Text 9614, 120 rader
Skriven 2006-02-07 19:09:46 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 9611 av RobertB. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: DNS registration and hosting question
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From: "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org>

You'd have to go to the bluehost.com website and look at their sample control
panel or cpanel.  You'll see all the program icons.  Their 7.95/mo plan
includes a free, no ads, web site builder, and various programs for setting
directory permissions and access on your sight and a whole host of things. 
About 20 or so different program icons.  Also, their programs have interfaces
that are more intuitive to use, and their help files and faqs are actually
helpful, unlike the one's on GoDaddy where they often describe things that
don't exist, menu selections that can't be found, etc etc.

I'm pretty computer literate, but no programmer.  My wife is better than the
average person, but not much.  She's horrible at taking directions and worse at
taking directions over the phone.  She had a web site she had built using
FrontPage 2003 and just needed to upload it.  In short no better than the
average person who thinks a computer is a magic black box with no clue about
what stuff does or how it works (especially networking stuff).  She nor I could
figure out how to upload a web site from GoDaddy's online info, and tech
support was of no help at all.  After a week of BS run arounds waiting for
failed attempts at making changes to things to "propagate" among their servers
(just to find out the change was wrong or didn't take, etc), and my wife said
screw GoDaddy, found bluehost on her own, signed up with them, transferred her
domain to them, and had her site up and running with no problems that couldn't
be solved by Bluehost's software and located in this Country, tech support. 
She did all this without me knowing or asking me a single question.  GoDaddy
was unable to help her, and after looking at their software and the info the
put out online, I understood her frustration.

You can check out my wife's totally rolled on her own web site at
"Century21Photo.com".

Gary


"RobertB." <rb28@nyu.edu> wrote in message
news:rb28-F4019F.16314507022006@w3.nls.net...
> What sort of software package do you need? What do they offer?
>
> robert
>
> In article <43e8e3a5@w3.nls.net>,
>  "Gary Britt" <email@from_Gary_Britt.org> wrote:
>
> > I've used GoDaddy.  You get what you pay for when it comes to service
and
> > any tech support.  Their uptime is good and their service is good if you
> > don't need tech support.  I've recently started using Bluehost.com, and
> > their user software packages are better and easier to understand by far.
> > Tech support is better as well says my wife, who gave up on GoDaddy's
tech
> > support pretty fast.
> >
> > I've read some good things about dreamhost.com as well, but have never
used
> > them.  They offer hosting plans on the cheap that include one TB of
monthly
> > bandwidth which is a bit more than Bluehosts' basic price plan.  I don't
> > know how dreamhost's user software compares to Bluehosts, which is
> > excellent.
> >
> > Registering domain names are free if you host with these sites above..
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "RobertB." <rb28@nyu.edu> wrote in message
> > news:rb28-D2D4FC.11254907022006@w3.nls.net...
> > > OK. Thanks. I'll check them out.
> > > r.
> > >
> > >
> > > In article <gvpfu1pjt8kqph6o9e1i6es86m6lun73d0@4ax.com>,
> > >  Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I use www.000domains.com for registration and www.zoneedit.com for
DNS
> > > > service.
> > > >
> > > > ZoneEdit provides free service for up to 5 domains, and has a
diverse
> > > > infrastructure. http://www.zoneedit.com/doc/network.html
> > > >
> > > > For web hosting, www.powweb.com has a good rep and has been around a
> > > > while.
> > > >
> > > >  /m
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:50:54 -0500, "RobertB." <rb28@nyu.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Anyone have any thoughts on where one registers a domain name. My
ISP
> > > > >does it for $20/year with a two-year commitment. Probably not the
> > > > >cheapest around but they do all the paperwork. They also offer Web
> > > > >hosting for $25/month for something like 250 MB, which is more than
I
> > > > >need. So I could keep everything with them, which would simplify
> > things.
> > > > >However, as I understand it there are lots of places where you can
> > > > >register for something like $10 a year.
> > > > >
> > > > >Also, what about
> > > > >
> > > > >.us
> > > > >.tv
> > > > >.biz
> > > > >.info
> > > > >.name
> > > > >
> > > > >as names. They are available, but I don't see many sites using
them.
> > > > >I'll just be using this for myself, as a place to send clients. I
lost
> > > > >my old site when NYU realized I was no longer teaching there.
Bummer.
> > > > >
> > > > >robert
> >
> >

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