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1. Http://sites.google.com/ (Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share.)

2. Http://www.moonfruit.com?cc=407902 (do-it-yourself website builder with lot of social networking tools like youtube, facebbok, twitter integration.)

3. Http://www.yola.com/ (drag and drop interface. You can create a website or a blog, and then pick your design layout. They provide free service without imposing banner ads. Good support.)

4. Http://www.weebly.com/(Create a free website & blog.)

5. Http://www.piczo.com/ (Share photos, make slideshow, play videos, games and music. With featured sites section, plus see who’s on-line now feature. Also blogs and text can be implanted on your website)

6. Http://www.wetpaint.com/ (Useful hosted wiki tool. Functions of a wiki, blog and online discussion forum. Good support.)

7. Http://www.wix.com (Create interactive flash sites, myspace layouts and flash widgets. Simpler, faster, better way to create stunning Flash web content. Good support.)

8. Http://www.viviti.com/ (a website builder that lets you create a web site easily, with no code and no hassle.)

9. Http://www.squarespace.com/
(A fully hosted, completely managed environment for creating and maintaining a website, blog or portfolio.)

10. Http://www.sproutbuilder.com/ (Sprout Builder is a web-hosted, visual authoring solution that allows creative professionals to quickly and easily create branded, rich-media content and widgets.)

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Hi! One thing to remember is that when you go with a cheaper hosting company the service will reflect that to some degree. Also in terms of options most companies offer the same thing which is all you really need. Here are answers to your specific questions:

Site Builder / Template
I recommend not using a hosting companies site builder as then you will be stuck with them forever. Buy a template and customize it how you want and host that with them. Then if they suck its easier to move

What is better Linux OS or Windows?
The only reason you need Windows is if you want to use ASP or something like that and Windows hosting tends to cost more. For a simple website just go with Linux. You don’t need to know anything about Linux to use it as you will just be using FTP to upload your files and the hosting companies control panel which will be really simple!

Do I need any special software, or does it work the same?
Nope you don’t need any special software, it all works the same. Even if you moved to a Windows host it would work fine in most cases.

So which host?
Your requirements are pretty broad as you probably want to spend about $10 dollars a month and just need a small linux package. Here are some recommendations:

Some larger hosts that have a good reputation:
HostGator – www.hostgator.com – Good host, I use them for a dedicated server.

Lunarpages – www.lunarpages.com – Has a good reputation and very active forums community that is super nice and helps with a lot of stuff.

HostNine – www.hostnine.com – Newer host but one of the fastest growers this year and great reviews.

BlueHost/HostMonster – bluehost.com/hostmonster.com – Nice solid cheap host.

Btw, all the above use cpanel which is a really easy to use control panel that you are going to love!

If that isn’t enough for you try the below tool, it can sort through every host in WebHostingUnleashed.com’s database by all sorts of factors, the below is set to sort for every host that has more than 6 reviews with a combined rating of 85% or more, about 32 came back.
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You can use http://000webhost.com or http://byethost.com . They let you do exactly what you’ve said.

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I found this to be very helpful when I was wondering the same thing. You can go to webhostinggeeks.com to get the top ten web hosts.

1. Inmotion $8.95

2. Bluehost $6.95

3. HostingPad $4.95

4. Yahoo! $11.95

5. Hostmonster $6.95

6. Globat $4.44

7. Vistapages $4.95

8. Lunarpages $4.95

9. Dot5Hosting $4.95

10. FastNext $6.95

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Signup for yahoo web hosting and then contact their support team. They will help you transfer the files. If you want to signup for yahoo web hosting and get a discount, visit this link:

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You still need a host.
Compare these plan, I guarantee one of the is for you:

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http://www.hostmonster.com/track/samwilson3d/text1

http://www.bluehost.com/track/samwilson3d/text1

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Well, if you’re wanting to use a free forum type function, I would recommend http://www.forumotion.com
You can pay a slight fee (about $15 if I remember correctly) to remove the sub-domain for a whole year. But in terms of free websites? The best I can recommend is yahoo geocities. But that isn’t as customizable as it seems you want, nor does it allow for you to remove the sub-domain as far as I know. This is all I can help with, sorry if it’s not what you’re looking for. ^^ another one is Google sites.

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Host Gator is one of the top 10 web hosting providers on the Webhostingbreak reviews. I’ve used their web hosting services and quite satisfied with their services. Here’s what the reviews criteria at Webhostingbreak has to say, http://www.webhostingbreak.com/list/top-10-web-hosting/

The experts and their reviews have been quite honest, authentic. I just loved what they suggested. The reviews of Host Gator and found only positive reviews which I thought were quite amazing for a web hosting starting at $4.95 per month. This web host is slightly expensive than iPage who starts their web hosting @ $3.50 per month.

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Hello,
I host my ecommerce web site(Zen) with ZaxiHosting
This is my plan which I used:

http://www.zaxihosting.com/ecommerce-web-hosting.html

(The 2nd)
Ask them if they can help you.
Regards

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HostGator is easily the best choice for what you are looking for. Why don’t you send me a @theweaver9 on twitter and I can get you your first month for only .01? You can also email me at theweaver9@gmail.com

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Just go over here: http://professionallowcostwebhosting.com/ .You will have Free Domain 4 life
Unlimited disk space, Unlimited Bandwidth, free website builder and much more. They will even give you free marketing credit so you can lunch your website from the first day that you bought it. It will cost you something like 3.50 $ / Mo. Is the same company that I use and I did not have any problems. If you need more details you have to check that website. Buy the way Go daddy in not as good as the people says, and is expensive.

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As an experienced webmaster I recommend HostGAtor service which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

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Nope… I would not do that.

Visit http://incredos.com and you will have good array for these services.

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Refer to:

http://www.threehosts.com/simplescripts/wordpress.html

The most reliable WordPress host providing easy 1-click installation of WordPress.

Hope this helps.

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I have a site on bananic.com that costs me $36 per year for web hosting and domain name. I get munch more bandwith than I need. There are other low cost providers around but at that price, I’m not going to waste my time hunting. There are also free providers but they put ads on your site because nothing is really free.

The Expert answers:

Try/use these sites…
Largest Web Host dot Com
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If you could not find it there. You would not find it elsewhere.
Listing of recommendations as per Professional Webmasters Advice.
They are the best.

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£29 Per Year

http://www.hostmonsterplus.com is best for both price and quality.
These are just some of my reasons:
It supports PHP, MySQL, and almost anything you’ll need.
It comes with a free domain name… Ex: whateveryouwant.com
It has unlimited storage and bandwidth.
You can also add an unlimited amount of domain names.
So with one account you can have many different .com websites. I have 6 right now.
Only $3.95 per month. (£29 Per Year)
They also give you free $50 Google Credits for advertising your site.

I’ve been using them for 3 years and I’ll give them my thumbs up.

Whatever you decide, best of luck.

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Reasons Not to Trust GoDaddy with Your Domain Names: http://nodaddy.com/

Useful Tools/Info:

How to Register Your Own Domain Name: http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/registerdomain.shtml
How to Buy a Domain Name: http://www.webdeveloper.com/management/manage_buying_domains.html
Web Design Tips: http://www.webweaver.nu/html-tips/

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Webmaster Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.thesitewizard.com/faqs/

Hosting Info:

Choosing a Hosting Company? Use The Following Criterias: http://www.webdesignbooth.com/choosing-a-hosting-company-use-the-following-criterias/
Free dns services to the internet community: http://www.everydns.com/

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

Web Hosting Jury: http://www.webhostingjury.com/

Ron

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Its always better to get a commercial web hosting service. Since hosting your own website means running your computer 24/7 and doing lots of maintenance and programming. I am using bluehost webhosting for my website

http://www.bluehost.com/track/bluehostwebhosting/

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When you buy a web hosting makesure the followings;

handles all the programming languages you require e.g php
size of the web hosting space also allownce to download, i recommend to unlimited ones,

provides enough e-mails

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DomainCityHosting.com has all the tools to make a website like that. Check out http://blog.domaincityhosting.com

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I do a webshow. Check it out on kidzbop. Type in bgrox. Im making new episodes today and by sunday they will be posted. Here are some ideas. You can make music videos. We are doing it to you belong with me. And telephone. Also we are doing a hollywood superstar interview. Something else thats creative is to bake something and add a little of ur own touch and give them the recipe. We are doing brownies with skittles. Brittles. Lolz. We are also dancing to bazooka bubble gum song. Hope i helped. Remember to check out myy web show. Good luck

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WordPress…
Blogger

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.htaccess is for your server to control permissions and is not relevant to installing PIL. Http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html

When you say you’re not allowed to install anything I am sure you mean you’re not allowed to install anything system wide as root user. But you should be able to compile a program locally in your home folder.
So, download the source for PIL and compile it on the server. Then move the PIL directory where your python scripts can see it.

The Expert answers:

Yahoo! Small Business Billing Support
(800) 318-0870

Yahoo! Small Business Technical Support
(800) 318-0783

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Sorry you are having problems – it may be a browser-related problem.

If you are using Internet Explorer, please clear your temporary internet files and cookies. This should help but if the issue persists, try using the Firefox browser.

If you are on a Mac, then you need to use Firefox (Safari browser won’t work).

If you still have problems please contact our sales team at 866-781-9246 Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-5 p.m. PT

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Sounds like you would do well with Cpanel. It is a great server program that installs all kinds of scripts… Forums, blogs, etc.

Http://www.basichosting.info is not a host, but the guy that owns it will do research for you for free, and even give you some support.

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Try http://www.terapad.com …. Its realy easy to use and has loads of free features such as CMS, forums, shop, analytics, blog, photo gallery. You might get some inspiration by looking at what other people are doing with their free sites : http://www.terapad.com/net . Good luck !

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You need to check out SmartSpace, it is a suite of tools for marketing your self online. It includes a website, blog, photoalbum, etc. And you can link it to your Facebook, Twiter, etc… All for about $5/mo

http://easydch.com/smartspace

If that’s not for you they also have great web hosting that does support Frontpage at http://easydch.com/sharedhosting starting at $2.99/mo

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Just a few points first. I hope you don’t have a video site like Youtube (where users upload their video) in mind, because it is usually not allowed under shared hosting. If you meant a site where you will share your videos, then of course you are great to go. If your site becomes very popular and there are 1000s of visitors every month on your video site, you might not be able to continue with a less than $10/month type of hosting. But I suppose even if that is your eventual plan, for the first few years, that won’t be true. (For those you might need to move to dedicated hosting).

IPage, JustHost, 1and1 and Godaddy are ones that I’d personally stay away from. If you research a little deeper you’ll find that their service is bad and the servers are many times found to be slow. I’d recommend you to actually stay away from any of those $3.x/month type of web hosts. They rely more on marketing than on actual quality of support to expand their businesses. REmember you’ll only get what you pay for. Have a look at:

http://hosting4beginners.webnode.com/list-of-great-web-hosts/

Pick one that satisfies your needs. All of them will provide you with top notch service and reasonable prices.

There is nothing especially wrong with iPage and WordPress by the way. WP uses MySQL database and all such applications will tend to be slow on crammed up servers. That won’t be the case with many good web hosts. Good that you are not a beginner… You can of course use the sitebuilders that come free with your web hosting plan and then modify the CSS / HTML for fine tuning.

All the best.

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As an experienced webmaster I recommend BH web hosting which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 4 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

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Most website builders have a very limited range of designs. You are better off using design templates to create a better looking website. A good source of templates is http://www.boxedart.com

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Artonat.com is providing basic web hosting for 2.2$/m. And unlimited hosting for 4.99$/m.(Cpanel/Plesk).
With 99.9% Server Uptime
they have 24/7 support.
Easy to use interface
etc,
Cpanel Hosting Demo : http://shop.artonat.com/content.php?action=demo&type=lhbus

Plesek Hosting Demo : http://shop.artonat.com/content.php?action=demo&type=w2kus

They are providing 30 days money-back guarantee. If you doesn’t like their service they will give your money back without asking any questions.

Http://shop.artonat.com/hosting.php

Control panel url :cp.artonat.com

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I would say your first step is to do a whois search on the domain name to see who it is officially registered to. If it has your name and you can prove to the registrar you paid for it, then you should gain control for the domain.

There’s a free tool here: http://member.dnsstuff.com/pages/tools.php?ptype=free

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HostGator or Dreamhost definately.

Both will give you the best support of any hosting company around. Dreamhost is employee owned, so they seem like they truly care about thier customers. Hostgator has awsome support. I have accounts with Dreamhost, Godaddy, Hostgator, and Justhost. Withouth a doubt, of all those Dreamhost and Hostgator by far have been the best.

As for your question about space, both of them offer unlimited server space, unlimited bandwith, and have options for unlimited domains. So you could run multiple websites off of one hosting account.

I have had no downtime on any of my sites and thier support is great. Dreamhost also offers a 100% uptime guarantee and they even have a $97 day money back guarantee if you decide you dont like them. That way you can try them out to see if you like them.

As for maintaining a site after publishing, both Dreamhost and Hostgator have a great webpanel for maintaining and keeping stats on your site. Hostgator uses cPanel, which is one of the top site config and management software available. Dreamhost has their own in house software they designed, which is super easy to use and they offer great support for it.

I would say Dreamhost is slightly better than Hostgator, but they will both treat you great and offer one on one help in case you run into problems, whereas some of the big companies, ie godaddy are terrible to deal with if you need one on one support with someone that speaks good english, especially if your not tech savy.

Here are some Dreamhost coupon codes in case you decide to try them:

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Here are some coupons for Hostgator:

SNOWMAN (20% off)
BOSTON (25$ off)
HOUSTON ($25 off)
HGC25 ($9.94 off new hosting)

Read comparisions of them both as well as some other hosting options here:

http://internethostreviews.com/

Good luck!

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Depends on what their using, just the static files or if it’s database intensive.

For cheap hosting I recommend one of these: http://www.tophostingpicks.com

iPage has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $84/year ($6.95) but they have
a 50% sale, one year of hosting for $42.00.

Their plan includes:

Unlimited disk space
Unlimited bandwidth
Free domain name

Price: $42/year ($3.50)

They have one of the most popular hosting platforms, which currently hosts over a million websites. They’re also one of the oldest hosting companies, founded in 1998.

They have a great custom control panel with OneClick installs of all the popular software like WordPress, Joomla, Forums, Chat, Galleries, Online stores and a lot more.

They support PHP and Unlimited MySQL databases.

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Hey,

I came across a host called http://www.hosting24.com/ as cheap as $4 a month!
They are really nice as well with great support and high end servers. They also have coupons that give you money off. They have hosting for unlimited web space and everything you can possibly need with expensive high end features free. They not only give unlimited to their regular hosting, but their reseller also has unlimited which is also awesome!

The current one they have for December and January for the Christmas and New Years celebration. Feel free to use XMAS24 or XMASDEAL to get $24 off.
They also got a promo called 24DEAL running right now that they will accept till some point next year.

Grab the chance will you can like I did.

The Expert answers:

Http://www.LocoDomains.com or http://www.JuicyHosting.com they both are very very good

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My suggestion is to try http://www.premierewebhosting.net.They are fairly new in the web hosting industry but have been around for years working as resellers as well as web developers. So, they know the ins and outs of web hosting.
What’s more is that they are having a special right now where you can get the first 90 days of your hosting free by using the promo code Free90 when you go through the checkout process.
Give them a try. I guarantee that you will be satisfied.

The Expert answers:

The best for your need is http://www.hostblast.net.

I also needed a good and cheap hosting and i found this site in Google results.

I host my site here with bronze package for just $1.50/Month.
Unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, money back guarantee,
I also got private name servers for free on my package.

Hostblast was the best one i chose after a comparison. It’s been over one year i am hosting with them. Not a problem yet. Their customer service is fast and friendly.

The Expert answers:

There are many web hosting providers and you might become confused to choose which one. It is very important that you choose a good web host. Good doesn’t mean expensive. Good means reliable with great support.

But, let’s face it – how do you know if a web host is good or not? They all look pretty much the same and they seem like they know what they are doing, right? Well, I recommend reading reviews so that you may compare and become more familiar with the hosting companies before making a decision.

When you choose a web host, make sure they have excellent support. If you have a problem with your web site you want help now, not in a day or two.

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I recommend either Godaddy Economy or the Deluxe plan:

http://www.hosttell.com/godaddy/

(prices from $4.74/month – $6.99/month)

or Dreamhost http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html

Their standard price is $9.95/month ($119.40/year)
but you can use the promo code PLUS and get
$50 discount +2 Free domain names.

Disk space: Unlimited
Bandwidth: Unlimited
2 Free domain names
Unlimited domains and subdomains
Price: $5.78/month ($69.40/year)

The Expert answers:

All the good ones aren’t free.
Mr Site is a good place, you get a load of email inboxes and the ability to have a shop/paypal mechanism for £35 a year.

The Mr. Site website: http://www.mrsite.com/

An example of a site made with Mr. Site: http://www.noe-version-2.co.uk/

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If by cheap you mean less than $5 per month then there is a list at http://hostingscorecard.com/SharedLSu5-1.html

Each host is rated based on a minimum of 1000 independent user reviews/comments over the last 6 months. The ratings are 100% neutral and there is no cheating to give favored hosts an edge.

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I can’t answer your question, but I can verbally slap you for running an intensive game in a virtual machine. That’s a heavy linux os, running a resource intensive os, running a resource intensive game. Even if you’re running an i7 with 8gb ram and your gcard has 2gb ram, I strongly recommend resizing linux (it shouldn’t care) and making a 30 or 40 gb partition to dual boot windows. I have xp dual booted with puppy linux. Windows is probably not going to be your primary partition, so you’ll need this to boot it;

type “c” in grub, then the following;

map (hd0) (hd1) <<<<< the numbers after hd may change. Google is your friend. Same below.
Map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot

good luck, if you take the advice.

The Expert answers:

Linux is more widely used, has more free scripts available, and is basically the web host of choice these days. Hostamina.com is a good Linux host.

You should avoid hosts that offer “unlimited” space/bandwidth as this is somewhat of a scam. You should also avoid hosts that offer ridiculous amounts of space/bandwidth, such as 10GB space for only $5/month. Hosts like this overload and oversell servers, and are bad news for anyone who wants reliability.

You should also avoid answers here that send you to review sites, as those sites make money off commissions and rank hosts based on how much money they’ll get paid, not on how good they are. You should avoid answers here that look like they are affiliate links as well, for the same reason.

Hostamina.com is exactly what you need. Support is great! They will help you set up your website, and they will provide you with any help you need. Note that I am not using an affiliate link or sending you to a review site.

Http://www.hostamina.com

-They provide awesome personalized support
-They know how to handle all your business needs
-They never oversell
-They never overload servers
-They offer realistic plans
-You actually get what they say you get
-There is no fake “unlimited” space or bandwidth
-There is no fake “50,000 GB” space or bandwidth
-They will help you with anything you need help with
-They will put you on a super fast server
-Every server has at least dual quad core processors
-Every server has at least 4GB of RAM
-Every server has strict account limitations
-Most companies average 300 accounts per server
-Hostamina averages 100 accounts per server
-Instant Shopping Carts, Blogs, Forums, PHP-Nuke, Joomla, and more!

The Expert answers:

Most people prefer linux , many content management systems wont run properly on windows

Go to http://www.samwilson3d.com , there is a list of hosts (right side menu) they all have cpanel and something called “fantastico” the least expensive of these plans is around $50 per YEAR

Godaddy has given me problems of every kind including MySQL and FTP problems and they are just a pain in the butt

Now depending on what kind of site you want, I recommend Coppermine Photo Gallery or Joomla or Zen cart which is a 1 click install using Fantastico, you can make this look however you want bu only using Photoshop and CSS. I would start with a premade template designed for Coppermine and then make adjustments from there to make the site the way you want it.(the template can just be a starting point or you can not use one at all)

Joomla can also be installed with one click using Fantastico and that may also be the way to go.

-there are about 20 different 1-click install solutions that you can install and customize with Fantastico

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Yeah – if it’s not secured, it can be exploited by hackers who will use it to send spam emails, getting you into trouble. Do your homework.

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Yes
90%+ of all servers are Linux.

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Oh – my god — it is a mess… I don’t see an easy way. You have to go through each non working link (or image) and rename the image / link to the case as expected in the link. This is why you should use a Content Management System (CMS) to host huge web sites. Probably it is a good time to try out typo3, mambo or joomla… CMS make sure that the content is separated from the presentation.

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This would be a good START:

This is a brief intro to Unix:

http://hubpages.com/_2tro9f12g7pwe/hub/Unix-Forever

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It’s not necessarily “better”. It depends on what you need to do. If you need to run aspx (.net) applications for example, Windows hosting is probably better. (There are ways to run aspx or .net applications under Linux. But most hosting providers don’t support it. And sometimes there can be quirky compatibility issues). If you don’t need run MS apps on the server, or use MS technologies, you can probably go with Linux hosting.

One thing that might make Linux hosting “better” is that it is almost always cheaper. The reason is the hosting companies can use Linux for free and don’t have to pay any licensing fees to install it on their servers. For Windows hosing, they have to buy Windows server licenses. And that cost ends up getting passed on to you. So unless you have something that requires a Windows host (aspx apps, you require SharePoint hosting, you need MS SQL Server, etc), you will usually save money by going with Linux hosting.

The Expert answers:

A friend of mine uses Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition and thoroughly recommends it (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition is supported until April 2015)

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition Download (select Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from the drop down list)

http://www.ubuntu.com/server

Here is some Official Ubuntu Server Documentation

http://www.ubuntu.com/server

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/index.html

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ServerFaq

LUg.

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Registering a domain is different issue .By registering or hosting a domain does not means, you are asking some features.
Accounts, forums or chat rooms features are in web development.you may contact the source website for this . They are providing the both services in very low rates.

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Exactly like a website hosted at paid host. Here are the factors that effect ranking of a website in search engines

http://seomization.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-yahoo-msn-ranking-factors_28.html

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I dont have a sorce, but trust me, there are tons! Just try yahoo geocities or live.

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This comes from hostingincentive as they rank the top 5 web hosting companies on a monthly basis.

Http://www.hostingincentive.com/top-5-ranking-web-hosts/

1. Host Gator
2. Blue Host
3. Host Monster
4. Pow Web
5. Host Rocket

hope this helps out.

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Regional Internet Registries

Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) are nonprofit corporations established for the purpose of administration and registration of Internet Protocol (IP) address space and Autonomous System (AS) numbers. RIRs also work together on joint projects. A list of all RIRs is provided below with links to lists of countries within each region.
There are five RIRs:
AfriNIC Africa, portions of the Indian Ocean
APNIC Portions of Asia, portions of Oceania
ARIN Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States
LACNIC Latin America, portions of the Caribbean
RIPE NCC Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia

http://www.arin.net/community/index.html

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U should try to find in JObs site http://today4jobs.blogspot.com/

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Since mailbox comes very cheap in terms of space and bandwith usage.

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No Not Like,,,,I hosted my websites in right place,In here
http://www.xnynz.com/ i got the web hosting at low cost and hosted the site…..

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No I dont

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Http://www.websamba.com

http://www.somee.com

http://www.netfirms.com

http://www.myjavaserver.com

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Helo cherry actually there’s geocities that offer free. But I dont recommend it because it is too slow and inconvenient,why not pay less for fast and a more convenient web hosting. I know a site that offer the cheapest as low as $3.99. The site is www.pjhostdomain.com

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Free webhosts are not really good as they will use your site to make money.

Visit

http://www.nicewebhosts.com

there you will find best web hosting providers compared with their webspace and bandwidth as well as their prices.

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Well you can get a free domain name .com for one year at msn, but the best hosting i have ever found, which i have tried about every one, all the one’s listed above…and the best is http://isoworld.0lx.net/

no ads
plenty of space
and plenty more check it out, i have used them forever and the server has never gone down.

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Free 2 host

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You can host your website (you can upload your files there etc.) at 000webhosting, http://bit.ly/000webH0ST

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Free cPanel Web Hosting with PHP5/Mysql – no advertising!
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Go to www.webs.com
It should have all you need.

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If you get a free host, be prepared to get what you pay for. I recommend Godaddy as a really cheap host.

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Http://YouTube.com

its FREE and you can make your videos private so only you and certain or none people can see it

Enjoy

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We understand that some of the entrepreneurs can not afford web designs and online marketing so we established this Web Development Solutions Philippines to give you affordable rates for web design and SEO and to make your site visible.

Web Dev Solutions Philippines are the group of experienced freelance web graphic designers, developers, videographers and photographers can customize and/or custom build your websites as per your requirement.

We are helping Filipino Entrepreneurs to have their own website at very affordable price…

Be one of your partners in online marketing business….

Starting from P5000.00

* Basic Website Developing/Design
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* 1 Domain FREE .com/.net/.org/.info

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I recommend one of these: http://www.tophostingpicks.com

iPage has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $84/year ($6.95) but they have
a 50% sale, one year of hosting for $42.00.

Their plan includes:

Unlimited disk space
Unlimited bandwidth
Free domain name

Price: $42/year ($3.50)

They have one of the most popular hosting platforms, which currently hosts over a million websites. They’re also one of the oldest hosting companies, founded in 1998.

They include a free point & click online site builder so you can create a website without any programming (easily, just by drag and drop).

They also have a great custom control panel with OneClick installs of all the popular software like WordPress, Joomla, Forums, Chat, Galleries, Online stores and a lot more.

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I recommend one of these: http://www.webhostinglist.org

iPage is currently on sale for just $3.50/month!
The full price for one year of hosting is $42/year.

Their hosting plan includes:
- Free domain name (.com, .net, .org)
- Unlimited storage and bandwidth
- Unlimited email addresses per domain name
- One Click installs of WordPress, Forums, Galleries, Shopping carts
- Free ad credits for Google, Yahoo! And Facebook

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I am using bluehost webhosting for my website since its fast and inexpensive

http://www.bluehost.com/track/bluehostwebhosting/

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Most paid hosting services already have an eCommerce package ready to install from the cPanel. Cheap is not always better.

ECommerce (Some Free):

Mal’s e-commerce is a FREE Shopping Cart Service: http://www.mals-e.com/
Free Shopping Cart Software for Joomla! & Mambo: http://virtuemart.net/
Create your own Online Store for Free with Free Webstore: http://www.freewebstore.org/
eCRATER.com is both a free web store builder and a free online marketplace: http://www.ecrater.com/
Ubercart is an exciting open source e-commerce package that fully integrates your online store with Drupal: http://www.ubercart.org/

Free Shopping Cart Software: http://www.1freecart.com/
ShopSite Shopping Carts (Trial): http://www.startlogic.com/product/shopsitestarter.bml
osCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License: http://www.oscommerce.com/
Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software: http://www.zen-cart.com/

More…

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A great place to go to read reviews of different web hosts is:

http://www.website-hosting-reviews.net/

The seasoned web masters rate the top 10 web hosts and help you find the one that’s best for your website needs. Check it out today.

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For .COM / .NET / .ORG domains, stick to GoDaddy.com
They are the world’s largest domain registrars and provide 5GB hosting (banner supported) and 25 MB email account for free with every domain. Domains typically range from 6.59 to 9.95

If you look around the net, you will also be able to easily get GoDaddy coupon codes that further reduce your billing. One coupon is ‘saveten’ that applies a straight 10% off on your bill.

If you purchase hosting at GoDaddy, the domain is only 1.99 for the first year.

You can also buy hosting for $1/month at 3ivx.
Avoid 1&1 like plague. I had a terrible experience with their billing.

For .IN domains, go for MITSU.IN. They are the cheapest.

I can vouch for GoDaddy and Mitsu since I have loads of domains registered with them and websites hosted with GoDaddy since 2000.

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You can try web hosting from http://aplis.net/ , first month free.

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Linux is way better than windows in hosting website………. It is good for servers………………………………………………… I think Ubuntu any lates version will work welll
i am a die hard fan of windows but Linux just wins when it comes to servers…… But i have heard that windows 7 has it own server software or something just find out what that is if it doesnt just go with Linux

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Komodo Edit

(But the OS used to host the site really doesn’t matter).

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Sure. You’ll need to create a socket to receive data, and your client programs can be custom Python programs or basic telnet/ssh clients that connect to your host.

Http://docs.python.org/library/socket.html#example

Of course, this means you’re opening your computer for remote access, which can be troublesome.

You can also use the twisted library for a more sophisticated client-server interface.

Http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/

Your computer will need a direct IP address. If it’s coming through a router, the actual server may not be visible to the clients (It depends on how the router is configured.)

Most broadband providers also use DHCP to assign IP numbers, which means the IP address of your server may change without warning. That will make it hard for people to find you.

Still, it’s technically very feasible.

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Try default.html or default.htm. This should work.

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I always create all my Joomla projects locally and once I am done with them I deploy them on hosting. If you try to do this manually you will run into problems. The easiest way to approach this is to use Akeeba Backup extension. It’s a great extension that saves you time and headaches. You back up the site on your local server and then restore it on your hosting server. The process is painless and pretty much automatic, all your directories will be re-mapped, etc. No manual tweaking required. Try it.
Good luck.

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I would recommend Ubuntu Server Edition:

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition

It’s very easy to set up, although you don’t get a graphical interface to work with the machine. You’ll have to do everything by command line, which seems daunting, but isn’t really that bad.

You’re probably using Fedora Core 9, it being the latest version… Unless you found an old old CD.

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Hi NEILISA,

Basically, you can use both to build websites for online shopping. But I supposed you’re not so savvy in Windows hosting, otherwise you wouldn’t have posed this question.

Windows hosting requires more technical knowledge in Windows applications like ASP.NET, MSSQL, MS Access, Expression Web, Plesk, FrontPage, Windows Streaming Media, or any of the other Microsoft proprietary technologies.

If you know none of the above, then it’s best for you to go with Linux. You can find out a bit more about their differences to get a better picture on which type you should choose on this page at:

=> http://www.diehardwebhosting.com/web-hosting-tips/difference-between-linux-and-windows-web-hosting.htm

On top of that, I suggest that you learn more about finding a good and reliable web hosting service before you rush into buying one, even though you’ve decided to go with Linux. You can refer to the source below for great tips.

Hope that helps.

Wisely

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Linux servers are more secure, faster and PHP/MySQL combo is the best on linux.

Windows servers can run it, but they are totally unnecessary unless you run ASP.

For hosting I recommend one of these http://www.webhostingtable.com
(some of them have also windows servers
but linux is the default system on all of them).

Fatcow has the best offer right now.
Their standard price is $88/year
but they have the 50% sale right now.

Disk space: Unlimited
Bandwidth: Unlimited
A Free domain name
Unlimited domains and subdomains

Price: $44/year

They’re one of the oldest hosting companies, founded 1998, they’re also one of the largest, currently hosting about 500,000 websites.

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Technically speaking, it won’t “look” like anything. If the host doesn’t provide an alternative web interface to configure it, you will probably have to connect to it using an SSH client. If you do this, you will have a screen similar to the following (depending on the SSH client):

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LuO-4280xLs/TjZpXwahwSI/AAAAAAAAAFY/l6Tei3RvlYQ/s1600/sshd+copy.png