So I am tempted to create a website for personal/business game usage, but haven't shopped around for webhosting enough to know a good deal when I see one. If anyone knows a good web hosting option (free is good) I would love to here about it. Thanks.
Webhosting?
Mon, 09/01/2008 - 13:54
Mon, 09/01/2008 - 17:33
#1
I've had good luck with A Small Orange hosting
I've used A Small Orange for hosting several sites over the past two years and have been very happy. The few times I've needed it, their support has been very responsive (e.g. they replied within hours to a request I submitted on the Saturday night of Labor Day weekend).
Their hosting is very well priced (a tiny75MB package only costs $25 per year). And if you're in any way geeky, you'll love the features they have for free, even with the tiny package:
-PHP
-Ruby
-Any other scripting support you'd want
-Unlimited MySQL
-Unlimited free add-on domains and subdomains (in other words, if you want to build and host a whole separate site, just add it on to your existing account for free)
-Lot's of out of the box packages for free (like WordPress for blogging).
I know I sound like a commercial, but I'm just a really happy customer. If you feel like it, use this link to sign up:
http://refer.asmallorange.com/11703
and I'll get a $1 or $2 credit. But even if you don't, I'd highly recommend them.
Best,
-arbornomad
(aka Jake)
Tue, 09/02/2008 - 10:06
#3
Look into godaddy.com
You know godaddy from their goofy Super Bowl ads. The hosting is solid, cheap and with lots of options. They lose points for their user interface, but the fact that I can manage DNS, FTP, web site, email serving, stats, ecommerce and the kitchen sink all from one site makes up for it.
I've had good experiences with them for the several sites I host. I'd use their rates as a base to compare to. Anything more expensive should have a nice value add for you. Anything cheaper should be cheap enough to make up for the lack of features.
Take a look at bandwidth usage fees as well. This won't matter when you're starting out, but might impact you later.
Tue, 09/02/2008 - 12:16
#4
A friend of mine swears by
A friend of mine swears by these guys:
www.parcom.net
Tue, 09/02/2008 - 15:04
#5
gameprinter wrote:You know
You know godaddy [...snip...]I've had good experiences with them for the several sites I host.
Same here, I'm quite happy with them.
Tue, 09/02/2008 - 15:26
#6
Depending on your knowledge
Depending on your knowledge and technical prowess, godaddy might be limiting. You might want to consider what you specifically wish to accomplish technically and the ISP choices can be narrowed down from there.
The only other thing I can add, do NOT go to routhost.com. That was the last ISP for BGDF and sadly it was a bad choice (I am sure someone likes that service, but I would never use it again).
Tue, 09/02/2008 - 16:17
#7
Zzzzz wrote:Depending on your
Depending on your knowledge and technical prowess, godaddy might be limiting. You might want to consider what you specifically wish to accomplish technically and the ISP choices can be narrowed down from there.
GoDaddy offers pretty good options - Windows or Linux, with associated language choices. I doubt you'll want to try running a Tomcat servlet engine with them, but most options are available.
That said, if you know what you're doing and have a preference, find a hosting service that fits those needs. I used to run my own mail and web servers out of my basement when I was doing IT work. It was nice to have total control over the environment, but after awhile, I got tired of dealing with the day to day admin.
Mon, 05/04/2009 - 09:42
#8
I use 2ip hosting, below is
I use 2ip hosting, below is the link:
http://www.2ip.com/2ipspecial.php?promo=simple09
Here is my web game site, free to play
www.xgalaxy.info
Mon, 05/04/2009 - 11:55
#9
Also, if I'm not mistaken, if
Also, if I'm not mistaken, if GoDaddy is your domain registrar it includes web hosting for free. It's that way on my account, anyway.
Mon, 05/04/2009 - 13:32
#10
My domain cost $1.99
I didn't get the domain free, but I was able to register http://nodice.net for 2 bucks when I paid for hosting with godaddy. The grand total was about $60 for business hosting, registration, and up to 100 additional email addresses.
That is the price if you build your own site (which I taught myself how to do to save $) and without a shopping cart (which I will add when we need to start taking orders.)
I heard afterward that you can get a break on godaddy hosting if you have an account with fatwallet.com? I have not looked into this myself.
Mon, 05/04/2009 - 14:46
#11
I've been very happy with
I've been very happy with http://www.webhostingpad.com/
I absolutely hated Go Daddy's hosting and switched to webhosting pad about 2 years ago. One of the best hosts I've used over the years.
Mon, 05/04/2009 - 14:46
#12
drewdane wrote:
I heard
I heard afterward that you can get a break on godaddy hosting if you have an account with fatwallet.com? I have not looked into this myself.
Tue, 05/05/2009 - 03:13
#13
head to
head to www.webhostingtalk.com <- there's everything about hosting
domain names:
godaddy.com
namecheap.com
couple of seemingly reliable webhosting
liquidweb.com (currently using their server)
hostgator.com (used their shared hosting long time ago, worked fine)
Tue, 05/05/2009 - 12:06
#14
lol I'l add mine to the
lol I'l add mine to the confusion. I am currently using bluehost. Don't have the site going yet but cheers to to yours. Anyone use bluehost?
Thanks that sounds awesome, I will definetly look into it, and if I do sign up will give you the $2 credit.
Don't know Ruby or Perl but do know Python and some Java. Sounds great.