My First Website

2010-06-18 07:37:07

#1

Lai: Member; +186|6141

Years ago I learned some HTML coding, got pretty well into it, even build a website for a school project. I never actually made my own website though, as I have absolutely no idea how to put the stuff up. Silly ain't it, I can do the coding, but can't actually upload it? In any case, I'd like to give it a try again, so I'm just asking for some tips on:

1. How do you actually upload stuff?
2. What are good places to get free webspace? (I can get a free .tk domain name, so that's no problem, but I need some actual space)

Cheers,

2010-06-18 08:30:18

#2

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6372|the land of bourbon

well, if you have your own hardware and internet connection you can host it yourself. if you need to borrow someone's hardware and bandwidth, dreamhost is good. they each have their own interfaces for uploading your site content, which you can find through their help section.

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2010-06-18 09:55:48

#3

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6165|Sydney | ♥

Linux: Lamp
Windows: Wamp

This doesnt give you epic flexibility, but for your needs it would be fine.

Please note that this is only if you want to have like a dedicated box at home.

If not

x10hosting is pretty good for freehosting.

In regards to your website making, try and steer away from tables and the like, try and use div's and CSS.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2010-06-18 11:27:24

#4

Benzin: Member; +576|5989

I've got a site on Google Sites and you have a bit of space there to upload stuff. I've just started the process with a friend to register my domain for me and he's going to provide me with unlimited webspace (under fair use). I can refer you to him, he charges very little for webspace (so I am told, I'm getting a bit of a friends package with it).

If you're at a university, though, you should have a few hundred megs worth of space...

2010-06-18 11:47:35

#5

SenorToenails: Veritas et Scientia; +444|6121|North Tonawanda, NY

If you feel daring, 1and1 has really cheap hosting...but you get what you pay for since their customer support is generally nothing short of garbage.

2010-06-18 17:18:29

#6

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6429|King Of The Islands

tazz. wrote:
Linux: Lamp
Windows: Wamp

This doesnt give you epic flexibility, but for your needs it would be fine.

Please note that this is only if you want to have like a dedicated box at home.

If not

x10hosting is pretty good for freehosting.

In regards to your website making, try and steer away from tables and the like, try and use div's and CSS.

Never use Lamp/Wamp/Xampp for actual hosting.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2010-06-18 17:21:54

#7

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6513|...

learn the art of progressive enhancement

2010-06-18 19:43:13

#8

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6165|Sydney | ♥

Cheez wrote:
tazz. wrote:
Linux: Lamp
Windows: Wamp

This doesnt give you epic flexibility, but for your needs it would be fine.

Please note that this is only if you want to have like a dedicated box at home.

If not

x10hosting is pretty good for freehosting.

In regards to your website making, try and steer away from tables and the like, try and use div's and CSS.
Never use Lamp/Wamp/Xampp for actual hosting.

they work fine...

i use wamp for my home server

i did mention it doesnt give you epic flexibility, but most functions for php/mysql are all readily plausible.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2010-06-18 19:49:39

#9

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6513|...

i always knew lamp to be an acronym for linux/apache/mysql/php stack, what else is it?

2010-06-18 19:51:22

#10

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6165|Sydney | ♥

that's it.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2010-06-20 04:57:53

#11

Lai: Member; +186|6141

Home hosting is not an option, I meant freehosting, sorry if that wasn't clear. As I already have a Google account, I'll try Google Sites first, if that doesn't suit I'll try Dreamhost.

The question still remains: how do you actually upload stuff, like get in on WWW? Given that you have some webspace and a domain name?

CapnNismo wrote:
I've got a site on Google Sites and you have a bit of space there to upload stuff. I've just started the process with a friend to register my domain for me and he's going to provide me with unlimited webspace (under fair use). I can refer you to him, he charges very little for webspace (so I am told, I'm getting a bit of a friends package with it).

If you're at a university, though, you should have a few hundred megs worth of space...

Actually at this stage, just trying it out for fun, I don't want to spend any money at all, but thank a lot for the offer.

I'm at university but I'll graduate within a month or two, so I won;t have any reliable webspace there.

2010-06-22 17:37:15

#12

CrazeD: Member; +368|6663|Maine

tazz. wrote:
Cheez wrote:
tazz. wrote:
Linux: Lamp
Windows: Wamp

This doesnt give you epic flexibility, but for your needs it would be fine.

Please note that this is only if you want to have like a dedicated box at home.

If not

x10hosting is pretty good for freehosting.

In regards to your website making, try and steer away from tables and the like, try and use div's and CSS.
Never use Lamp/Wamp/Xampp for actual hosting.
they work fine...

i use wamp for my home server

i did mention it doesnt give you epic flexibility, but most functions for php/mysql are all readily plausible.

They are made for development and as such, are pretty lax on security. So if you use it you might want to tidy things up a bit.

2010-06-22 19:59:53

#13

Obiwan: Go Cards !!; +196|6685|The Ville

Good luck.

2010-06-23 09:16:31

#14

BLdw: ..; +27|5162|M104 "Sombrero"

Lai wrote:
Actually at this stage, just trying it out for fun, I don't want to spend any money at all, but thank a lot for the offer.

For fun (as to see what your website would look like) you don't really need a web-host. But if you want to see your website alive and share it with everyone in the web you could check this site for free web-stuff. There are couple of places offering unlimited bandwidth and webspace but usually for a reason... I wouldn't spend much time on free stuff, though.

If you want easy webhost, some space and freedom without forced ads and get your website fast without spending much time browsing thorough viable options you can check out oni.cc
I hopped up a website at http://www.oni.cc/ just to show how to upload some stuff there.

https://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad64/BLdw/stuff.jpg

oni's control panel.

https://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad64/BLdw/Stuff1.jpg

and here you can upload stuff directly if you don't want to bother yourself with FTP-clients.

5.5 GB Space
200 GB Monthly Bandwidth
Upload max file size: 4MB
Free Subdomain oni.cc
Very short & easy-to-remember!
99.9% Uptime Guarantee.
50 Addon & 50 Parked Domains
MySQL & PHP Support
FTP account, File Manager
100% free, No Ads:
* No ads, No pop-up, No banner.
* We will not place ads on your site.

Oni.cc isn't the best webhos aroundt, not even best free host but I skimmed through some hosts and this was the only one with more than 1GB space, with more than 10GB monthly bandwidth, without forced ads and I was able to set up immediately when I signed up. And for fun stuff, testing, personal small web-space it should offer something to do. Though, you're not allowed to upload porn in there.

Last edited by BLdw (2010-06-23 09:16:57)

2010-06-24 04:31:51

#15

Benzin: Member; +576|5989

Registered a domain for my website:
www.americanandertu.at

2010-06-24 04:50:00

#16

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6513|...

CapnNismo wrote:
Registered a domain for my website:
www.americanandertu.at

use google apps to get gmail for your domain (upto 50 mailboxes) free. http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

2010-06-24 07:30:05

#17

Lai: Member; +186|6141

jsnipy wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
Registered a domain for my website:
www.americanandertu.at
use google apps to get gmail for your domain (upto 50 mailboxes) free. http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

Thanks jsnipy, I will use that too as the website will eventually be shared with some friends, they can now all have their websiterelated emailadresses

I have also decided what I will actually put on the website to begin with: Recipes

2010-06-24 07:37:42

#18

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5169|Sydney

All I can say is, it better fulfil all our donkey/midget/clown porn needs.

2010-06-24 08:06:39

#19

Lai: Member; +186|6141

Jaekus wrote:
All I can say is, it better fulfil all our donkey/midget/clown porn needs.

I'll put up some applepie recipes

Last edited by Lai (2010-06-24 08:07:19)

2010-06-27 00:15:50

#20

Benzin: Member; +576|5989

jsnipy wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
Registered a domain for my website:
www.americanandertu.at
use google apps to get gmail for your domain (upto 50 mailboxes) free. http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

thanks for the tip, but I already have Gmail addresses, I don't want to bother registering anything for my domain other than the default one that comes with it. I don't need it at all.

2010-06-27 13:43:14

#21

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5707|Vancouver, BC, Canada

freehostia.com

They have proper CPanel on the free accounts, give you 10mB MySQL space and let you use a proper domain name if you have one. (y)

Used them for the longest time before I switched to a dedi box and later to hostgator.

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