free hosting recommendation please

munro_wilson

can someone recommend somewhere I can host a website for free? its just for a voluntary group and we just want to upload it and test it online before paying for hosting.

texranger

a lot of hosts that offer free hosting are overselling their servers and also offering free hosting will also attract spammers etc, so you would not know what or who are on the server.

some host do offer reduced plans for charities/community groups as long as you can prove your that you are a charity/community group as you will be surprised on how many who say they are when they are not.

easyasabc-hosting.com use to run a site specifically for charities/community groups so you can try them

munro_wilson

thanks we are happy to pay the full amount, but at the moment we just want some free web hosting for a website to test. it doesnt have to be able to accommodate our final domain, just free space. In the old days themutual and bluecarrots had some freespace...any suggestions these days?

pcombo

I found out that http://www.awardspace.com/ is a very good free host.

texranger

pcombo wrote: »

I found out that http://www.awardspace.com/ is a very good free host.

checking reviews they average 5.5/10

richard734

Microsoft office live/small business - been running on there for 3 years now, never had a single problem with site availability or spammers...
And its free as well!

steve1980

If it HAS to be free then use www.000webhost.com. It's easy to move nameservers when you become a bit more established.

Make sure that your domain is purchased separately.

Don't really understand the need to upload everything to a free site then move it over to a paid for site at a later date. This just involves unwanted downtime (circa 24 - 48 hours) whilst the DNS is changed over.

texranger

best thing is look for a host that will give you a free trial and then you just ask them to upgrade this or just cancel at end of trial, this way no DNS or downtime issues.

jollyton

munro_wilson wrote: »

can someone recommend somewhere I can host a website for free? its just for a voluntary group and we just want to upload it and test it online before paying for hosting.

Hey,
I am using x10.hosting...