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jamez100

I was wondering whether the space that would have come with blueyonder/virgin can be used to host her site without any reference to blueyonder etc(e.g mysite.com....and not [email]mysite@ blueyonder.co.uk??(edited....did nt realise it was a real address link)[/email]

You can use your free webspace from blueyonder without any reference to its real name in the address. When you look for domain name registation look for web forwarding, which baically redirects request from your domain name to the free blueyonder hosting without any reference to where it is hosted.

Some domain name registration charge for web forwarding, but others offer it for free, its worth shopping around.

Web forwarding is really easy to setup. Just a matter of registering the domain name, once your registation is complete, login to the providers website, and in the forwarding address type: http://yourwebspace.blueyonder.etc. There should be a ''Cloaked;; option, and then the users never see the blueyonder address.

P.S. Your true domain name chan take upto 48hrs to filter through to the internet DNS server, howeber in most cases the address is readey to use in about 4hrs.

rygon

I use site sled at the moment which gives you 250mb space and 1gig/day bandwidth for free (they also do a pay service). so unless shes going to be putting loads of songs or movie clips on there space and bandwidth will not be a problem. They also allow you to change the domain name.
http://www.sitesled.com/

Personally i wouldnt pay for a ftp program as i find filezilla a great free program (never had any problems with it.

I learnt html/javascript by looking an google for free html tutorials and using notepad so it may be worth going through that route to learn exactly how html works before paying for a program that does it for you

although its a work in progress this is what ive managed to do
http://www.sitesled.com/members/rygon/

(bear in mind if you do click pics they will take a while to load) and as i said it was all done in notepad

crompton

could you pull one out of your hat? lol couldnt resist. try 1&1

ollyshaw

I have been using 123-reg for domain names and suprahost.net for the webserver. She should probably pay £10-£15 a year for both. Although I think 123-net look after your domain for free now.

Olly

Flexible_Friend

I would recommend for cost and reliability and good service:-

Domain name

https://www.123-reg.co.uk

Web Hosting

https://www.dataflame.co.uk

Good luck!

crompton

there was a post on here somewhere saying avoid 123-reg at all costs because of downtime, adverts etc. My friend uses dataflame and has had 100% good results

A:I

i also use dataflame for both domain, and hosting.
Also, if she likes graphics then maybe get her into photoshop. You can download free trials of it and many tutorials are avaiable. ( i love PS so much i made my own site about it lol).

KPR_2

I have been using these 2 for years without a single proble.

Domains: Namecheap .com $8.88

Webhosting: Resellerzoom great for multiple sites or just one. Comes with cpanel for uploading etc email in a very easy to use enviroment. I use the $6 plan and at moment have around 15 sites on it so it is stable.

Rgc_3

Thankyou all very much for your replies

The end result is i signed her up to surpass hosting who have a special deal on just now of $1.00 for the first year and registered her domain for 3 years(done through surpass and i think i overpaid for the reg bit but its done now....$15.99 per year....dollars)

she already has ftp programme and apparently does her coding on notepad so ill leave it there just now(i hope;) ) but im sure she will help me spend more money overtime:rolleyes: :rotfl:

thankyou all once again and all replies appreciated:beer:

KPR_2

Rgc wrote:

Thankyou all very much for your replies

The end result is i signed her up to surpass hosting who have a special deal on just now of $1.00 for the first year and registered her domain for 3 years(done through surpass and i think i overpaid for the reg bit but its done now....$15.99 per year....dollars)

she already has ftp programme and apparently does her coding on notepad so ill leave it there just now(i hope;) ) but im sure she will help me spend more money overtime:rolleyes: :rotfl:

thankyou all once again and all replies appreciated:beer:

I had a look around there site they look ok with 1 big plus they have there own dedicated forum for help http://www.surmunity.com/.


I dont think you paid over the odds if thats hosting for 1 year and domain for 3 youve found a bargain.