it better to just make subdomain for the software installation?
posted on Sep 15, 2004 - 4 answers
A family member of mine wants to set up a simple site for his home business - schedules of classes, some photographs, contact information, links, etc., and I have suggested that he use Typepad, which I use for a number of projects. However I think he'd prefer a non-weblog format, which leads me to my question: are there combined hosting/construction tools out there, like some of these weblog services, that have a good and very easy-to-use back-end, lots of design/format choices, but are more focused around a more heirarchically structured, top-down site structure?
posted on Aug 25, 2004 - 6 answers
I was just about to sign up to a quite nice looking hosting deal with 1and1, when I discovered it's available to US and Canadian Residents Only. This, of course, completely pissed me off. Does anyone know of any packages comparable to their Linux Business Hosting that are available to poor Aussies like me?
posted on Jul 19, 2004 - 12 answers
I've been asked to redesign a medium-sized corp (60 employees) web site. The current host is dreadful and I want to switch it to Dreamhost, who I use for all my small clients without problem. How will moving their web site/domain to a different host affect their email? [MI]
posted on Jan 13, 2004 - 8 answers
