advice from the techy amongst you

[Ironside]

i have been asked by a small group with charity status and no money to cost getting a website domain name and getting it hosted, my dad also wants me to find out the info for the village amenties assoc witch equally has no money

the traffic to both sites would properly be only a couple of hits a week (after the intial press launch) so if anyone can help me sort this out for as cheap as possilbe can you email me please

[Liam]

hi there Ironside , this is your lucky day 

me and my friends have just been getting into setting up websites and i have the best solution for you.

to register a domain name of .co.uk go straight to www.1and1.co.uk and get one for £1.99 its so easy

for real web-hosting i use http://www.letzebuerg.net/

dont be fooled by the amateur looking website these guys are really reliable and always on hand to help and you can host a small website for 0.42 euros a month - you have to buy a years worth its about £3 insanely cheap and you get lots of add-ons and extras.

I dont think you can beat that set-up at all and its very easy to do - i build my websites on macromedia dreamweaver and use letzebuerg's own uploading feature (very quick, easy and web based)

So basiucally you can quote them £5 a year! Let me know how you get on!

[AceofWands]

I  got a free domain name and webhosting for myself and for several others through Freenetname.  http://www.freenetname.co.uk

I have used the service for six years without any probs.

The deal is for a free domain name, webhosting and email domain you need to use their 0845 dial up service at least once a month, or as an alternative you can pay £20 a year and not have that requirement.  If at some time you want to transfer the name to another webhost it costs a £25 release fee.

You can have .co.uk , .org.uk ,  domains.  But only one free domain name can be allocated to each postal address/landline phone number.

Since it costs nothing you are not really risking much trying it out.

 

[Graham C]

I've used the paying division of this lot before http://www.freevirtualservers.com/free-hosting.htm but they do free accounts.

You could always host it yourself if you have a spare pc that you dont mind being on 24/7

[Liam]

£5 a year no hidden charges my way is better - Challenge of the techies