My website is getting a domain name! :D

[Silicate Wielder]

Okay guys, as all of you who have visited my blog should know, it's url is ridiculously long, so what I'm doing now is giving it a domain name.

I'm looking for a reliable free webhost that will alow me to directly edit the HTML and as an option supports ftp.

[HunterSteele]

I'd use GoDaddy since it's convenient and everyone knows about it already.

A guy on here posted a topic about starting a web hosting company a few months ago. You could try being his first customer.

[Rayquaza]

A free webhost that allows FTP and HTML Direct Editing? Haha, good luck finding one. I'd use either GoDaddy or 123-reg. 123-reg is the one I use, it's pretty cheap and is never down. I'm sure webs allow you to upload your own HTMLs but you'll still have .webs.com

[Straight]

000webhost! You can use your own domain and have a free site with nearly all the features of a premium for free! Though of course you do get some drawbacks...

The free hosting supposedly has 99% uptime, But I would put it at about 90% (still really good for free).
You get myPHPAdmin!
You get enough space if you dont have videos or very large images
You get cron jobs
You get support tickets
You do have to share the server with alot of other people though, But that hasn't effected me so far
You get HTML editing
You get PHP capabilities
You get 5 free email addresses!
cPanel
Custom error pages and
you can password protect directories!

I would try them out first for a month to see if you like them. One thing I would say for a blog is to buy a domain name because 000webhost is used by hackers and facebook and twitter filter out anything including one of their server names such as site90... Though the hackers won't be able to harm your website directly.

[Steve Jobs]

Quite frankly, you hardly see reliable and free come together in the same sentence. You could try and host from home if you have a good connection and a stable computer, otherwise you're better off dishing smaller dollars for a paid service.

[IVIodern]

You can use 000webhost - it supports custom domain names and FTP, no direct HTML as far as I know, though. Who doesn't use their local machine for editing a website, anyway?

[janisj182]

sweet ill have to check this out

[Silicate Wielder]

000webhost! You can use your own domain and have a free site with nearly all the features of a premium for free! Though of course you do get some drawbacks...

The free hosting supposedly has 99% uptime, But I would put it at about 90% (still really good for free).
You get myPHPAdmin!
You get enough space if you dont have videos or very large images
You get cron jobs
You get support tickets
You do have to share the server with alot of other people though, But that hasn't effected me so far
You get HTML editing
You get PHP capabilities
You get 5 free email addresses!
cPanel
Custom error pages and
you can password protect directories!

I would try them out first for a month to see if you like them. One thing I would say for a blog is to buy a domain name because 000webhost is used by hackers and facebook and twitter filter out anything including one of their server names such as site90... Though the hackers won't be able to harm your website directly.

I'll look into it, I never really understood it though, so I didn't use it, bit I'm willing to try again, the FTP client will make things much easier. Can I upload using my HTML editor? I use Kompozer since its the only really useful HTML editor I have found for linux so far, but it has really cool features, like viewing your page, HTML editing, CSS editing, FTP, ect.

Plus once it is working I'm going to seriously overhaul my website to a nicer look, I have gimp now so I should be able to pull off a theme that can look apealing with just HTML

Okay the site is now working, I just need to build it. :)

[Straight]

I'll look into it, I never really understood it though, so I didn't use it, bit I'm willing to try again, the FTP client will make things much easier. Can I upload using my HTML editor? I use Kompozer since its the only really useful HTML editor I have found for linux so far, but it has really cool features, like viewing your page, HTML editing, CSS editing, FTP, ect.

Plus once it is working I'm going to seriously overhaul my website to a nicer look, I have gimp now so I should be able to pull off a theme that can look apealing with just HTML

Okay the site is now working, I just need to build it. :)

Just HTML or HTML and CSS? :P If its just HTML... LEARN CSS FIRST! It will save time and you get to learn a new language

[ackmedslayer556]

like everyone said just use godaddy and in fact you can email someone for coupons on godaddy, just email [email protected] and follow him on twitter,facebook, and youtube for lots of tech updates

[Silicate Wielder]

Just HTML or HTML and CSS? :P If its just HTML... LEARN CSS FIRST! It will save time and you get to learn a new language
I tried, the guide I used was too confusing http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif
But I'm also learning JavaScript at the moment, I'll later try to write an entire web page in JavaScript :P if it works then I'll write an entire site in the language. :)

I found a CSS tutorial in the web design section on codecademy, also my HTML knowledge is out of date, the HTML tutorial I last used was several years old.

this site has a more up to date HTML course.
http://www.codecademy.com

the courses really pull me in, although that may because I'm very hands on.

Just HTML or HTML and CSS? :P If its just HTML... LEARN CSS FIRST! It will save time and you get to learn a new language
I tried, the guide I used was too confusing http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif

Also javascript would work for making a functional news feed, it just takes a bit of tinkering around.

Please don't double post. Use the "Edit" or "Multi-quote" buttons instead. ~TheMatrix

[TheMatrix]

The best HTML, CSS, and everything else editor you will ever find(IMO) is Vim. Check it out here (http://www.vim.org/).
Usually included with your favourite GNU/Linux distribution!

[Straight]

Go on w3schools.com! I learnt HTML, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP, MySQL and AJAX from that site! It has every lesson for every language!


EDIT --

Also, I'm making a tutorial website right now :P

I've made the Homepage, the admin page and the design for a tutorial and Now I am working on finding a way to make file (The old way I did it was to do a query with PHP to find the content to post, but that means you get loads of requests... Making a completely new file is less demanding.)

EDIT 2 --

JavaScript isn't a language for displaying whole pages, It's for adding interactivity (such as when you click on something, it displays another thing or validating forms).. And for this blog, are you editing the HTML each time you update or is it connected to a database?

EDIT 3 --

Nearly done ;) The problem I had originally was that php converts the symbol " to /" which means the onkeyup event for my live html editor didn't display correctly. But now, It's all good... I just have to find a way to display all the tutorials with the same genre (eg HTML, CSS, JavaScript) in a vertical menu sorted by Sub genre (Introduction, Basic, Moderate, Advanced ect).

[stev]

Try zymic web host they are free and a great webshost

[logangarcia]

I'd use GoDaddy since it's convenient and everyone knows about it already.

A guy on here posted a topic about starting a web hosting company a few months ago. You could try being his first customer.

PLEASE do not use GoDaddy. That's what I thought when I first started my website. If you want to get away from them, good luck. It took me over a month to move. They say that they are ICANN accredited, but while I was reading the rules the registrars have to agree to, they should have let me go when I wanted to.

A lot of the time, you get what you pay for--and web hosting/registrars are no exemption from that rule. If you want fantastic support, go with the company that charges a little more...it'll be worth your time and headaches later on down the road.

[stev]

PM me I can give you a coupon for a 1.50$ domain(.com , .net , .org or .us) from register.com that I have somewhere in my email in box

[Mirage]

000webhost! You can use your own domain and have a free site with nearly all the features of a premium for free! Though of course you do get some drawbacks...

The free hosting supposedly has 99% uptime, But I would put it at about 90% (still really good for free).
You get myPHPAdmin!
You get enough space if you dont have videos or very large images
You get cron jobs
You get support tickets
You do have to share the server with alot of other people though, But that hasn't effected me so far
You get HTML editing
You get PHP capabilities
You get 5 free email addresses!
cPanel
Custom error pages and
you can password protect directories!

I would try them out first for a month to see if you like them. One thing I would say for a blog is to buy a domain name because 000webhost is used by hackers and facebook and twitter filter out anything including one of their server names such as site90... Though the hackers won't be able to harm your website directly.

My suggestion as well. I love 000webhost and use it for both my paid and free domains.