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Free Webhosting--Please recommend

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18thTomorrow

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Hello,
I am a graphic design/CS student on a shoestring budget. I am currently looking for a new webhost. I've been very satisfied with my current one; however recently they had to begin placing google ads on the pages in response to a bunch of TOS violations and people abusing the server with bad content. I think it really stinks that a bunch of perverts have to mess things up for the rest of us...

Please recommend your favorite free hosting service. The only features I really, really need are subdomain hosting, FTP access, and most importantly, NO ADVERTISING. Small linkbacks on the bottom of each page are totally okay, however. That's what my previous host used; I found it to be a great arrangement.

Thank you in advance for your suggestions
Regards,
Britt
 
DoorG

DoorG is a free webhosting site,
as of right now there are 18 slots left,
http://doorg.com
and the chat is irc://irc.modblog.com:6667/doorg

There is someone there you chat with to get hosting.

Hope this helps!
 
AmbitiousLemon said:
what do you mean by subdomain hosting? do you have your own domain and want to be able to create your own subdomains or do you want a subdomain of the host's domain?
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I meant that I would prefer a subdomain of the host's name, rather than a www.hostname.com/me type of url. However, as long as there aren't any ads, I wouldn't mind much if it was the latter type of url.
 
Reality said:
I strongly recomend and second spymac. They are the best in the industry as far as I know.
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Are you on commission? ;) I don't use them myself but the reports haven't been entirely glowing about their services.

I know it's not free, but there are a number of places that provide very reasonably priced accounts that are reliable, no adverts etc. I'd go for Pair Networks myself - $5.99/month (or $3.76/mth when prepaid) for their lowest account should give you what you need.
 
rendezvouscp said:
I recommend HostUltra. Absolutely great for what I've needed. Take a look. http://www.hostultra.com/hosting.html
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Only sign up to HostUltra if the following limitations are of zero concern to you:

--> Files larger than 1 Mb cannot be uploaded to the hostultra.com servers, such files will be deleted automatically without notice to User.
--> Your account must get at least 10 (ten) Unique Hits per Week.

--> In addition to the above, User shall not upload onto their hostultra web space any of the following:

audio or video files of any type this includes but is not limited to .wma .wmv .wav .mp3 .avi .mpg .asf .mov (however flash and midi files are allowed);

spanned archives such as such as .z01 .rar .ace;
any binary files that are not linked to an html page on the Site;
photo albums, image galleries or TGPs;
 
Thanks to everybody for their recommendations--your help is greatly appreciated. I've found a new web home at ambitiouslemon.com and can't wait to get my stuff up there. :)


King Cobra said:
Only sign up to HostUltra if the following limitations are of zero concern to you:

--> Files larger than 1 Mb cannot be uploaded to the hostultra.com servers, such files will be deleted automatically without notice to User.
--> Your account must get at least 10 (ten) Unique Hits per Week.

--> In addition to the above, User shall not upload onto their hostultra web space any of the following:

audio or video files of any type this includes but is not limited to .wma .wmv .wav .mp3 .avi .mpg .asf .mov (however flash and midi files are allowed);

spanned archives such as such as .z01 .rar .ace;
any binary files that are not linked to an html page on the Site;
photo albums, image galleries or TGPs;
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I was going to sign on with them until I read that (good thing I make it a habit to read all my TOS and user licenses...tiring but often necessary) and I couldn't believe it. Files larger than 1mb...I can forget hosting any programs that I've developed. No audio or video? They've got to be kidding! My brother and I often dink around in Garageband and we want to make our music available. As a graphic developer I've done some quick-time movies I'd like to make available, too. Photo albums? most of my website is devoted to events photos and my portfolio! This is probably a great, fast host for people whose pages are more text/informational based. But it's definitely not right for my needs--this site is my shoutbox, and a lot of my messages are contained in graphical and auditory media.
 
re HostUltra: it took them a week to get around to registering my domain name, and their support forums have a lot of similar stories. i'd recommend spending your money elsewhere. thankfully i only signed up for their one-month cheapie hosting plan in order to check them out, so it only cost me $5.

edit: just re-read their terms, though, and most of the restrictions mentioned in the posts above only apply to their free hosting plan; their paid stuff isn't as restrictive. but my warning about poor service still stands.
 
I know it isnt free, but for a very small fee you can get vizaweb hosting. I use them and have had no trouble at all. If I have a problem, they always answer emails within about 24 hours or less. They offer just about any service you could need too (mySQL, frontpage extentions, php, and fantastico as well as cpanel, and a lot more). Check out their site, they've got really cheap hosting plans. http://vizaweb.com
 
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