Webhosting - may have messed up - thought I could use TalkTalk Business

BruLuc

I want to set up website for a (very) small business (selling home made art/craft items) and I think I have made a bit of mess of it.

The key points are:

- I currently have my broadband with TalkTalk Business which advertises itself as providing WebHosting which I was hoping to use.

- I have a friend who has kindly constructed a simple website.

- I recently noticed that good ".com" and ".co.uk" domain names were available so I registered them using 123reg (it looked one of the cheapest).

Now, possibly naively, I thought these things would simply come together - but now it appears that this piecemeal approach will not work without some more expense which I would obviously like to minimise.

My friend says that to upload the website he needs ASP support. When we contacted TalkTalk it appears that you have to purchase some special stuff (that's as technical as I can get) to be able to get this ASP Support (or even use their webhosting?). I got this impression that this was in the order of £200 but I got very confused. (I'm sorry if I'm being a bit vague but hopefully there's someone out there who has used TalkTalk Business broadband and can shed some light on this.)

So the question is: Let's assume that I rule out attempting to use TalkTalk, and given that I've got the ".com" and ".co.uk" domains registered with 123reg, what is the cheapest way I can now get my "ASP Supported" website hosted?

I would appreciate advice on which suppliers are good value but, just as important, some "beginners" advice on how the three elements (ie, domain name, web hosting, and uploading the webpages) actual work together would also be very much appreciated - it looks like a minefield to me when I google the subject.

Thanks in advance.

earthstorm

ASP is used in Windows Hosting, for £200 you could get a dedicated server.
look at hosting with 123-reg or look at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4, you can pick up hosting for a few pounds that will have FTP so you can upload your site without issue.

RobTang

I didn't think anyone used asp anymore.


It was superseded by asp.net 12 years ago and while the latest versions of IIS still support it, I would still consider it niche and thus the costs.

WTFH

RobTang wrote: »

I didn't think anyone used asp anymore.


It was superseded by asp.net 12 years ago and while the latest versions of IIS still support it, I would still consider it niche and thus the costs.

Yes, I'd agree with that. You might want to have a chat with your "friend" as to why the development has been done that way.

BruLuc

RobTang wrote: »

I didn't think anyone used asp anymore.


It was superseded by asp.net 12 years ago and while the latest versions of IIS still support it, I would still consider it niche and thus the costs.

He's using fairly recent software so I assume it is actually ASP.NET

chunter

You can get cheap Windows hosting here. £20 a year. Full ftp and smtp email address included.
https://www.hosting-uk.com/web-hosting/windows-hosting/

I've used them for a few years and they're fine for basic MS Access based websites.

Once you've uploaded your website, you can change the nameservers in 123-reg to point to the new webspace.

BruLuc

chunter wrote: »

You can get cheap Windows hosting here. £20 a year. Full ftp and smtp email address included.
https://www.hosting-uk.com/web-hosting/windows-hosting/

I've used them for a few years and they're fine for basic MS Access based websites.

Once you've uploaded your website, you can change the nameservers in 123-reg to point to the new webspace.

Many thanks - £20 per year isn't too bad. Can you give me some guidance on the options they give you:

OPTION 1: Register or Transfer a domain

I'm assuming there will be a cost with this. What are the pros & cons of doing this?


OPTION 2: Point an existing domain to Hosting-UK.com

Can I point two domains (I have both a .com and .co.uk) to the one webhost or will I have to take out two? Also, does this mean that if I "point" my domain (say xyz.com and xyz.co.uk) from 123reg all pages displayed on the website will show as xyz.com/.... and xyz.co.uk/.... ?

S0litaire

As for Option 2

You can point multiple domain names to a single website.

Check where you registered the domain names, They should give you an option for "Web Forwarding" their are 2 types "Masked" and "Direct"

"Masked" means if you use a .com address and it's going to a .co.uk then every address you see in the address bar will still say ".com"

"Direct" is like a normal link if you type in a .com address and it's going to a .co.uk address the address in the title bar will change to ".co.uk"

It's up to you what you think looks better. both do the same job in the end.

forgotmyname

I use 50webs. Upto 10 websites for about £40 a year.

TheOneSteeltips

earthstorm wrote: »

ASP is used in Windows Hosting, for £200 you could get a dedicated server.

you don't need a vps to host asp you just need windows web space
do you need sql support as well normally do with a sales site.
pm me you requirement and i will see what or if i can put something together
no promises:cool: